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Detroit to deploy beachcombing robot on Belle Isle to pick up trash
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn an effort to connect Detroit's automobile heritage, nonprofits' efforts to fight pollution and...
Belle Isle lost attractions as maintenance costs went up during decades of decline
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPony rides, canoe rentals and a public nine-hole golf course once drew visitors to Detroit’s Belle...
Belle Isle's Giant Slide to sit out on Memorial Day weekend
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis Memorial Day — the unofficial kickoff to summer — will be missing a Detroit staple: the Giant Slide on Belle Isle. The steel slide is still closed off to the public, pending enhancements ...
Amid $40 million embezzlement probe, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy has work to do | Editorial
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoSay it ain’t so, Riverfront Conservancy. Like the rest of metro Detroit, we've watched with dismay...
Firefighters fly drone to help prep for summer litter cleanups at Downriver creek
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA drone’s-eye view of litter gave high-tech help this week to the nonprofit Friends of the Detroit...
Nature advocates make climb to coax people of color to enjoy Michigan's outdoors
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMekha El-Rashidi checked his ice ax's hold, the grip of the crampon claws on his boots, the tension...
Duggan touts low homicides, development as population drivers at policy conference
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Thursday said population growth is critical for Detroit, telling a...
Michigan election 2023: Key races to watch in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb counties
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoElection Day 2023 is Tuesday, Nov. 7. Voters across metro Detroit will soon head to the polls with...
Reaching Michigan Central Station was first step to a 'good life' for longtime Detroiter
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAs a teen living in the segregated South, Bernice Laster chose Detroit. Michigan Central Station was...
Susan J. Demas: Has Michigan bounced back?
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThere’s something happening in Michigan right now and it feels kind of like … optimism? You could see the energy pulsing through the Motor City as the...
