Welcome to the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm! On Saturday, September 17 we will be offering: - 1pm Vintage Baseball Game: Rochester Grangers vs Royal Oak Wahoos - 12pm, 1pm, & 2pm Guided tours of the 1840s Farmhouse. Limited to 15 per tour capacity due to room size. First come, first serve.

Curtiss Ostosh, pastor of Harvest Time Christian Fellowship Church in Warren, stands amid some of the nonperishable food that was destroyed over the weekend in a blaze that was caused by a firebombing. SUBMITTED PHOTO A south Warren food pantry that distributes tens of thousands of pounds of food per month lost most of its supply in a firebombing over the weekend.

A staffing shortage forced another metro Detroit restaurant to shutter. Barleycorn's Public Housein Shelby Township closed in late July because of trouble with staffing issues. Owned by the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group (JVRG), Barleycorn's Public House opened in March 2021 in the former Buc'eez Pub. "It is a beautiful buildout, but we had a difficult time staffing the restaurant," Joe Vicari said in a statement.

Dobre pierogi has a braided edge. Sick of eating eggs on those keto diets? It's carb-o-palooza next weekend in Royal Oak. The Metro Detroit Pierogi Party is scheduled for Aug. 18 at the Royal Oak Farmers Market. Several food concessions stands will offer pierogi and a variety of Polish foods. There will be polka music from the Duane Malinowski band, a shopping bazaar, and kids' activities.

Fall is fast approaching and as the seasons change, there is also a changing of the guard at the apple orchard at 61475 Silver Lake Road. Gone are the signs for former longtime owner Erwin Orchards, soon to be replaced with signs for Blake’s Lyon Township. The orchard’s new moniker is courtesy of owner Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill, who have added the 104-acre property to their portfolio and will open to the public Aug. 20, with a grand opening celebration "welcome weekend" planned for Aug. 27-28.

Saturday, August 27 from 1 – 4 p.m., at Blake Farms’ Cider Dayze Festival. To enter, guests must register for the event by Sunday, August 14. Fans, guests, and wing lovers, who are 21 or older, are invited to create their own unique wing sauce that pairs with a Blake Farms product for a chance to have their sauce inspire a future limited-time menu item at all DWC locations.