My Town Monday: Field Trip “Up North”
Recently, I took a trip “up north.” In Michigan, this usually refers to upper parts of the Lower Peninsula (the fingers) or even to the…
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My Town Monday: Brighton’s Four Corners, part 3
The remaining two corners of Brighton’s Main Street/ Grand River Intersection are harder to track the history of. On the South-east corner, across Main Street…
My Town Monday: Brighton’s Four Corners, part 2
Across Grand River from the Eastern House Hotel once stood a grocery store. Some time later, the building was torn down and a new store…
My Town Monday: Brighton’s Four Corners, part 1
Main Street in Brighton intersects Grand River and forms a well-known and ever-changing intersection. This set of posts will look at the every changing buildings….
My Town Monday: From Farm to Suburb
Once upon a time, much of South East Lower Michigan was trees. Shortly after that, it was farm fields and small towns. This image shoes…
My Town Monday: Brighton Mall… including the answer to a riddle
The Brighton Mall is nestled in the corner of Grand River and I-96. Built in the 1970s, it was, once upon a time, a “real”…
My Town Monday: Dark Alleys and Streets
The alleys in movies look nothing like the alleys that we have around here. In fact, the alleys in Livingston County, what few we have,…
My Town Monday: Invasion
The Soviets came to my little town. In fact, they were just around the corner. More or less. Near Mt. Brighton (which I can see…
My Town Monday: Livingston County v. Ann Arbor
The little country mouse left her country home and ventured into the city this weekend. I went to see Barrie Summy at Aunt Agatha’s bookstore…
My Town Monday: Something Fun To Do
One of the common complaints from Livingston County Youth is that there’s nothing to do. I think they’re just not trying hard enough. There’s lots…