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Home»Entries posted by Dave Mesrey

After 30 years in exile, thoroughbred racing returns to Hazel Park

By Dave Mesrey on June 29, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Culture, Featured Stories, posts  

After 30 years in exile, thoroughbred racing returns to Hazel Park

Thoroughbred racing made a triumphant return to Hazel Park Raceway this weekend for the first time since 1984.

End of an Era: After more than 6 decades, harness racing comes to an end at Hazel Park

By Dave Mesrey on May 5, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Culture, Headline, posts  

End of an Era: After more than 6 decades, harness racing comes to an end at Hazel Park

But the track plans to return to thoroughbred racing next month for the first time since 1984.

Calling his firing ‘shameful,’ new Metro Times owners bring back veteran reporter Curt Guyette

By Dave Mesrey on April 2, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Headline  

Calling his firing ‘shameful,’ new Metro Times owners bring back veteran reporter Curt Guyette

The decision to bring back Guyette offers some insight into the philosophy of the new owner, Cleveland-based Euclid Media, which bought the weekly in December for an undisclosed sum.

Gunman shoots at Detroit fire engine from roof of abandoned church

By Dave Mesrey on March 19, 2014   Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline, posts  

Gunman shoots at Detroit fire engine from roof of abandoned church

The fire company (Engine 50) was featured on the documentary “Burn.”

Dave Mesrey

Dave Mesrey is a veteran copy editor who’s worked for the Metro Times, Hour Detroit, and ESPN’s Grantland.com. The editor of Willie Horton’s autobiography, “The People’s Champion,” Mesrey was also an associate producer of the 2013 Tiger Stadium documentary “Stealing Home.”

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