March 1, 2016
Ferndale rejects owner’s pleas, moves to close Motorama Motel
The Ferndale City Council reaffirmed its decision to deny the Motorama Motel its operating license despite pleas by its owner...
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February 27, 2016
Downtown Ferndale needs more office and residential, new DDA director says
Related: Flurry of new businesses set to open in Ferndale Downtown Ferndale was built on the success of small, locally...
February 24, 2016
Flurry of new businesses set to open in Ferndale
Related: Downtown Ferndale needs more office and residential, new DDA director says A spate of new businesses, including an organic...
February 18, 2016
If you don’t know where Michigan is on a map, you have bigger issues
I’ve been on vacation this week in Florida, where we booked a suite at a time-share resort that came with...
February 11, 2016
My day handing out water and supplies in Flint with the Red Cross
If you really want to disrupt people’s lives in a fundamental way — not to mention endanger their health —...
February 10, 2016
Crime-ridden Motorama Motel may close after Ferndale council denies business license
Ferndale city officials have rejected a hotel business license for the Motorama Motel at Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue,...
February 2, 2016
Crowdfunding drive for new Detroit City FC home in Hamtramck hits home stretch
Detroit City Football Club LLC, a semi-pro soccer team that plays in U.S. Soccer’s fourth tier, has been one of...
January 30, 2016
Paul Kantner was a founding member of Jefferson Airplane — and an unrepentant freak
It’s strange to keep writing tribute posts to my favorite fallen rock legends, but here we are: The old guard...
January 23, 2016
Time for a deep-winter visit to Detroit’s Belle Isle (with photo slideshow)
It’s late January and my kids are starting to go crazy from cabin fever, bouncing off the walls and relentlessly...
January 17, 2016
Flint water crisis, Detroit schools a major reckoning for a once-proud state
In case you didn’t notice, the lead poisoning water crisis that is right now engulfing Flint is playing out in...
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