Maria Stuart

Restaurant Poll 2018: Best Atmosphere

05/20/2018 Maria Stuart

1. 2FOG’s Pub 2. Aberrant Ales 3. The Silver Pig 4. Diamond’s 5. Stillwater Grill

Restaurant Poll 2018: Most Creative Menu

05/20/2018 Maria Stuart

1. 2FOG’s Pub 2. Wooden Spoon 3. The Silver Pig 4. Aberrant Ales 5. Diamond’s

Drive-by art: Howell needs more murals

05/18/2018 Maria Stuart

Once upon a time, I eloped to Cincinnati with a charming man. Since then, Cincinnati has held special meaning for us, and every now and then we return to celebrate [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Loaded gun found in porta potty at soccer field

04/24/2018 Maria Stuart

A soccer dad found a loaded Glock 23 .40-caliber gun in a portable bathroom at the Merrill Soccer Field in Hamburg Township just before 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, as [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Uptown carrying products from Crust – a baking company, Tasty Bakery, Ron’s Pasties

04/05/2018 Maria Stuart

Lorna Brennan knew her customers would enjoy the Crust products Uptown Coffeehouse began carrying this week. She’s been excited about carrying the baked goods from the wildly popular Fenton bakery [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Dear Pat Convery

03/02/2018 Maria Stuart

Dear Pat, I have been thinking a lot about you lately, which is natural because you’re retiring after a long, wonderful career at the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce. The [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Testing again

02/22/2018 Maria Stuart

Testing again

Love reigns at Uptown Coffeehouse on Valentine’s Day

02/12/2018 Maria Stuart

For the second year, Bill Fenton of Howell will be marrying people for free on Valentine’s Day at Uptown Coffeehouse in downtown Howell. Fenton, a Howell Area Fire Department firefighter, [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Are Instant Pots worth it?

02/04/2018 Maria Stuart

I love to cook. But using an Instant Pot? Everybody’s got their style and methods. Me? I’ve always thought of myself as a basic, primitive cook: food in pot or [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Why, Hank? Why? State rep’s vote on MSU scandal resolution confounds

01/29/2018 Maria Stuart

How could state Rep. Hank Vaupel — who represents me in Lansing — vote against the recent symbolic resolution asking the Michigan State University Board of Trustees to fire President [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Uptown Coffeehouse celebrates 15 years in business

12/15/2017 Maria Stuart

Recently, I scheduled a meeting with someone who said she’d meet me at my office. “I know it’s Uptown Coffee,” she said. That made me smile. Outside of my home, [CLICK TO READ MORE]

Etue, Bezotte? Former sheriff/current county commissioner under fire for Facebook post

12/05/2017 Maria Stuart

Livingston County Commissioner (and former Livingston County Sheriff) Bob Bezotte is under fire for a Facebook post that is being called “racist, sexist, and aegist – plus politically intolerant” in [CLICK TO READ MORE]