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Inkster – Owens Corning Platinum Contractors are working with Habitat for Humanity Western Wayne County to provide new roofs to veterans in need and their families as part of the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project. Kevin Bronson, a U.S. Marine Corp veteran, will receive a new roof on Tuesday, October 9, from Tittle Brothers Construction, an Owens Corning Roofing Platinum Contractor. This nationwide effort is a way to show gratitude and honor the veterans who served our country and the f...
DETROIT -- Today former President Barack Obama endorsed Gretchen Whitmer for Governor of Michigan. "I'm proud to endorse Gretchen Whitmer because Michigan's middle-class families need a governor who knows how to get things done," said former President Barack Obama. "Gretchen has spent her whole life getting real results for hardworking Michiganders, whether it was raising the minimum wage, or working to expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act to cover more than 680,000 people. As...
GOSHEN – "You have to act as if it was radically possible to change the world, and you have to do it every day." This Angela Davis quote was stressed by Kellyann Kostyal-Larrier, Executive Director of Safe Homes of Orange County, as she led an "opening ceremony" for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) outside of the Orange County Government Center last Monday afternoon. Clad in purple (DVAM's symbolic color), Kostyal-Larrier stood at a podium, behind her t-shirts adorned with names of a...
As of October 11, there are 75 shopping days until Christmas. Local fall craft shows are a great place to begin your holiday shopping. The American Legion Post 396 Women’s Auxiliary will be hosting its annual Fall Craft and Vendor Show at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Garden City on Saturday, October 13, 2018. The show will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission will be $1. The event will feature more than three dozen craft vendors, a 50/50 raffle, food, and a bake sale, which will benefit t...
The phrase "The Hate U Give Little Infants F-s Everybody" gave the hip-hop group T-H-U-G-L-I-F-E its name. The sentiment fromTupac Shakur (and other group members, Big Syke, Stretch, Mopreme Shakur, The Rated R and Macadoshis) was that the kids you ignore or deride turn into young people who will be a stone in your shoe. Writer Angie Thomas used that mantra as a title for her bestselling book The Hate U Give, which is inspired by the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant in 2009 in Oakland, California...
