Tag Archives: Laura Rubin

So, Ypsilanti, should we repair or remove the Peninsular Dam?

By Mark | October 2, 2017

As you may have heard, over the next several months, members of our City Council will be debating whether we should remove Ypsilanti’s aging Peninsular Dam, or invest approximately $640,000 in its renovation… Following, in hopes that it might help some of you to better understand the various issues at play in the “remove vs. […]

Posted in Environment, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged asian carp, canoeing, dams, Dexter, fish, fishing, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, hydroelectric, International Village, Peninsular Dam, Peninsular Paper, portage, power generation, restoration, Water Street, watersheds, Ypsilanti City Council | 32 Comments

The Olmsted Brothers’ 1913 plan for Ypsi’s stretch of the Huron River

By Mark | April 13, 2016

Way back in 2007, after learning that my friend Nat Edmunds was in possession of an original copy of the 1913 Huron River Improvement Plan drafted by influential landscape architects John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., I made a promise on this site that I’d figure out a way to get it scanned […]

Posted in Architecture, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bonnie Wessler, Elizabeth Riggs, Frederick Law Olmsted, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, Janice Anschuetz, landscape architecture, Luna Lake, maps, Natalie Edmunds, Olmsted, Olmsted Brothers, Quirk Park, Riverside Park, tridge, Ypsilanti Gleanings, Ypsilanti Historical Society, Ypsilanti Toboggan Slide Company | 13 Comments

The gay agenda, the Huron River, and the Dirty Mooney… on episode 21 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 12, 2015

I knew going in that this show could be a mess. In addition to the requisite six pack, I’d asked our friend Brigid Mooney to come in and show us how to make her signature cocktail, the Dirty Mooney, which, as it turns out, is pretty much just straight gin with a hint of Sprite. […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Aimee Adams, Beth Bashert, Brian Robb, Brigid Mooney, Champaign, Christians under attack, crying, Dirty Mooney, drunkenness, Eric Wozniak, gay marriage, gin, Hedger Breed, Huron River Watershed Council, Kate de Fuccio, marriage equality, Patrick Elkins, radio drama, Sprite | 9 Comments

Succumbing to the gay agenda, protecting the Huron River, and drinking Dirty Mooneys… on tomorrow’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | June 26, 2015

Thanks to today’s decision by the Supreme Court, I’m predicting this this week’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack will be both incredibly gay and alarmingly chaotic… I’ve put the word out to folks that I’ll have champagne at the studio from 7:30 to 8:30 if anyone would like to stop by for a toast […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aimee Adams, Beth Bashert, Brigid Mooney, Dirty Mooney, Eric Wozniak, gay marriage, gay rights, Hedger Breed, Holly Hughes, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, Knight Rider, marriage equality, Patrick Elkins, radio drama, Supreme Court, The Six Minute Smoke Break with Patrick Elkins and Aimee Adams | 3 Comments

Bringing life, recreation and business back to the Huron River

By Mark | November 7, 2014

I had the good fortune not too long ago to have coffee with Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) Executive Director Laura Rubin. While we didn’t have great deal of time to discuss the condition of the Huron River, as we’d met to discuss something else, Laura did mention that their RiverUp! campaign was making great […]