Metro Detroit Companies Named ‘Best & Brightest Companies to Work …
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Looking for Exceptional Women of Color to Represent to the World
The term “Black Community” encompasses a global group larger than just African Americans. Blacks are a diverse group of individuals who come from a multitude of cultural backgrounds, heritages, and countries. […]
“In Toledo, The Best of Lake Erie West” magazine
One man is looking to boost the pride of people who live and work in the Toledo area, or what he calls “The best of Lake Erie West”, and he is doing it in the pages of a new magazine.
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There is more to see inside “In Toledo.” […]
Growing in Detroit
On August 1st, Detroiters took part in the 10th annual Urban Garden Tour, sponsored by the Detroit Agricultural Network (DAN).
This year’s tour provided a close-up view of the emerging fresh, organic food system in Detroit, which is providing hope and nutrition to many. From hearty greens at the Earth Works farm on […]
$24 off (selected) flights on Spirit Air to passengers who book by 11:59pm EST TONIGHT Monday, August 6 for travel between September 4 and June 30, 2008. Enter the promotional code 24HOURS in the Promotion Code box to get the deal. Deal ends tonight at midnight!
There’s a new video on Crain’s Detroit’s web site, The Bright Side Video #7: Ecotourism & Downriver Rebirth. It’s about how parts of the Detroit River downriver from the city had been turned into outdoor recreational sites from a reputation of industrial contamination. Nowadays, wildlife is thriving in the Detroit River watershed and […]
Jack White Claims Journalists Are Lazy
Rocker Jack White has concluded journalists are the “laziest people on earth” after years of reading false facts about his band The White Stripes. The Hotel Yorba star now refuses to believe anything he reads in the music press.
He says, “Journalists are inherently the laziest people on earth. Even in […]
Last week I talked about Sangria in Royal Oak. The Detroit News reminds me that there is also great tapas to be had in downtown Detroit. Vicente’s Cuban Cuisine, 1250 Library St., Detroit, (313) 962-8800. “An upbeat, festive flavor and a 1920s Art Deco setting reminiscent of old Havana give this restaurant a […]
Former Detroit News reporter shot to death in California
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The outspoken new editor of the Oakland Post who formerly worked for The Detroit News was shot to death near a downtown courthouse in Oakland (California)
Bailey was a reporter for The Detroit News from the early 1980s to the early 1990s.
This crime […]
When Will the Next Bridge Collapse?
The Minneapolis bridge disaster is no isolated incident but a warning signal: More than 160,000 road bridges in the USA are considered to be in danger of collapse. Highways, tunnels, dams and dykes are in such miserable condition that engineers have long been ringing the alarm — so far in […]
So what’s up with Asian Village in Beaubien Place or whatever? It seems to be completed although they had to delay opening due to some software problem. Still, it wasn’t quite open two weekends ago when we tried to go. A shame with all those people walking by it on the new RiverWalk.