Historic Negro League baseball field in Hamtramck to get new life
The Navin Field Grounds Crew plans to play a major role in helping revive the old baseball diamond.
Deadly firebombing caps wild 3-day Angels’ Night
Perhaps most eye-opening wasn’t the number of fires but the fallouts from budget cuts.
Duggan pays Detroiters $70 to stand outside voting stations
Many of the paid workers violated election laws by peddling campaign brochures at the doors of polling stations.
Fundraiser to support the Belle Isle Aquarium is lively, uplifting
The great desire to breathe life into the country’s oldest-operating aquarium was on full display at the well-attended Race to Reopen the Belle Isle Aquarium Fundraiser Gala over the weekend. From the gentle melodies of a strolling violinist to flaming balls of fire, the everyday appearance of the Aquarium and Conservatory was transformed. Tents burst […]
Council Decides Apple Orchard Fight More Urgent than Solving Budget Crisis
By Steve Neavling Leave it to Detroit City Council to turn a peaceful apple orchard into a heated, divisive issue. Forget the city’s other problems, like chronic poverty, high illiteracy rates, tens of thousands of vacant homes and a budget shortfall that could land Detroit in bankruptcy court. When council members learned Tuesday that volunteers […]