Category Archives: Newspapers

Proposal 1 asks: Time for a Michigan Constitutional Convention?

November 1, 2010 – 6:58 am

We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, and earnestly desiring to secure these blessings undiminished to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution. So begins the Constitution of the State of Michigan which was last revised in 1963 (pdf of the current [...]

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Mitch Albom interviews Ernie Harwell

May 6, 2010 – 9:41 am

We’ll have another post later today, but here’s Mitch Albom interviewing Ernie Harwell at the Fox Theatre last October. It’s a little wobbly but what a great glimpse into Ernie Harwell’s history. Watch this and then read Mitch’s column remembering Harwell below. Fare Well by .jowo Ernie Harwell — the voice of the Tigers — [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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Michitwitter August 2009

August 3, 2009 – 3:22 pm

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