With a brand new location just a quarter mile north of the old spot, Jacque Kucyk of Keepsake Flowers is ready to expand the products and services she and her staff offer. In addition to the cut flowers, plants, wire service and gifts available at the shop, Kucyk will now work in concert with neighboring […]
It’s the taste of hand-squeezed lime and fresh cilantro that brings Mary O’Neill’s friends and family back to the bowl time and again for more salsa, and now the homemade specialty is available to the whole community. Fresh on the shelves at a growing list of local retailers, Taleo Foods Gourmet Salsa comes in mild, […]
Barb Patch of Independence Township shares a laugh with fellow scrapbookers while participating in ‘crop night? Friday at Maggie’s Scrapbooking Company on Sashabaw Road.
Three Independence Township establishments were reported to the state’s Liquor Control Commission after selling alcohol to a minor during recent sting conducted by Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies. Of the 12 stores targeted, an underage decoy was allowed to purchase alcohol at: ‘Kroger, 6625 Dixie Highway; ‘Bianca’s II, 7880 Andersonville Road; ?7-Eleven, 7743 Sashabaw Road. ‘We’ve […]
Two years ago, Shellie and Marty Stuetzer were empty-nesters with retirement on the horizon and a brand new Harley in the garage. Their daughters Kristi and Shayla were grown, through college and out on their own. The couple had freedom to come and go as they pleased, to do the things they’d always wanted to […]
Shellie Stuetzer wasn’t thinking about changing the direction of her life or putting her own plans on hold when she signed on as a mentor. As the mother of two grown daughters, Stuetzer, of Independence Township, finally had some extra time and simply wanted to reach out, to make a difference in the life of […]
Hurt people hurt people. I heard it first from one of my favorite yoga teachers. People who come from a background of abuse perpetuate the cycle. They don’t mean to, don’t want to, it’s just what they know. I’ve written about the family brawls and skirmishes I find in the police reports before, but it’s […]
It’s time to grow up and be a man. Those were the words of Independence Township resident Steven Bailey, 20, as he approached a Dec. 25 graduation from Oakland County’s Boot Camp ? more formally known as the Regimented Inmate Discipline Program. The program, which has turned out 2,740 graduates since 1990, was developed by […]
Four underprivileged Oakland County siblings will wake to find an eye-popping pile of presents stacked under the tree this Christmas, thanks to Santa and his special helpers at Vaughn Chiropractic. For the past 25 years, the Vaughns have made it a Christmas tradition to ‘adopt? a less-fortunate local family through one of the area’s many […]
I love to help otherz. You shood help otherz too. That was the message Collin Walls found scrawled on a sheet of paper and wrapped around a can of food Friday as he sorted through a mountain of goods donated to help local families during the Christmas season. ‘This is why I do this,? said […]