Friday, May 17, 2013
The weekend-long comic convention starts Friday in Novi. Are you going?
Motor City Comic Con, Michigan’s original comic convention, celebrates its 24th anniversary Friday to Sunday at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. Attendees will be absorbed into comic culture when seeing and meeting comic icons, shopping for comic merchandise and checking out what's new in the artist alley. Convention-goers will see comic characters come to life from participants of the adult and children costume contests, as well as enthusiastic fans. Are you going to Comic Con? Share your photos from the convention, in costume or not, on Patch. Add your photos to our gallery by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button above.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
In need of a new home, or just browsing? Check out this home for sale in Northville.
Each week, Northville Patch will feature a different home to give readers an idea of what the local housing market has to offer. Today, check out this four-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 21615 Welch Rd. in Northville listed $300,000. Find the full listing here. Are you a real estate agent with homes for sale? Email tatum.ryan@patch.com and we'll try to feature yours next week. >>Sign up for the Northville Patch newsletter here.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
We'll give a "shout out" to one local small business every Sunday. All you need to do to participate is fill out the form below.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
In need of a new home, or just browsing? Check out this home for sale in Northville.
Each week, Northville Patch will feature a different home to give readers an idea of what the local housing market has to offer. Today, check out this three-bedroom, two-and-half-bathroom house at 16467 Westminister Dr. in Northville listed $301,950. Find the full listing here. Are you a real estate agent with homes for sale? Email tatum.ryan@patch.com and we'll try to feature yours next week. >>Sign up for the Northville Patch newsletter here.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Northville TURF CLUB and its donors are responsible for several upgrades at Tom Holzer Ford Field.
Tom Holzer Ford Field now has new lighting, a press box, multi‐sport scoreboard, audio equipment and artificial turf. All of these improvements were done through Phase I of the Northville TURF CLUB's project to update the school district's athletic stadium. The most visible work is complete, according to an email from Northville athletics, and now the TURF CLUB looks forward to completing the final phase. This year's Night for Northville fundraiser raised enough to complete the funds for Phase II. According to information in the email, contributions will be used with sinking bond funds to: The Northville schools board of education awarded a contract at its April 23 meeting to Great Lakes Hotel Supply Company for stadium concession …
Monday, May 6, 2013
Tell us the best advice you got from your mother for a chance to win.
Editor's Note: This contest is now closed. Whether it its to "follow your heart" or "just be yourself," mothers often give the best advice. With Mother's Day around the corner, Patch is looking for the best nuggets of truths and pearls of wisdom from the woman who raised you or any other influential woman in your life. Tell us in the comments the words you remember most from mom and win an overnight stay on May 11 at Novi's The Baronette Renaissance. We'll pick one winner by random drawing. Besides the overnight stay for two on May 11, the The Baronette Renaissance package will include a Mother's Day brunch for four in the facility's grand ballroom at 11 a.m. May 12. The menu includes carving, omlette and salad stations as well as a …
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
Learn more about this Plymouth-based business in this week's Small Business Shout Out.
Patricia Kozlowski, owner of Balance Yoga Therapy, said she started her business in 2008 after experience the healing yoga can provide. "I was a therapist first, then became a yoga teacher after yoga helped me manage and heal my chronic back and neck pain that I developed after a car accident," she said. Kozlowski recently submitted information about her business through Patch's Business Shout Out. If you have a business and want to participate in Patch's Small Business Shout Out you can fill out the form here. How did your business come to be?: I was a therapist first then became a yoga teacher after yoga helped me manage and heal my chronic back and neck pain that I developed after a car accident. What kind of services do you offer?: …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The downtown Northville store's grand re-opening is Friday.
Mother-daughter team Margaret “Peggy” Stoe and Jennifer "Jenn" Grochowski are excited to re-open trendy decor shop Pear-aphernalia to the Northville community. Grochowski said she and her mother fell in love with the store and were loyal patrons for 10 years. Previous owners Pat Stempien and Lori Finnegan, who ran the store for 12 years, put up a sign saying it was closing more than a month ago. "When we heard they were closing, we came in to thank them," she said. "Then we saw it was for sale and that day we asked for an appointment." Pear-aphernalia's grand re-opening is 10 a.m. Friday. There will be refreshments like coffee and lemonade throughout the day, and the store will be open until 8 p.m. to participate in Northville's First …
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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Wednesday, May 1
Zombie Fan
12:36 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Obviously, the non comic supporters are definitly not fans of AMC'S The Walking Dead series or the comic books the show is based on! Glad I have my autographed picture of Michael Rooker (Merle )signed in person a couple of weeks ago when he was in Novi. My new Walking dead Tshirt and comic book! more ›