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The Weekender: $2.5 billion Henry Ford development in Detroit + 23 things to know around town
The best place to catch up on what you might have missed around Metro Detroit this week
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The Weekender: Street snowboarding competition coming to Hart Plaza; Massive hotel planned + more
..and somehow in February we might hit 50 degrees on Thursday?
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Your Weekender Daily Detroit
Is Calexico done? Toll roads back on the table; plus stories around town
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What's the future of Downtown Detroit? Plus Guy Fieri's chicken place coming soon; Debating Stabenow's successor + more
The grocery store wars are about to heat up ... and new things around town
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A Holiday week you might not have heard about
Sandwich Week is here; Detroit approves recreational marijuana licenses + 14 other things to know around Metro Detroit
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Hello, Weekend: What you might have missed around town this week

When trying to good goes horribly wrong; An opening + a closing; A new poll + more
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18 Things to know around Metro Detroit
Plus a local brewery is crowdfunding $1 million to expand; And let's have coffee
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Will we get gleaming towers or the sadness quo?
Plus: Throwbacks Home comes to Capitol Park; Apt. Disco to open on the eastside
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On Michigan's big blue election wave
Plus Detroit cops get their pay raise and a local bar is trying a sober drinking party on the biggest bar night of the year
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Michigan's favorite Muppet; Historic mansion sells; Beaver moon; New things
Plus the Porter Burks case, explained; and election day is almost here
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New retail Throwbacks Home opening in Detroit; State Fair transit hub moving Monday; What's the top dive bar in Michigan?
Plus a repainted mural and a holiday market in a historic film studio
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Narrow Way Cafe takes a nap; New downtown for Sterling Heights; Public restaurant inspection cards aren't happening in Detroit
Plus the Amazon facility in Detroit delays hiring, a pollercoaster and Harry Houdini's final stop was Detroit
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Self-driving car venture sputters out & 15 stories to know around town
...and I'm back from Memphis after a heartbreaking DCFC loss
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Hello from Memphis
Detroit City FC is in their first USL Championship playoff match (plus some things to know around our town)
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15+ Things to know around Metro Detroit
Construction starts, the sordid tale of a free house, the Belle Isle Nature Center reopens, and a pro Detroit sports team makes the playoffs
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Luck runs out for Lucky Duck; ShotSpotter delayed again; GM's Back to office plan hits a wall
Plus the Wayne County Jail is over budget and Royal Oak is getting an ice rink
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Why I'm on board with deleting I-375
Plus My Dad's Bar is closing to make way for new development; And 13 other things to know around Metro Detroit