Fire hydrants malfunction, baby girl dies in east-side blaze this morning
Unable to find working hydrants, firefighters dashed through heavy smoke and extreme heat to rescue a lifeless 10-month-girl from her upstairs bedroom early this morning.
Heidelberg Project erects Christmas tree for Winter Solstice Celebration on city’s east side
The Winter Solstice Celebration is expected to draw dozens of people to the urban experiment where abandoned properties have been transformed into found-art installations at Heidelberg and Mt. Elliot.
The ice cream truck doesn’t stop here anymore
When I hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech, a single image pops into my head – a couple of 3-year-old kids, a tow-headed girl and a dark-skinned boy, sharing a red popsicle on a concrete porch on the east side of Detroit. Moments earlier, the ice cream truck had pulled […]