If you heard a loud wail in the City of Howell, it was me. I don’t want to get the Facebook scanner folks concerned: that sobbing was me because I just got the worst phone call of my year. “I have some bad news for you,” said my son, who had gone out on a shopping run. I feared he had gotten his second flat tire in as many weeks. Or lost his wallet. Something, anything, but what he blurted out. “I hate to tell you this, but Uptown is closing,” he said. I shrieked “WHAAAAAAAATTTTT?” as I dropped my … Continue reading Say it ain’t so: Uptown Coffeehouse in downtown Howell’s closing