by macombnow | Mar 10, 2018
By Denis LeDuc This Victorian Italianate style house sits right at the corner of Utica Road and Dodge Park and is one of only a few buildings in the county on the National Registry of Historical Places. Had it not been for the original owners of the house, William and...
by macombnow | Feb 3, 2018
(from the Spring 2015 Macomb Now Magazine) A modern medical miracle turns 60. By Denis LeDuc With increasingly infectious outbreaks in the first half of the 20th century, the polio virus struck terror into the hearts of citizens everywhere including our local...
by macombnow | Feb 3, 2018
(from the Winter 2016 Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc “Come on, let’ get out there and give that guy a hand.” “Sure it’ll only take a minute to give him a shove.” “Ok, all together now…PUSH!” So might the conversation have been on this snowy winter day in 1952 on...
by macombnow | Feb 3, 2018
(from the Fall 2016 Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc In the middle of a bustling suburb there is an unexpected slice of heaven. River Bends Park, in Shelby Township, is home to many plants and animals, and is a lovely place for picnics and relaxation. Within the...
by macombnow | Feb 3, 2018
(from Summer, 2015 Macomb Now Magazine) By Denis LeDuc The summers of my youth were slow and lazy, seemingly neverending. School was only vaguely somewhere far over the horizon. I would spend my long, hot days skipping stones, running the woods with my brother,...
