Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
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Since General Motors announced the idling of five of its assembly plants late last year, residents, workers, and government officials have been crying, 'Foul!' In addition to plants in Ohio, Maryland, Ontario, and Warren, Mich., the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant is one of the operations proposed to be idled by January 2020. Hamtramck city officials called a Town Hall Meeting on Saturday morning, March 23, to discuss the ramifications of GM's decision and what options the city and its...
In early March, the Northwest Activity Center gave a symposium to promote awareness of the opioid substance abuse epidemic that is devastating southeast Michigan and the nation. The forum consisted of Darlene Owens, Director of Substance Use Disorder Services at the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority; Andrew Johnson, President/CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project; Tera Miller, a pharmaceutical industry researcher; and Karl King, an expert in opioid addiction recovery. The panelists spoke on...
As leader of the River Rouge School District, Dr. Derrick Coleman believes his role is not necessarily larger than any other in the school system. He says the successes in the district are the result of a collective effort on the part of everyone, from bus aides, to lunch aides, to teachers, and paraprofessionals. Coleman first came to River Rouge School District in 1999 as a high school English teacher. He then served in other school districts, including Pontiac and Detroit. In 2012, Coleman...
Wow! It has been 18 years since my mom left us. March 15, 2001 was a different type of day. I wasn't sad because my mom had fought a good fight. She was like 1 in every 8 women who have breast cancer. After fighting hard and beating it, that monster came back with a vengence. Of course we wanted her here with us, but she had done her job and had done it well. She along with my dad, Robert Wilson, they raised me and my siblings - Derek, Ingrid and Angela to be respectable, responsible and giving...
October 9th 1931 Seven o'clock in the morning, Tupelo Mississippi Fred Moore Jr Born. Fred is a product of an Alabama raised mother, Elnora and his Mississippi raised Senior. Fred Moore Sr was an educated, hard working man who survived all of the nasty things the south showed him. Racism, discrimination, and even natural disasters. In the 1927 Mississippi Flood he lost a brother; later he lost his parents. Fred Moore Jr lived in Tupelo with his parents and sister Lenora. Soaking as much...
In this 21st century world, even children as young as four spend a good amount of time each day glued to a video screen. Technology is everywhere, and while digital devices have made life easier, sometimes it's good to just set devices aside and let the mind wander-especially for children. It was with that idea in mind that Garret and Laura Dixon established the first Detroit Kid City in Southfield in 2012. The company's website boasts: Unplug and have some good old fashioned family fun. The...
