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Detroit School Board Candidates: Who Has Landed The Most Endorsements?

While most of the anxiety you’re surely feeling today is appropriately directed at the presidential race, people who care about Detroit should also be paying attention to the city’s historic school board election. Voters on Tuesday will choose seven Detroiters to help shepherd our schools out of a difficult period that’s been defined by financial distress, academic turmoil and emergency management. “Most important will be to choose a majority that wants to look forward, to the day when full...

Vote Yes On Transit For A United Detroit Region

There have been many attempts at reliable, comprehensive mass transit in our region for years. It’s time to end this long journey by voting “yes” on the millage for the Regional Transit Authority (RTA). It simply makes sense if you want the region to grow and have a shot at being competitive in the future. Do you want your kid to think about moving home from Chicago or another major city? You should vote yes for transit. There’s a good chance they’re taking the “L” as well as a network of buse...

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These Special Coats Not Only Keep People Warm, They Also Create New Beginnings

At first glance, it’s a straightforward idea. Coats for the homeless that double as sleeping bags. Sounds like a good idea, right? It has been very successful. But sometimes, success means new challenges. The good work the Empowerment Plan is doing and the demand for it means they’re bursting at the seams of their current location. If you’ve never heard of the Empowerment Plan, since 2011 more than 15,000 of those special coats have been distributed throughout forty states and seven Canadi...

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A Look Inside Of The Future 260 Square Foot Micro Lofts At The New 28Grand

If you haven’t been through Capital Park lately, you might have missed the construction that is currently happening on Grand River and Griswold Street on the site of what was most recently a parking lot and strip club. 28Grand is a mix used apartment building that is being built by Bedrock, the property management company owned by Dan Gilbert. Two interesting points about this building. First, it is the first micro loft apartment building in Detroit. Second, Bedrock describes it as the largest...

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Most Campaigns For The New Detroit School Board Are Running On Shoestring Budgets

More than 60 candidates are running for seven seats on the new Detroit school board — and most are running their campaigns on a shoestring. A Chalkbeat review of state and county campaign finance records shows that just 15 candidates seeking seats on the crucial new board reported receiving campaign contributions as of Oct. 23, the most recent date for which numbers were available. That includes several candidates who dipped into their personal savings, spending thousands of their own dollar...

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Covenant Community Care Receives Grant To Help Patients With Chronic Diseases, Behavioral Health

It’s sad, but true. In Michigan, nearly 17 percent of adults with mental illness are uninsured and find it difficult to get the treatment they need. To make matters worse, the disease puts them at risk for other chronic medical conditions. To help alleviate some of the burden Covenant Community Care was presented with a $96,250 grant from a unique partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation an...

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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit For The Weekend Of November 4-6

Is anyone else in denial that it is already November? I guess it’s time to get prepared for Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season. There are a lot of great things happening this weekend. I wish I could clone myself so I could go to all of these events. Depression Glass Show – Dearborn This weekend is the 44th annual Depression Glass Show at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. The two day show will be held on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6. My inner glas...

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Comcast Starts Advanced Trial Program Of Gigabit Service In City Of Detroit

The internet is quickly becoming a utility as essential for modern life as electricity or heat. Speed matters, especially to people who more and more rely on the internet for everyday tasks. In a statement, Comcast announced today that it is launching an advanced consumer trial of a new internet service that will deliver speeds up to 1 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) to residential customers throughout the entire city of Detroit. According to Comcast, the service is the first citywide 1 Gig servic...

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Difficult Intersection In Downtown Detroit To Become More Walkable, Get 13,000 Foot Plaza

New plans and an animation were released today, focusing on simplifying one of downtown Detroit’s most difficult intersections for pedestrians and confusing for cars. And the time we’re going to have to wait to see the changes is extremely short … as in as early as next week. The intersection is at Gratiot and Randolph, which are state roads, along with city streets Broadway and Macomb. The plan is to not only move northbound Randolph traffic so both direction are in what’s currently the sou...

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Peter Werbe Out At Greater Media, Nightcall And Peter Werbe Show As Well

Peter Werbe. He’s one of those voices that has been part and parcel of the late night airwaves for almost two decades. According to his Wikipedia page (which he directed to as a source), Nightcall was the longest running phone-in talk show in radio history. It was co-hosted by WCSX’s Juline Jordan. And now, it’s been silenced as according to a post on his Facebook page, his employment with Greater Media (who owns WRIF, WCSX, and WMGC). It was part of a one-two punch starting Sunday nights...

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Marvel Masters Teach The Comic Book Business At Detroit Area Classes

In the 1970s Arvell Jones and Keith Pollard were among the artists who came out of Detroit and made a splash in the world of comic books. They honed their craft in some of the biggest books in the industry, including Marvel and DC Comics, and co-created some memorable characters for both. Jones was the co-creator of Marvel’s Misty Knight, who appears in the new Luke Cage Netflix series, and also worked on the Avengers and many others. He also worked on some of the Superman comics for DC....

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Detroit Orientation Institute Celebrates A Quarter Century Of Changing Assumptions About The City

Detroit can be daunting for new arrivals – executives, journalists, students and residents alike. They wonder “where can I find out about the city’s history, businesses, possibilities, challenges, politics and culture?” “Is everything I’ve heard about the city true?” “Where can I meet the change makers?” “Where can I do it easily and quickly?” For 25 years the Detroit Orientation Institute (DOI), housed at Wayne State University, has been the answer to those questions. It will celebrate...

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5 Manly Detroit Hangouts

There are plenty of places to grab a beer and watch the game but which ones will put hair on your chest? Which ones can you go to and belch your favorite movie’s one-liner? Where can you go and smell the scent of freshly cut trees and find lumberjacks at the bar chewing on bark and drinking from hollowed out tree trunks? Here’s a list of manly hangouts in Detroit. Go to any of these if you can take a joke, jab, or beer and a shot of whiskey. 1. Cadieux Cafe This place is always packe...

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Michigan's Jolly Pumpkin Tapping Into Chicago, Will Open Restaurant And Brewery In Hyde Park

Jolly Pumpkin is a local favorite here, with their Midtown Detroit, Ann Arbor and original Traverse City locations doing a brisk business. Word is that that the popular eatery and brewery will be opening a fourth location in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, near the University of Chicago, in 2017. It’s going to run 5,800 square feet and the restaurant will serve craft beers, distilled spirits, and wines available through the Northern United Brewing Company (NUBC) brand – including Joll...

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Metro Detroit Leads The Nation In Late Night Online Shopping

Who has been there – where it’s midnight, you forgot to grab a gift for the birthday party, and know that if you do it now you’ll get it shipped to you in time? Apparently, a lot of Metro Detroiters. A new ranking by ShopRunner has placed Metro Detroit as the region with the most (by percentage) middle of the night shoppers. The data, based on ShopRunner members, shows that nearly 37 percent people in Detroit have shopped online overnight, besting the national average of 29 percent and makin...

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Local Chocolatier Gets National Recognition As Forbes 30 Under 30 For Food And Drink

If you’ve ever been to Bon Bon Bon, you can sense the care that Alexandra Clark and her people put into everything, from the quality of the treats themselves to the store and the packaging (here’s our look at them from last year). At the Forbes 30 under 30 conference in Boston, she not only was named a winner of that award, but won “Best Young Pastry Chef” with her “Hot Mess” confection that has a blend of 13 molten chocolates inside of a hard, chocolate shell. In a previous interview wit...

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Three Month Long I-696 Tunnel Light Replacement Project Starts Monday

Construction, the never ending season in Michigan. Per the Michigan Department of Transportation, beginning Monday, October 31, work begins on three I-696 tunnels between Coolidge and Southfield Roads in Oakland County to replace the tunnel lights. Crews will be closing two lanes nightly from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am, alternating between eastbound and westbound I-696, with the plan being to always leave two lanes open. The three month project will start on westbound I-696 at Coolidge Highway wit...

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Royal Oak's New Facial Bar Skinphorea Aims To Bring Education, Affordability To Skin Care

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to check out a new facial bar in Royal Oak called Skinphorea. Picture a spa where you go for facials. Are you picturing the day spa where you are dressed in a robe? Where you can spend all day there getting all sorts of things done to your body? Take that image and toss it out. Just throw it out the window. Skinphorea is a new take on your average spa that offers facials. They specialize in express facials and waxing. Each facial is performed at a “ba...

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