Articles by By Buddy Moorehouse

Men, women and why I hate the Canadian Olympic hockey team

Last week brought yet another situation which illustrates that my wife will never, ever be able to fully understand me.

I’m speaking, of course, about my behavior during the Olympic gold medal hockey game between the United States and Canada, which took place on Feb. 28. And before we delve into what happened, some background is in order.

Brighton on the big screen this weekend

From the looks of things, Brighton is set to get some big-screen exposure in the film "Youth in Revolt." The film opens nationwide on Friday, including at the MJR Brighton Towne Square Cinema 20.

Donate your old Christmas lights to charity

'Tis the season for an annual holiday ritual: You bring out the Christmas decorations, you see which light strands no longer work, and you throw out the bad ones.

Well, not so fast, Santa – you might be tossing away a great donation to a worthy local charity.

Brighton business leader Joyce Rogers dies

Funeral services have been set for Joyce Rogers, longtime executive director of the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce and matriarch of Livingston County's leading political family. She died Wednesday.

Visitation will take place at Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 from 2-8 p.m., and on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 10-11 a.m. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m., followed by a luncheon at the church. Cornerstone Evangelical Church is located at 9455 Hilton Road, Brighton.

A haunted house located in the former Pinckney Pharmacy building in Putnam Township has been permanently shut down, according to the man who was trying to bring some Halloween scares to the area.

Ghengis John (whose real name is John Fletcher) was hoping to have his haunted house run throughout October at the old pharmacy site, located next to the Pinckney Post Office at 1343 E. M-36.

Problems with the site's safety, though, prompted police and fire officials to permanently shut the doors on the haunted house. The haunted house never opened.

The critters at the Howell Nature Center in Marion Township got a big boost on Thursday night, as the center's annual "A Wild, Wonderful Night" fundraising auction took place.

The event, held at Cleary University's Johnson Center in Genoa Township, attracted a crowd of about 230 people. They feasted on delights from area restaurants and bid on dozens of items at the live and silent auction, helping to raise thousands of dollars for the Nature Center's wildlife program.

Some of the more popular auction items were Red Wings tickets and Upper Peninsula vacation packages.

When De Niro came to Livingston County

The Unadilla Store is probably not the first place in Livingston County you’d expect to see a multi-Oscar-winning actor filming a scene, but mega-star Robert De Niro is poised to give the store some big-screen fame after making a stop there this summer.

Another Ugly Naked Guy in Brighton?

You want to know the truth? You want to know why I wanted to start writing columns again?

Was it because I felt the need to give you more of my incredibly brilliant insights about the people, places and events of Livingston County? Was it because I heard that Pinckney is finally getting a Taco Bell, and I absolutely had to tell you about it? Was it simply because I missed writing?

It's been just over a month since the Detroit Free Press ran an investigative piece that supposedly showed the University of Michigan football program was guilty of numerous violations. And after re-reading the stories, my opinion on this effort hasn't changed: It's one of the worst pieces of journalism I've ever seen.

Our new treehouse: Life among the leaves

So what did you do this summer? What I did this summer was that I built a treehouse for my kids.

OK, when I say that "I built a treehouse for my kids," what I mean by that is that I stood by and watched as two guys who actually knew what they were doing built a treehouse for my kids. These were professional carpenters who had professional tools and used words that I didn't understand, such as "joist" and "miter" and "nail."