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Labor Day Traffic Fatalities Down This Year In Michigan

The preliminary reports are in and this Labor Day was safer on the roads than last year across the state of Michigan. According to Michigan State Police, traffic fatalities decreased this Labor Day holiday weekend. There were nine traffic deaths in nine separate traffic crashes during the 2016 Labor Day holiday weekend, compared to 12 traffic crashes and 15 deaths during the 2015 Labor Day holiday weekend. “These numbers are preliminary and only reflect those fatalities reported to the MSP...

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Survey Says Detroit Area Companies Having Trouble Finding People With The Right Skills

Although Detroit area CFOs (Chief Financial Officers) are optimistic about their companies – with 15 percent planing to add jobs in the next six months and 66 percent hiring for open roles, there’s a cloud hanging over the success of many Detroit area businesses, and that cloud is finding talent. According to a Robert Half survey of 200 CFOs of companies with twenty or more employees, 58 percent of Detroit CFOs surveyed said it’s somewhat or very challenging to find skilled candidates for prof...

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Love Comedy And Theater? Love Hamtramck? Planet Ant Is In Home Stretch Of Fundraiser To Finish Hall

Have you ever driven down Caniff in Hamtramck and wondered what that purple house with the giant white ant painted on the side of it was? Welcome to The Planet Ant Theater. The Planet Ant has some pretty cool history. It was originally a coffee shop that had poetry nights, musical performances and art shows. Then one day in 1996 Keegan Michael Key talked the owner into turning it into a theater. For years members of the Planet Ant have been performing improv, sketch, and plays in the small...

Gold Ribbon Expo Honoring Childhood Cancer Awareness

Come visit with organizations who help brave fighters & their families in various supporting ways. This event is possible thanks to Presenting Sponsor-Alisha Baker Farmers Insurance Agency & Host Salon Bliss & Spa of Shelby Twp. Charities taking part in the event are: Rockin’ For A Match (will be doing bone marrow registry), St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Kids Kicking Cancer, Children With Hair Loss and Operation Little Princess. Local businesses who will be part as well are: Angel of Grace Aw...

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Detroit's Public Schools, Teachers Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

Details are sparse as they’ll be revealed to Detroit Federation of Teachers members later this week, but a tentative agreement has been reached between the new district that controls Detroit’s public schools and the 2,900 or so unionized teachers and staff who work there. Any deal not only must be approved by both parties, but also the Financial Review Commission overseeing the finances of the district. The DFT has called a special meeting of membership for after the first day of school Tuesda...

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Ambassador Bridge Ordered To Make Immediate Safety Repairs By Canadian Government

The Ambassador Bridge is not only an unmistakable part of Detroit’s skyline, it’s also the busiest port of entry in terms of commercial vehicles to Canada. In short – it’s crucial for trade between the United States and Canada. The 86 year old span has been cited by Transport Canada as having unsafe railings and curbs. The Direction concerns safety deficiencies found in a section of the bridge’s railings and curbs on the Canadian side. The deficiencies were observed during a Transport Canada...

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9 Labor Day Facts That Might Surprise You

We all know that Labor Day happens on the first Monday in September. For many of us, it’s a break from work or school and a last chance to squeeze in a vacation before the fall work grind arrives – but the holiday has a lot of meaning. The history of Labor Day is, not surprisingly, influenced by organized labor in more ways than one. From its murky beginnings to its lasting legacy, check out these nine cool facts about Labor Day. 1. The founder of Labor Day is disputed There’s a disput...

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All This Was Trees, And Now It May Be Again – Apple Trees, That Is

A few years ago, famous street artist Banksy painted at the Packard Plant on the east side of Detroit a piece that said, “I Remember When All This Was Trees.” Banksy was right. At one point, that’s what this area was before industrial production filled Detroit’s landscape, for a time, with factories and smokestacks. The area also had fertile soil that the French farmers in the early 1800s said was so good they didn’t even have to work to raise crops. Well, the trees may well be here again. D...

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Detroit Area Has Two Of The Top 25 Museums In America, Says BI

Detroit has amazing museums that we often don’t give enough praise to. Some may forget them because they’re always here, or not even realize they’re just a short drive away. Two of our great Detroit area museums were listed in Business Insider’s “The 25 best museums in America, RANKED” this week – and we’d have to agree, they’re pretty amazing and do stand out among the 35,000 or so museums in the country. Ranked at 16, Greenfield Village/The Henry Ford in Dearborn. It’s really two museum...

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Former Third Precinct Building In Southwest Detroit To Be Home To Detroit School For Digital Technology

As a marketing and branding guy here in Detroit I get a chance to see so many great things day to day. We continue to blossom with great opportunities sprouting up and forging us forward into the Digital space. There’s one project in particular that I’m happy to have watched materialize into what could be a major tie in to providing national and international attention to the city, and I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of this team. The Detroit School for Digital Technology, which has...

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Walk For Warriors To Raise Funds For Financial Assistance, Advocacy & Awareness Around Lupus This Saturday

The 4th Annual “Walk For Warriors” fundraising walk this Saturday will see hundreds – if not thousands – of people participate in a mile long route geared toward everyone’s ability. Patrons will enjoy pre and post event refreshments, entertainment, raffles and more at New Center Park. Detroit’s own R&B recording artist Tem LeMay will grace the stage with a music performance and, WXYZ Meteorologist Denise Isaac will be the event emcee. This year’s walk is sponsored by United Healthcare, St....

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Humbly Helping Our Formerly Homeless Neighbors To Truly Have A Home, Not Just A House

Humble Design is just that – humble. You won’t hear them tooting their horn about number of families coming out of homeless and abuse shelters they’ve helped have a home, not just house, or that they have made it possible for those families to smile again and rebuild their lives. The Pontiac-based organization does it all by repurposing donated gently used household goods that teams of designers use to furnish and decorate the house to make it as close to the dream home the family has always w...

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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit This Labor Day Weekend

Seeing as it is the last unofficial weekend of summer, we thought we would bring you another supersized list of things to do. If you love music, this weekend is for you. There is so much live music being played in Metro Detroit that I have can’t even count it all. Hopefully you can make it to one of these cool events between family barbecues and taking your last dips in the community pools. Hamtramck Labor Day Festival – Hamtramck Head over to the greatest little Polish town on the map to...

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Most Detroit Schools Are Off The Chopping Block For Now, But 5 Charter Schools Could Still Close

Dozens of low-performing Detroit schools that faced possible closure next spring may have gotten a stay of execution from Gov. Rick Snyder this week — but some city charter schools are still on the hot seat. Snyder has said low-performing schools should close. But an aide said this week that the governor had accepted the opinion of attorneys with the Miller Canfield law firm: New legislation requiring the state to shutter struggling Detroit schools does not actually apply to Detroit’s primary...

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Detroit's Bus Service To Gain 1,500 Trips A Week And Get More 24 Hour Lines, Says Mayor

In the Motor City, depending on who is doing the estimate, between 26% and a third of households do not own a car in the city of Detroit. That’s roughly the same percentage as Chicago or San Francisco – but we obviously don’t have the same transportation infrastructure. Here in Detroit our comparably lackluster system often locks people into poverty as they reasonably can’t get to or from work without a car. So what happens to transportation – especially the Detroit Department of Transportat...

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Throwback Hip Hop Station 105.1 FM Is The New King Of Detroit Radio

It’s quite the turnaround for 105.1 WMGC FM. Languishing for a long time near the bottom of the radio ratings, the station made a switch in July from sports radio which is totally dominated here by 97.1 FM The Ticket (WXYT) to old school hip-hop. And according to the latest ratings book, people have responded strongly to “The Bounce,” a station that kicked off their first song with “The Real Slim Shady” by Detroit’s Eminem. The station had an 8.0 share in their first full Nielsen PPM (Portab...

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Dr. Stein From Green Party, Republican Nominee Trump To Be In Detroit On Same Day

Detroit’s going to play host to not one, but two, presidential candidates on Saturday, September 3 – both at establishments headed by African-Americans. The Green Party is going to have a rally with their presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, at Bert’s Warehouse in Eastern Market (2739 Russell Street in Detroit), along with her VP pick, Ajamu Baraka. The event will run from noon to 3:00 p.m. Press folks from the campaign tell Daily Detroit in an email that they “will speak on how the Green...

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Five Metro Area Nonprofits Receive $50,000 In Grants From Two GM Assembly Plants

The General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center and Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant awarded $50,000 in grants to five metro Detroit nonprofit organizations committed to community development, environmental cleanup and educational programs. The nonprofits were voted on by employees at each plant and awarded through the GM Community Grants program, funded by the GM Foundation. The checks were presented during Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly’s annual employee appreciation day event. Each organi...

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