Tag: Swimming

  • Cooling Off

    NORTHVILLIANS, Happy Summer! It was great to see many of you in town this past weekend … it was active and the atmosphere electrifying. It doesn’t get much better than enjoying the music and fellowship in the Ville. Today, we continue our summer theme talking about where Northvillians cooled off in summers past. Some of…

  • Swimming

    NORTHVILLIANS, Happy Fourth of July Week!  Because of the timing of the 4th, I devoted last week’s newsletter to this holiday. This celebration has always signified the true beginning of summer locally and with the heat of the season, reminds us how we cooled off in different watering holes over the years. This week I will touch on…

  • Cooling Off

    NORTHVILLIANS, Happy Summer! It was great to see many of you in town this past weekend … it was hopping with the fantastic weather we had. I counted 7 businesses supporting live music. It was quite an atmosphere. It doesn’t get much better than enjoying music and fellowship in the Ville, as folks strolled around…

  • Swimming

    NORTHVILLIANS, Over these next few weeks as summer winds down, I am going to share some activities that build on last week’s note about our rivers in Northville. Today I will include stories about our swimming spots, including the gravel pits in the Northville area, referencing our topography that the glaciers carved out. Many of…

  • Summer

    NORTHVILLIANS, The school year in “The Ville” has come to a close and the Summer Solstice is upon us (longest day of the year). With the warmth of the season, it is all about swimming, recreating, enjoying the festivals, listening to music and joining in activities in town. We started off last weekend with fantastic…

  • Cooling Off

    NORTHVILLIANS, Over the past few weeks, we’ve touched on activities around our Bennett Arboretum (oldest in Michigan) and wrote about Henry Ford’s Hydro-electric “Village Industry” plants on our waterways. Northville grew to be the number two economic power in the state behind Detroit during the late 1800’s & early 1900’s because of industrialists like Ford,…