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'The sweetest thing': St. Clair Shores mailman finds cash during route, returns it

A postal worker in St. Clair Shores says he didnt think twice when he found some cash in the driveway of a womans home, returning it with a note. His kind gesture was all caught on home surveillance video.

Josh OHara has worked with the U.S. Postal Service for about 10 years. What was just another day of work for him last week Thursday turned into so much more.

He was making his usual rounds in the area of Madison Street delivering mail when he found a $10 bill in someones driveway.

The way it was positioned, it looked like it fell out of their pocket while getting into the car," OHara said.

He rang the homeowners doorbell to return the cash but no one was home.

Watch the surveillance video below: Video captures St. Clair Shores postal worker return money found to homeowner

"Because nobody came, I left a note just so it wouldnt fall to the bottom of the box and nobody would see it," he said.

That homeowner, Sara Haiduc, got home after work and found the money and note. She couldnt believe the sweet gesture and couldn't wait to tell her entire neighborhood just how kind her postal worker was.

Honestly, I was just like, that is the sweetest thing," Haiduc said. "Instead of just pocketing it, he left it for me.

While it may have just been $10, Haiduc says its his small act of kindness that made her entire day. Its something O'Hara says, he hopes catches on.

"If you can make somebody smile or you can help somebody in any way, even be a support to be there for them, do it. You got a neighbor whos grieving? Drop off leftover food or tell them youre here. Or buy the food for somebody in a restaurant next to you or compliment your cashier," O'Hara said. You make one person smile, then that spreads to another and then its a ripple effect at that point.

Because of O'Hara's kindness, Haiduc says she and now the rest of her neighborhood are up for the task.

"(The money) just magically ended up in my driveway and he happened to find it and he did his good deed by giving it to me, so thats why I feel like I need to do a good deed with it," she said.

'Cost and price go up': How Michigan cannabis industries are reacting to Trump's tariffs

As the United States and China continue to increase tariffs on each other's goods, Michigan's cannabis industry is getting caught in the middle.

President Donald Trump raised tariffs on China to 145% on most goods and 245% on electric vehicles and syringes. China hit back with 125% tariffs on all American exports just last week.

For Michigan's cannabis industries, the conversation has now turned to parts, packaging and supplies, as much of that is being imported from China.

It is just another thing to deal with, which its already an industry where youre dealing with a lot," founder of North Coast Travis Murphy said.

North Coast is a processing company that supplies just about everything that goes into the products inside dispensaries like House of Dank including vape parts and other materials.

Vape carts, glass tips... custom boxes," Murphy said about all the things he purchases and provides to the over 100 cannabis businesses he works with across the state.

Murphy primarily imports from China and so the price for him to buy recently went up, and so the price to sell could go up soon as well.

For certain goods like a disposable vape, those cost $3 to $4 to import per unit," he said. "Youd be seeing a like a $10 increase to the customer.

While Murphy isnt seeing the higher costs just yet because he has a stockpile that will last him a few months, he is preparing to have to pivot where he buys from.

Meanwhile, Anthony Allos, who owns ARO Connection and supplies packaging for businesses like PUFF Cannabis Co., says he is starting to see the higher costs but adds that he will not raise prices for his customers for at least another few months.

As far as my company, I'm not going up, I'm actually eating the costs of the tariffs for my customers just because I know what kind of hard time it is for the cannabis industry," Allos said.

Allos, however, knows that not every company is in a position to do what he's doing, which is when customers may start to see price increases.

"Theyre definitely going to see cost and price go up," he said.

Allos primarily buys from China as well but says that may soon change.

"Now that China has the tariffs, its forcing us to go back domestically, which eventually in my opinion I think would be good," he said.

While these companies and suppliers hope a deal is reached between the two countries soon, they sit and wait in limbo to see what happens next.

VIDEO: See the unique way Chelsea residents moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home

Residents of all ages in Chelsea formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books one by one to a new storefront about a block away Sunday.

The book brigade, as owner Michelle Tuplin calls it, had around 300 people participating. Two lines stood running along a sidewalk in downtown Chelsea, passing each title from Serendipity Books' former location directly to the correct shelves in the new building, down the block and around the corner on Main Street.

Watch the video below See the unique way Chelsea residents moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home

It was a practical way to move the books, but it also was a way for everybody to have a part, Tuplin said. As people passed the books along, they said I have not read this and thats a good one.

Momentum had been building since Tuplin announced the move in January. But she only expected about a row of people to show up. She never expected the turn out that she saw.

We know how important independent book stores are in a community and people mention that all the time, but to see that in action and to see people come out, its just amazing," she said. "So many people wanted to help."

Tuplin said the endeavor took just under two hours much shorter than hiring a moving company to box and unbox the thousands of titles. The brigade even put the books back on the shelves in alphabetical order.

Now, Tuplin hopes to have the new location open within two weeks, just in time for Independent Bookstore Day on April 26.

About 5,300 people call Chelsea home and residents described it as a place where neighbors help neighbors.

It's a small town and people just really look out for each other," said Kaci Friss, 32, who grew up in Chelsea and has worked at the bookstore for a little over a year. "Anywhere you go, you are going to run into someone you know or who knows you and is going to ask you about your day.

Friss said Sunday's book brigade reminded her of how special this community is.

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