The Week for July 7 - 13, 2008


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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 from the Fourth of July weekend.

Our Michigan July Event Calendar says that we can look forward to a slew of festivals and events including the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Lansing's Common Ground, Michigan Elvisfest in Ypsilanti, Blissfest in Cross Village and the Idlewild Music Fest.

Hope you have a great week - be sure to post any news stories or other items of weekly interest here!

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This entry was written by farlane and posted on July 7, 2008 at 8:36 am and filed under Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Blogs & Forums, Festivals, Attractions & Event Calendars, Landscaping & Gardens, Media, Michigan, Newspapers, Photography & Film, The Michigan Pages, The Week. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. farlane
    Posted July 7, 2008 at 8:41 am | Permalink

    In Alternative Energy Can Return Economic Prosperity to Michigan on Blogging for Michigan, wizardkitten writes about:

    Great story from business writer Rick Haglund making the rounds in the Michigan media. Today's GR Press print edition, across the top of the page headline, "Auto industry set to re-energize", and right below that in smaller print, "Alternative fuels could be vehicle for economic recovery in Michigan".

    Yes. Finally. It took $4 a gallon gasoline, plummeting auto sales, and rumors of a GM bankruptcy to get everyone's attention, but finally we see the media starting to pick up on the fact that not only is this a solution for our energy crisis (let's just start calling it that, shall we?) - it's an amazing economic opportunity that would bring thousands of jobs to the state of Michigan.

  2. Absolute Michigan
    Posted July 7, 2008 at 1:04 pm | Permalink

    Save Money - new resource over at Michigan.gov

    This site will provide you access to all the different resources that the State of Michigan provides to help you strech every dollar as far as possible.

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  3. Absolute Michigan
    Posted July 9, 2008 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

    Exclusive: Read Jack White's poem for Detroit from the Freep

    Jack White wants to clear a few things up.

    Not only does he bear no malice toward Detroit, says the White Stripes front man, he harbors great admiration for what he calls his hometown's "spirit, its beauty and its burning earth below."

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  4. Absolute Michigan
    Posted July 9, 2008 at 3:36 pm | Permalink

    Flint police crack down on saggy pants

    Flint residents now have to watch their butts because Police Chief David Dicks is on the lookout.

    Dicks, who took over the department last month on an interim basis, announced that his officers would start arresting people wearing saggy pants that expose skivvies, boxer shorts or bare bottoms.

    "Some people call it a fad," Dicks told the Free Press this week while patrolling the streets of Flint. "But I believe it's a national nuisance. It is indecent and thus it is indecent exposure, which has been on the books for years."

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