Ashley and Michael Macpherson with their children Mj and Addison

Young family moves to St. Clair, opens blow dry and beauty bar: ‘I just love the community here’

Like many a Michigander with connections to Canada, Ashley Macpherson has made the trip so many times that she’s grown a great affinity for the Blue Water Area. So much so, in fact, that Ashley and her young family recently packed up and moved from metro Detroit to St. Clair, purchasing a home and putting their roots down in November 2019.

The new and improved nurses’ station at the Miriam F. Acheson Family Birth Place at McLaren Port Huron
McLaren’s Family Birth Place unit starts a new year with new equipment and updated facilities

Despite the hardships that COVID-19 wrought in 2020, the year was a relatively good one for the Family Birth Place, its patients and its staff. And the work that was done in 2020 promises to make 2021 and the years following even better.

Skaters enjoy an outdoor ice skating rink, located on S. Riverside Avenue between Cass Street and Clinton Avenue in St. Clair, Michigan.
8 ways to enjoy the winter weather in St. Clair County

With ice fishing, hiking, sledding, and more, St. Clair County offers plenty of opportunities for wintertime fun in the Blue Water Area.

Carolyn Wilson administers the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Eric Kane at Beaumont Service Center in Southfield on Dec. 15, 2020.
Michigan health care professionals work to assuage skepticism as they roll out COVID-19 vaccines

Health care professionals across Michigan are doing their best to respond to Michiganders' concerns and deliver the vaccine to as many residents as possible.

Downtown businesses are busy decorating 45 snowmen to be put on display for Winter Wonderland
Ice sculptures and horse-drawn carriages set to visit downtown Port Huron

“COVID-19 has us focusing on more frequent but smaller events rather than fewer bigger ones,” says Cynthia Cutright, director of the Port Huron DDA.

The Port Huron Museum’s Carnegie Center
A mission of awareness: The story behind the permanent Black History exhibit at the Carnegie Center

The project seeks to highlight the stories of resilience and success experienced by the Black community in Port Huron, through a variety of views and perspectives.

“Finding the time and space can be challenging, but 10-out-of-10 would recommend starting a business from home,” says Missy Campau.
Inside the launch of The Good Good Kitty, a Port Huron-based line of feline furniture

The Good Good Kitty is among a growing list of businesses started or launched from home over the course of this COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Wassim Tarraf has carried out research on COVID-19's impact on people of color.
Michigan grapples with COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on people of color’s mental health

COVID-19 has taken a toll on mental health in Michigan and across the world, but new Wayne State University (WSU) research shows that burden has been heaviest for people of color.

The ice rink at Heritage Square in Marine City
With ice rink and chili cook-off, new traditions take root in Marine City

Heritage Square, home to the community’s historic City Hall, is also the new home of Marine City’s outdoor ice rink. A chili cook-off event debuts there this weekend.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 18
Port Huron students to deliver messages of hope to senior citizens this MLK Day

“It’s inspiring to see our students challenge themselves in the memory of Dr. King to provide hope to some of the most vulnerable citizens in our community, shut in seniors,” says Port Huron Schools superintendent Jamie Cain.

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