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Vote for Live in the D’s Twinkle Town Tree!
Gardner White’s Twinkle Town tree-decorating competition is underway, with 23 trees competing for a $10,000 donation to the charity of their choice. , a nonprofit that provides free and low-cost braille books to children who are blind and visually impaired. Our entry? A gorgeous tree called “A Latte Braille Books” - and it’s been turning heads.
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A Detroit Owner Asked 1.1 Million Followers to Find His Stolen $500K McLaren After a Takeover. Wayne County Can Penalize Filming Those
Ali Sobh’s McLaren was taken from the driveway behind his home in Detroit’s Boston-Edison neighborhood. The next time he saw it, someone else was spinning it in circles in front of a crowd. Sobh is a Detroit businessman with 1.1 million social media followers. He told WDIV the car is worth $500,000 and that no one else in the country owns its color. He called it a collector’s car. clickondetroit.
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Detroit Man, 35, Vanishes After Leaving Hospital Following Head Injury Crash
Detroit Police 10th Precinct — Named In Missing-Man Information Request. Detroit police are asking for the public's help locating 35-year-old Louis Phillips, who disappeared after being treated at a hospital for a head injury he suffered in a car collision. Phillips was admitted to a hospital in the 2700 block of West Grand Boulevard on Wednesday, November 11, after being struck by a car, and police say he left the facility in an unknown direction.
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Dearborn halts work at big hotel project probed for possible human trafficking
Dearborn city officials have ordered a halt to construction work on a hotel where authorities said they found evidence of possible human trafficking and families, including adults and children, living illegally in the large hotel. Hassan Abbas, a city spokesman, confirmed on Thursday, Nov. 12 that Dearborn officials have issued a stop-work order for the Edward Hotel & Convention Center, a 722-room hotel that's being remodeled. The center is the site of the former Hyatt Regency Dearborn, a 14-story building that was closed in 2018 because of multiple safety violations. When it closed, it was Michigan's second-largest hotel, behind the Marriott in Detroit's Renaissance Center. More: Dearborn mayor warned about families living illegally in hotel, official says "We issued a stop-work order after discovering that work was being performed beyond the scope of approved plans, while additional plans had been submitted but not yet reviewed or approved," the city said in a statement. "Our Building Team and Police officials have continued monitoring the property, including a recent walkthrough last week to assess worksite conditions. "There were no findings of additional violations during the recent walkthrough," officials said. "The outstanding plans remain under review. Work will not resume until the City
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Van Buren Township Supervisor discusses data center deal
In October, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission granted final site plan approval to Project Cannoli, a massive 1-Gigawatt hyperscale data center. The facility is being developed by Panattoni Development Co., with Google as the end user, and sits on a 282-acre site north of I-94 between Haggerty and Hannan Roads.
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Pontiac Breaks Ground on Five Affordable Homes Near Rotary Park
A Pontiac developer broke ground this week on five single-family homes near Rotary Park, aiming to sell them to buyers earning between 60% and 120% of the area's median income. Creek Valley Properties held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the park on Tuesday for homes planned on Walnut Street at Orchard Lake Road, with prices expected around $240,000 once they hit the market next year.