Castle Blog

The original Amerwood, located at 709 Lapeer, opened on Thursday, June 23, 1949. The opening advertisement proclaimed: “All Saginaw has...

“Holly’s Landing, one of the area’s new restaurants, opens for business today.    Holly’s, representing a $500,000 investment, is located...

This week’s recipe, the first for 2025, is an update on our continuing exploration of the chopped peanut sandwich and Saginaw’s...

New Year Year’s Eve is a time to reflect. A time to look back and a time to look forward. For the recipe column the emphasis is on...

In 2024 the First Day of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, starts at sundown on December 25 – which coincides with Christmas Day....

The 1976 holiday shopping season offered Saginaw shoppers new department store dining destinations –  two restaurants in the transformed...

“Wanted a thoroughly competent cook – Call between 10 and 12 a.m., 421 North Washington Avenue. The highest wages will be paid to a cook...

A few weeks ago, we paid a visit to Saginaw’s State Street Kroger. When it opened on February 29, 1956, advertising promoted it as “a...

“On a cold November day in 1894, a group of high school boys proudly wearing the red and yellow colors of Saginaw West Side High School...