Category Archives: Newspapers

State of the Art in Ypsilanti, 1926

February 8, 2010 – 7:54 am

Laura Bien has a great feature on how "lightning slingers" kept Ypsilantians updated on the saga of Irving Berlin and socialite Ellin Mackay with The 1926 Modem on North Huron Street. It begins:
In the fall of 1925, Ypsilantians, and the nation, were transfixed by the romance of a onetime Lower East Side immigrant kid and [...]

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Michitwitter November 2009

November 2, 2009 – 5:39 pm

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Michitwitter October 2009

October 5, 2009 – 12:51 pm

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Michitwitter September 2009

September 1, 2009 – 4:26 pm

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Michitwitter Rewind August 2009

August 31, 2009 – 2:20 pm

Saline Summer Sunflower Super Set...Sweet by Andy Tanguay
Throughout each month we post items of Michicentric interest to our Michitwitter page. In case you missed them here is a look back at just a few of those items for the month of August. If you find these interesting there are plenty more for you to check [...]

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Flint's Carriage Town makes a comeback

August 20, 2009 – 10:18 am

The Mason House c 1872 in Carriage Town by mansardroofsf
The New York Times has taken note of an area in Flint called Carriage Town that is making a comeback due to some industrious and motivated homeowners. In the midst of an otherwise impoverished area and dire economic circumstances these people are taking advantage of [...]

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The Woodward Dream Cruise, a Detroit Classic

August 12, 2009 – 10:17 am

Red, White and Chrome Dream Cruise by kelley girl
The 15th annual Woodward Dream Cruise happens this Saturday, August 15, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. It's billed as the world’s largest one-day celebration of car culture, and with more 1.7 million visitors and over than 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles, it [...]

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Michitwitter August 2009

August 3, 2009 – 3:22 pm

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Michitwitter for July 2009

July 1, 2009 – 11:12 am

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Chapter & Verse on the General Motors Bankruptcy

June 2, 2009 – 7:23 am

I read the news today, oh boy. by Alana M. Layer
Like many in Michigan, I felt a profound sense of shock and unreality at yesterday's filing by GM for bankruptcy. It will probably come as a surprise to no one that Michigan will feel the brunt of the effects:
In the latest round of cutbacks, announced [...]

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