Here’s the latest from the group trying to save the original Veterans Memorial Park stone wall. It appears that basic repairs can be done very cheaply (especially compared to the $100,000 the committee is willing to spend for a new wall)
We have selected Salem Farms to repair the stone wall. The mason’s
name is Pat Cahill [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Update on action to save the original Veterans Memorial Park wall
Posted in Plymouth history, downtown Plymouth, tagged Plymouth Community Veteran's Memorial Park on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The best time to see the ice sculptures
Posted in Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular, downtown Plymouth, events, tagged ice sculptures, Kellogg Park, Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Now! They are still in Kellogg Park. It has been plenty cold so they haven’t melted or fallen apart. Best of all there are no crowds!
I love this event, but there were so many people there Saturday — throngs bumping into and stepping on each other — I didn’t feel like I could see the [...]
The wrong side of the tracks
Posted in Plymouth history, dining, downtown Plymouth, events, restaurant, trains, tagged Crawford's Kitchen, downtown Plymouth, Old Village, railroad on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning, we had breakfast at Crawford’s Kitchen. Mrs. Crawford greeted us with brand new menus, the covers which feature historic photos of Old Village. She proceeded to tell us some very fascinating Plymouth history that she learned while designing the new menus. She moved to another table and began sharing information with a gentleman [...]
Weather for the Ice Spectacular: Icy cold!
Posted in Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular, downtown Plymouth, events, tagged Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular, The Weather Channel on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Weather Channel (www.weather.com) says the high temperatures for Plymouth on Saturday and Sunday are around 15-16 degrees.
Past ice shows have been disappointing when warm weather has melted the sculptures. All sorts of snow and ice is melting today. It’s a balmy 37 degrees now.
But the next two days there’s no fear of any melting. [...]
Portion of Main Street closed for Ice Spectacular
Posted in Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular, downtown Plymouth, events, tagged downtown Plymouth, Main Street, Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular, street closure on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From January 20 to 26, northbound Main Street, between Ann Arbor Trail and Penniman, is closed for the Ice Spectacular. Essentially you cannot drive northbound on Main Street adjacent to Kellogg Park.
This should be a great year for the ice sculptures. Weekend temperatures are not expected above freezing.
Have fun this weekend.
[CORRECTION: AS OF THE AFTERNOON [...]
Next Trinity Church mobile food pantry is February 14
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Trinity Church, free food, charity, mobile food pantry, Valentine's Day on January 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I do not yet have the details but I wanted to put out the word early to keep your eyes open for information about this event. It was announced that there will be a food give-away again on February 14 — Valentine’s Day.
I assume it will be similar to the event this [...]
It was funny the first time but…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Plymouth-Canton Schools, school closing, snow days on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks back I made a lighthearted post about the Plymouth-Canton School District’s automated school closing alert telephone calls. I was impressed by the system but a tad miffed at being called at 5:15 a.m. I understand, though, that word needs to get out early so parents can prepare appropriately.
One phone call, [...]
The Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular is right around the corner
Posted in Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular, downtown Plymouth, events, tagged art, downown Plymouth, events, food, ice, ice sculputures, Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular, snow, winter on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Famous worldwide, the Plymouth Ice Spectacular, which takes place every year in Kellogg Park, is just a little over a week away.
This year’s event is set for
Friday – January 23
Saturday – January 24
Sunday – January 25
This is a great event, especially for us proud northerners that like the cold and snow. It’s a great reason to [...]
A recommendation for would-be bloggers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blogger, blogging, blogs, blogspot, Google, wordpress.com, wordpress.org on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The host of this blog, as you can see, is wordpress. It provides the software, the bandwidth and all that. I pay nothing (but I could buy a premium package. Eventually I might.) I can see the traffic (somewhat) to this blog and much of it appears not to come from [...]
