As I drove past Shiawassee Park this evening, I took a moment to enjoy the action on the ballfields. Youth baseball gearing up is one of my favorite spring happenings. This Saturday, scores of ballplayers will gather in Downtown Farmington for Farmington youth baseball’s annual opening day celebration. So what’s your favorite sign of spring?
Entries from April 2009
April 26, 2009
Enough talk – time for a little action
Believe it or not, Farmington and Farmington Hills officials have had yet another discussion about shared services. They still aren’t really doing anything, but this time, at least, they’ve got a specific topic: public services. The Sunday Farmington Observer reported the councils met April 21 at the 47th District Court building in Farmington Hills. Both cities face the [...]
April 26, 2009
You saw it here first, folks
It’s official: A headline on the front page of Sunday’s Farmington Observer confirms Farmington Mayor Valerie Knol will marry Paul Welday, owner of a consulting firm and Republican candidate for the 9th Congressional District seat held by Democrat Gary Peters. A small wedding with family and friends is planned on August 29, at the Governor Warner Mansion. The [...]
April 25, 2009
On small town newspapers
I started my career in journalism with a very small weekly newspaper, whose offices were housed in a historic building on Main Street in Mora, Minnesota. The floors were heavily scuffed linoleum that never really came clean; they were swept, but not often washed. Angled layout tables with banks of bright lights flanked a bustling back room, and the back door opened [...]
April 24, 2009
Business boom?
I am not able to turn my head very quickly these days, but I have noticed a few changes on Grand River as I’ve driven through Downtown Farmington the past few days. At long last, work has begun on the former Books Abound building, next door to the Civic Theatre. Now owned by city council [...]
