• Fourth of July

    NORTHVILLIANS, Happy Fourth of July Weekend – summer is now in full swing! As we ready for a unique (pandemic-related) Holiday weekend, I thought it would be interesting to look back at yester-year celebrations & what used to be going on in this town we love: Summing it up, Northville has always been a summer…

  • Summer

    NORTHVILLIANS, Welcome to Summer! The solstice with its longest daylight was Sunday 6/20, as Northville’s downtown transitioned into its Summer Social District that brought rave reviews from the Detroit media. And a lot was going on – all the Restaurants on Main Street serving open air tables, bands playing in the background & retailers displaying…

  • Downtown Happenings

    DEAR NORTHVILLE, Happenings in Northville are on everyone’s minds. Local TV News stations, the Detroit Free Press & WWJ radio have been out broadcasting the opening of the downtown social district for businesses & restaurants. Adding to the excitement in town, we had two Black Lives Matter rallies in 24 hours last weekend, where many of…

  • Equality

    NORTHVILLIANS, Racial Equality, along with business re-engagement is on everyone’s minds these days in Northville. Regarding re-engagement and support of our businesses who reopened 6/4 and our restaurants who resumed dining 6/8: On a national scope, happenings in the world these past weeks following the George Floyd tragedy reminds us that compassion and respect for…

  • Grad Parade

    NORTHVILLIANS, Governor Whitmer has lifted the Stay-at-Home order! (See UPDATES below for details) Beyond the Governor’s news, it’s been a very eventful week – with graduation parades/preparing the Claude Ely Community Award/ businesses gearing up to re-engage and thoughtful social-distancing gatherings starting to take shape. Life will start to get back to some type of…

  • Graduations

    NORTHVILLIANS, As we ready ourselves for another week of pandemic life, things are getting better each day.  This weekend will be a historic graduation “ceremony” for Northville Grads.  Alas, there will be no large gathering for the 600-plus graduates to celebrate this year’s historic milestone, but there will be a vehicle parade down Six Mile (Sunday, May…