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Detroit Red Wings Gameday: Is this a must-win situation in Game 2 vs. the … The Detroit Red Wings will need to limit the number of chances the Chicago Blackhawks get on goaltender Jimmy Howard if they want to even their playoff series today in Game 2. (AP Photo). Print · Brendan Savage | bsavage@mlive.com [...]

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Bill Shea – As Michigan’s weather improves, metro Detroit commuters are faced with a new season of headache-inducing road construction. A lack of transportation dollars at the state and local levels has depressed the amount of work done on the region’s major traffic arteries and surface streets, meaning a dichotomy has emerged for motorists: Fewer [...]

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May 17 Destroy This Place release an album called “Destroy This Place” Bellyache Records Performing at the Loving Touch, with: Touch The Clouds and Palaces and Braided Veins   Watch: Destroy This Place – “Graves” You probably think you’ve heard this record before. But spin it again. This is just what it sounds like when it’s [...]

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A crumbling downtown Detroit eyesore will be coming down this month. Demolition on the Hotel Charlevoix will likely begin on May 28th, according to Nathan Ford, who is the director of Detroit’s Buildings, Safety, Engineering and Environmental Department. Required abatement work will start about two weeks before that, Ford added. A permit to tear down [...]

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There is some fascinating, eclectic music going on at Trinosophes this week. On Friday, May 3, Josephine Foster performs. They say, “As an adolescent Josephine Foster worked as a funeral and wedding singer, and aspired to become an opera singer. After her studies she began to record demos of her own songs, resulting in the [...]

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Helm has appeared in just two games in the last 13 months. He sprained his MCL last season, suffered lacerated tendons in his first playoff game after returning and has appeared in just one game this year because of a mysterious back injury. Full News here – Ann Arbor mobile sports

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The Outdoor Market Shed will be open to the public for the first time on Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Full News here – Oakland Business

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Ron Teasley, 86, will proudly attend Saturday's Negro League Tribute game between the Tigers and Atlanta Braves at Comerica Park. Teasley became a Negro League player who got a shot in the majors. He didn't make it but he is proud that the Tigers are paying tribute to his past. Full News here – Detroit [...]

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Detroit mayor Dave Bing announced today that all of the city’s parks will stay open this spring and summer, thanks to reallocated funding, grants and community support. Local businesses and foundations have pledged $ 14 million to the Active and Safe Campaign to support recreation centers and programming. Lear Corporation is donating $ 5 million [...]

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The local office, which employs 22 on the fourth floor of the Comerica Building, 99 Monroe Ave NW, is one of 16 HUD offices that will close after the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1. Full News here – Oakland Business

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All city parks will stay open this summer thanks to a combination of corporate donations, grant funding and volunteers who have stepped forward to "adopt" parks, Mayor Dave Bing announced today. Full News here – Metro/State News RSS from The Detroit News

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On Wednesday, April 24, Trinosophes hosts Spires That in the Sunset Rise. They say, “Using a wide array of ethnic folkloric instruments, Spires That in the Sunset Rise perform psyche-folk with a broad, global awareness of other folk traditions. Covering ground from Appalachia to Morocco to Java, Spires delivers their charming original material in a [...]

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Lions general manager Martin Mayhew looks back on a busy offseason thus far as he prepares for the 2013 NFL draft. INSIDE: The offensive line, free agent expectations and replacing a legendary kicker Full News here – Sports | WXYZ

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Bill Shea – The Federal Transit Administration has given the M1 Rail streetcar project its required environmental clearance to build the $ 137 million, 3.3-mile loop on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue, the project’s organizers said today. Full News here – Crain’s Detroit Business – Latest News

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Guess what's arrived already? The Tigers’ last night game from Seattle, Oakland and/or Anaheim this season. That's right — the last one. On April', no less. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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