Despite city efforts to keep people off the field, persistent fans have revived the ballpark. Now families visit the park; people bring their dogs; and other come to play baseball.
Some residents also hurled insults at the owners of Ideal Market at Chene and Ferry, accusing them of burning down the store for insurance money.
“We don’t know what happened,” the owner said in broken English. “We were on our way back and saw the fire in the front. It could have been anything.”
What Detroit lacks in luster, it makes up for in sweat.
Packard owner Dominic Cristini was shocked to hear the news when we contacted him this afternoon.
In under a minute, someone armed with a paint-filled fire extinguisher can spray 20-foot-tall streaks of paint on buildings and never been seen.
Former Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan did not violate minimum residency requirements to become an official candidate in the race to replace outgoing Mayor Dave Bing, the Detroit Election Commission ruled Thursday.
The flight of middle-class African Americans to the suburbs continues to fuel an exodus that left the city with just above 700,000 people last year, according to Census data released today.
The Detroit Elections Commission will meet this afternoon to decide whether Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan should be removed from the primary ballot for violating the city’s charter for running for office.
State Rep. Lisa Howze also alleges mayoral candidate Tom Barrow should be removed from the ballot for similar violations.