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Detroit 20/20: Mayor Dave Bing & Governor Rick Snyder

March 23, 2011 – 1:23 pm

Detroit 20/20 from WXYZ TV seeks to address the challenges facing Detroit and the region with the goal of making Detroit a better place to live, work and raise families. In this four-part interview, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing discuss a wide range of the daunting challenges facing and the often [...]

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Pure Michigan Facebook: Leading the Nation

March 21, 2011 – 8:31 am

“Winds of Change” Point Betsie Lighthouse by Michigan Nut The Pure Michigan Facebook fan page topped 200,000 fans over the weekend. According to the Street, this makes Pure Michigan one of only four state tourism Facebook pages with more than 100,000 fans and the first state tourism Facebook page with over 200,000 fans: “We could [...]

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Northern Lights near Marquette on March 11th!

March 12, 2011 – 10:21 am

Originally posted to Michigan in Pictures, but definitely too good not to share! March 11 Northern Lights over Lake Superior, photo by Shawn Malone Last week  Michigan in Pictures featured an article saying that the prospects for Northern Lights viewing in Michigan were looking great for the next couple of years. Thanks to Pure Michigan’s [...]

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Emergency Financial Manager Bill rumbles toward passage

March 10, 2011 – 4:19 pm

R.I.P. – James McMillan School (1894-2008) by SNWEB.ORG Photography, LLC. HB-4214 – the “local  government and school district fiscal accountability act” –  passed the Senate yesterday.  This is such a strange & sweeping bill that vests power in the executive branch to exercise extra-ordinary powers of finance, administration and even the very existence of municipalities [...]

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Seeking Michigan: Sisters Did It For Themselves

March 9, 2011 – 8:36 am

By Bob Garrett, Archives of Michigan, courtesy Seeking Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage. In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke (pictured right) crossed the United States in their [...]

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Michigan Books: A 1,000 Mile Walk on the Beach

March 3, 2011 – 11:36 am

Next Friday (March 11, 2011) at Brilliant Books in Suttons Bay, Loreen Niewenhuis will release her book, A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach. The book chronicles her walk around the shoreline of Lake Michigan and her observations along the way. ABSOLUTE MICHIGAN: What prompted you to do this? LOREEN NIEWENHUIS: I’ve always felt connected to [...]

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Long Long Honeymoon: Movin’ on U.P.

March 2, 2011 – 7:44 am

“Because life should be a long long honeymoon…” Sean and Kristy Michael got married in 2007, bought an Airstream trailer and have traveled 30,000+ miles. In the course of their journey they have produced some very cool videos and blogs for their web site, LongLongHoneymoon.com. Last summer they swung through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and their [...]

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Vote in the I Love Michigan Video Contest!

March 1, 2011 – 9:58 am

Love Sick by TerryJohnston Today I came across this item on the blog Great Lakes Guru. You can vote until Friday (March 4) in Prima Civitas Foundation’s  I Love Michigan Video Contest. Click that link to see and vote on the top ten videos. I thought it was pretty funny that he picked out the [...]

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Lost Lansing: A History of Lansing Breweries & Brew Pubs

February 24, 2011 – 2:18 pm

Today’s feature comes from the Capital Area District Library and librarian Dave V. who researches regular Lost Lansing features. Click the banner to read many more great stories about the history of the Capital City! by Dave Votta, CADL Local History Librarian Local breweries and brew pubs have a long tradition in Lansing. The Lansing [...]

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February is National Cherry Month … so get out there and eat some!

February 22, 2011 – 10:30 am

Megan from American Spoon sent me over their cool National Cherry Month photo feature that takes you through four seasons of cherries. Click that cherry to the left to Choose Cherries on Facebook. You can get bushels more cherry goodness including our Eat Local: Michigan Cherries feature at absolutemichigan.com/Cherry! We also have a video feature [...]

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