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.
5 exciting apartment renovations underway in the Cass Corridor
The Cass Corridor, long synonymous with crime and blight, is undergoing a renaissance of sorts.
Chicago-area investor begins gutting asbestos-laden factory after tiff with city
The Department of Environmental Quality received complaints that Bill Hults was forcing employees to work around hazardous materials.
Long-abandoned Cass Corridor apartments to be revived with 47 units
The public is invited to the groundbreaking at 11 a.m. today.
PJ’s Lager House: ‘Show must go on’ after fire in Corktown
The tenants, who escaped unharmed, tried to save their three cats but it was too late.
Former High Times editor takes helm of revamped Metro Times in Detroit
Valerie Vande Panne is an award-winning journalist and Michigan native.
Nonprofit plans to build surreal, eco-friendly classroom in Detroit
The classroom will be built out of a used shipping container with a rain garden and alternative energy sources.
New website offers objective news, views on marijuana in Michigan
More than a dozen writers will evaluate dispensaries, co-ops, caregivers and others who provide marijuana to patients, in addition to reporting on pot news.
Wayne State University offers class on Detroit’s ‘historic comeback’
The guest lecturers will include Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, former Councilman Kenneth Cockerel Jr. and others.
Shinola expands in Detroit with leather manufacturing, second watch assembly line
Two years ago, Shinola had just six employees. Today it has 247, most of whom are in Detroit.