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A Lost Legacy: The Avalon Drive-In
Last week the Castle Test Kitchen took a cruise to the Pik-Nik Drive-In for National Restaurant Month. This week, we’re headed across...
kellison71
Oct 123 min read


Pik-Nik Drive-In: “Where all Good Friends Meet”
According to a Saginaw News advertisement from 1955, “October is National Restaurant Month.” The advertisement inspired our October...
kellison71
Oct 54 min read


Joseph Goddeyne, Architect of the Original St. Thomas Aquinas Church
“Joseph C. Goddeyne, Bay City architect, recently completed plans for the building, designed in the old Spanish mission style. When the...
kellison71
Sep 284 min read


St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
“The Most Reverend Stephen S. Woznicki, bishop of the Saginaw Catholic Diocese, today announced the establishment of a new parish in...
kellison71
Sep 215 min read


Chainsaws & Community: Hemlock Sawdust Days
The third weekend in September, which we are coming up on next weekend, is the busiest weekend for festivals in the State of Michigan. In...
kellison71
Sep 143 min read


A Forgotten Church Still Stands in a Forgotten Town
If you drive south down along Washington Avenue, past the Waterworks and the Saginaw Children’s Zoo, passing by Forest Lawn Cemetery,...
kellison71
Sep 73 min read


Celebrating Labor Day at the Scotch Picnic
In tiny, rural Fremont Township on the western side of Saginaw County, Labor Day once signalled a 100-plus year tradition among the farm...
kellison71
Aug 294 min read


Back to School with the Castle Test Kitchen: Some Things Are Better Left as Memories...
It’s back -to- school time in the Castle Test Kitchen, and all this talk of pencils and backpacks has us feeling nostalgic—for our...
kellison71
Aug 245 min read


Review Magazine & Piggin’ Out with Foss
The first issue of Bay Area Review was published in April 1979. While published with a limited budget, the publication was-and...
kellison71
Aug 173 min read
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