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Weird Wednesday: The Nain Rouge, a Detroit Ghost Story

The following tale is from Myths and Legends of Our Own Land by Charles M. Skinner, available free at Project Gutenberg. You can get more recent accounts of the Nain Rouge from David A. Spitzley's spooky & excellent Mythic Detroit and a…
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October 24th Northern Lights over Michigan

northern lights, clare county MI by ats8110 Last night our Michigan Northern Lights Log got over 2 dozen reports from the region of sightings - follow the link to subscribe via RSS. Here's the skinny on last night's Auroral Amazement via…
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Urban Farming and the Gift of Detroit

"It could never happen in another city. I mean, this is ridiculous to think about this much land. There are very few houses that have another house next to them. So everybody can have at least an extra yard, you know. That's really the gift…
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Made-In-Michigan Film Festival - October 21st & 22nd

On October 21 & 22, 2011 film industry professionals and festival-goers from across the state will converge on Downtown Lapeer at the historic, recently renovated PIX Theater for the 4th Annual Made-In-Michigan Film Festival (MiMFF). Presented…
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Sinking Ships for Money

ship wreck by hoperenewed In November Absolute Michigan always features shipping and shipwrecks, and while most of the stories are tragic, Great Lakes Echo has a feature about a Michigan lawmaker who hopes to sink ships to boost tourism revenue: Some…
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Michigan vs Michigan State Football Rivalry

It's rights for the title of the state, state champions, who's the best in the state, it's huge, big for the fans, big for the alumni and big for the players and coaches. ~Ryan Van Bergen, UM Defensive End This Saturday at 12 noon the University…
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Experience Great Lakes Week with Great Lakes Now

Edited Oct 17, 2011 to bring in the archived content from Great Lakes Week 2011 Detroit Public Television (DPTV), in partnership with the International Joint Commission, the Great Lakes Commission, U.S. EPA, and Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes…
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2011 Detroit Tiger Playoff Watch

We'll update this page with cool features we find about the Detroit Tigers post-season and their quest for the World Series crown! Add your comments and links below! Game 4 - Can we all agree that Nelson Cruz should not be pitched to? It's…
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Five Things You Need to Know: Lions & Tigers & Bears Edition

UPDATE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011 On Monday night the Lions beat the Bears 24-13 to move to 5-0. Quarterback Matthew Stafford summed up the energy and the role of the crowd: "It was up there. I mean, it was unbelievable. You know, especially…
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Michigan punches its ticket for high-speed rail

Vanishing Point by e.rabior Business Week reports that Michigan made some major moves toward high-speed rail yesterday: A high-speed passenger train service between Chicago and Detroit took two big steps forward Wednesday with a $196.5…
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Happy Birthday, Sault Ste. Marie Michigan

Pasty.com's Day in History for October 4th says that Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan was founded on this day in 1641. Michigan History Magazine expands on this, relating that French Jesuits Isaac Jogues and Charles Raymbault held the first Christian…
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Beer Week and the Detroit Fall Beer Festival

Michigan’s thriving brewing industry contributes over $24 million in wages with a total economic contribution of more than $133 million. In terms of overall number of breweries, microbreweries and brewpubs, Michigan ranks #5 in the nation…