On July 7, the Andiamo’s in Royal Oak announced on their Facebook page that they would be closing their doors after 19 years in the city. Their seven other Michigan locations will remain open. According to a press release from a group calling themselves the Take Back Royal Oak Coalition, Cantina Diablo’s, Red Fox English Pub, and Dixie Moon Saloon also have plans to not renew their leases due to the lack of critical parking in the area. Initially, their lawyer denied it, but

“The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion, and the film and the radio carried the process further. With the development of television, and the technical advance which made it possible to receive and transmit simultaneously on the same instrument, private life came to an end. Every citizen, or at least every citizen important enough to be worth watching, could be kept for twenty-four hours a day under the eyes of the police and in the sound

I appreciated your Voter Guide in the July 2018 issue. This is in response to a statement made by one candidate in the state House 40th district. Paul Secrest stated that “Modern coal plants have eliminated 97 percent of carbon dioxide – I saw a power plant on the Ohio River and the only thing coming out the smokestacks was a little steam.” This statement is false. Virtually all of the carbon dioxide created in a modern fossil fuel power plant is exhausted directly into the a

Thank you for publishing the latest Voter Guide. We all should appreciate the fact that it serves as a very valuable tool in keeping your readers informed. Selfishly, my primary interest was the section dedicated to the eight candidates running to represent the State House 40th District in which I reside. I took particular note of the answers provided regarding our much-needed road repairs. I found that seven of the candidates provided the same empty-headed political answers

Most people have certain days they will never forget, dates that are forever etched into their minds. June 23, 2018 will probably be one of those days for Bode Wilde. It was, after all, the day he got drafted – in the second round, 41st pick – to play in the National Hockey League for the New York Islanders. “To get picked to a team like the Islanders is pretty incredible,” Wilde said. “There’s a lot of history there. They are a pretty good, young team, so I’m just really exc

Business is starting to snowball for accidental entrepreneur and Bloomfield Township ski instructor Monica Schwanitz, who recently designed the new SkiRing that is gaining traction on slopes throughout the country. Schwanitz, who works as a professional landscape architect, spends part of the year as a ski instructor at the ski school at Pine Knob, as well as Mt. Holly and Mt. Bachelor, in Oregon. It was there that she noticed her students needed something to help keep the c

Local crooner Royce "The Voice" Javan has come a long way since mimicking television commercial jingles as a child growing up in Brevard, North Carolina. "I knew I could sing when I was a kid, about four or five years old. I found that out from responses by my family who could hear me sing," Javan said. "We would watch Sunday TV and gather around the TV in the living room. One habit I developed, I had instant memory of commercials. I would jump off the floor and run into the

Whether it’s a glorious piece of pastry or a hand-sewn piece of clothing, Anita Sudakin says she is “intensely creative and has a passion for making beautiful things.” A creation she is particularly proud of is the cape she created for a 1992 show which took place in the lobby of the Fisher Building to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the opening of the building. The show’s items were designed by members of the Needlework and Textile Guild of Michigan, who were asked to us

Raised in the midwestern charm that focuses on neighbors and community, it was only natural that Bloomfield Hills native Jennifer Buck would seek to help her friend and fellow mother in a time of tragedy by forming a charitable organization to honor her daughter. "We met through our children's preschool, and we were both pregnant with our third child," Buck said about her friend Joanne Tarling, who lost her five-month-old daughter, Charlotte, in 2007 to a rare and incurable b

“Fall is a time for gathering. Be it around a fire, a dinner table or football field, fall has a way of bringing us together to celebrate abundance.” – Anonymous Birmingham House Tour 2018 The Community House Foundation will host the 31st annual Birmingham House Tour, presented exclusively by Hall & Hunter Realtors from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 13th. This year’s tour offers seven spectacular private residential homes, featuring a diversity of extraordinar