Category Archives: Newspapers

Back to School: Free college with The Kalamazoo Promise

September 9, 2008 – 1:13 pm

The Promise Starts Here by Ed Roth Quite simply, The Kalamazoo Promise is a scholarship offered to every Kalamazoo Public School student. Depending on the time in the district and income level of the family, students may earn up to 100% tuition at any public State of Michigan university or community college. You can get [...]

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We Are All Downstream

July 27, 2008 – 8:21 am

Together. by Rick Spillers Eric Hansen is the author of “Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula” and “Hiking Wisconsin”. In this morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining that begins: Take a moment to think about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the nearby patches of Wisconsin, Lake Superior [...]

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Remembering the Detroit Riot of 1967

July 22, 2008 – 10:06 am

One of the most profound events in Michigan’s history is the Detroit Riot of 1967. Wikipedia’s 12th Street Riot entry explains: The 12th Street Riot was a civil disturbance in Detroit that began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. Vice squad officers executed a raid at a blind pig, or speakeasy, [...]

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The Week for July 21-27, 2008

July 21, 2008 – 9:34 am

Fun on Pleasant Lake by MWOOD19 Welcome to The Week on Absolute Michigan. Summer is in full swing around the state and candidates in Michigan primaries are trying to chicken dinner their way to an August 6th victory. Our July Michigan Event Calendar says that events folks can check out this weekend include the Michigan [...]

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The Week for July 14-20, 2008

July 14, 2008 – 9:00 am

And so is the CSL Tadoussac by mdprovost “Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” -Measure for Measure Hundreds of years later, Shakespeare still has wisdom aplenty to share. You can pick up some of that, along with a healthy dose of entertainment at [...]

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The Week for July 7 – 13, 2008

July 7, 2008 – 8:36 am

the gardener by jenny murray The Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr chronicles the storms that rolled through southern Michigan once again last week, downing trees and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes. On a less destructive note, there are plenty of photos of fireworks and parades. Click over and add your best photo [...]

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The Week for June 30 – July 6, 2008

June 30, 2008 – 7:30 am

A Colorful Display by SNWEB.ORG Photography June 2008 will be remembered as one of the worst in terms of weather for many a year, so there probably won’t be too many who are sad to see July roll into town! The highlight of the week is of course the 4th of July and a great [...]

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Barack Obama & Michigan

June 19, 2008 – 9:21 am

Gore, Obama and Granholm by wizardkitten As the editor, I try pretty hard to keep the tone on Absolute Michigan as non-partisan as possible. When I read Obama Reaches Out to Michigan Voters in the Washington Independent, I realized that as a result, we probably side-step a lot of significant news … and also some [...]

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The Week for June 16-22, 2008

June 16, 2008 – 10:20 am

tahquamenon falls by ercy In his SE Michigan 2008 Strawberry season field report, Ann Arbor blogger Edward Vielmetti says that strawberries are ready to pick. In addition to continuing storms and flooding, the presumptive Presidential nominees are setting their eyes on Michigan with Barack Obama in Flint and Detroit today and John McCain reportedly deciding [...]

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The Week for June 9-15, 2008

June 9, 2008 – 11:09 am

Lightning by bohemianrobot Over the last week we’ve had some damaging storms all over the state – here’s hoping that bohemianrobot’s great capture puts the lightning back in the bottle! Our Michigan June Event Calendar says that the Lilac Festival continues on Mackinac Island this week. Other events this weekend include the Charlevoix Renaissance Festival, [...]

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