Everyone has seen those compelling side-by-side, before-and-after photos of people who have dropped 100 pounds or more — the left pic notable for its excessive body fat, the right pic featuring ripped abs and a lean figure. Jason Helmes has not only been featured in a few of those, he has helped dozens of people […]
Not all the fires Capt. Chris Madzik put out throughout his 28-year career with the Northville Township Fire Department involved flames. On one particular run to Northville High School several years ago, he assisted a Read More
Victor Bodrie remembers delivering his first football kicking lesson to Jake Moody like it was yesterday. Moody was a sixth-grader playing for the Northville Stallions junior football program and the 18-year-old Bodrie was an outstanding Read More
For all those young, want-to-be quarterbacks with less-than-prototypical QB height, there is hope. And his name is Sam Plencner. Listed as 5-foot-9 on the Plymouth Wildcats football roster, Plencner is a slippery, tough-as-nails, strong-armed pest Read More
Why deal with all the headache-inducing hassles that come with driving yourself to the airport or concerts — construction, parking, securing a designated driver, etc. — when Matt Haran will do it for you. Following a successful 23Read More
A dream scenario is playing out this fall for football-loving Allen Feigel, a veteran Livonia Public Schools educator. Not only is Feigel the first-year head coach of Livonia Churchill’s 3-2 varsity football team, he’Read More
Mahira Tandon still vividly remembers the moment she decided to go all-in on the challenging sport of competitive figure roller-skating. “When I was 5 years old, I was taking skating lessons at the Skatin’ Station II Read More
Whether it’s gliding across the ice for a game of sled hockey or not missing a beat while playing the clarinet in her high school’s marching band, 18-year-old Cate Evans, of White Lake, Read More
Armed with a level of perseverance that matches his fastball, Northville High School graduate (2015) Dugan Darnell is in the midst of an incredible journey toward Major League Baseball. A lifelong infielder who earned an opportunity Read More
Taylor Greenshields is among the students who followed the noble advice of high school counselors everywhere: Pursue a profession that brings you the most joy, not necessarily the most money. A drummer and lover of Read More
