Month: August 2020

Saline Depot Museum grounds open now (outside; access to building interior continues to be closed due to COVID-19). Historical Society volunteers staffing, ready to answer questions — or simply chat. Masks, social-distancing required.

Ricoh GR III “Street Edition” digital camera is now in-stock at B&H Photo-Video. Depending upon your workflow, may be enough tangible extras here to make it worth the premium being sought above and beyond  standard ….

Michigan ranks among ten states hardest hit with COVID-19 deaths. In absolute numbers, we currently stand at nine, with 6533 dead, according to statistics included in support of an opinion piece by Betsy McCaughey in ….

“Today is the one-hundred-and-fiftieth-day of ‘Fifteen Days to Flatten the Curve.’ One-hundred-and-fifty-days we’ve been flattening the curve: Are we there yet? “I hate to sound like a kid, ‘Are we there yet? Are we there ….

Announcement: Saline Mayor Brian Marl will be holding a “Coffee Hour” on Friday August 21, 2020 from 8:00am to 9:30am at Saline City Hall, 100 North Harris Street.

“The University of Michigan athletic department could lose $56.6 million if the university is unable to host any athletic events due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Tuesday,” according to a feature by Steve Marowski ….

It’s official: No Big Ten football this fall. As reported by mLive, the “Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee” were consulted in reaching this decision in ….

Sadly, no Mackinac Policy Conference this year — nor day opening today on the island, per what had at one time the delayed date scheduled for 2020. Alas, another impact of COVID-19.

Advice if you’re ever in trouble, Ben Mankiewics, Turner Movie Classics, cited his late father: Tell the truth, tell it all, tell it first. Shared in video below, starting around the ten-minute mark, in his ….

Emagine Drive-In Theatre at Canterbury Village to show 2018 movie The Meg (Rated PG), Sunday August 9, 2020, at 8:00pm. Location: 2359 Joslyn Court, Lake Orion, Michigan; see Emagine Entertainment website for further details.