Native Detroiter AnQuniece Wheeler, who has been selected to represent the United States in the World Deaf Swim Championship in Brazil, will train lifeguards at the Adams-Butzel Recreation Center week. Wheeler began her swim career at the Center at the age of 9. Now 19, she first competed as a child as part of the […]
The fashion industry is growing in Detroit. In fact, you might say it is racing along. That will be very evident at the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association’s (AARDA) 19th annual spring fundraiser “Bound by a Common Thread” on May 11. Highlighting the event will be a “Fast Fashion” fashion show featuring the work of […]
Former Congressman John Dingell, Little Caesars Pizza Founder Mike Ilitch, Tuskegee Airman Alexander “Jeff” Jefferson and heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis are among eight metro Detroit military veterans who will be inducted into the Michigan Military and Veterans Hall of Honor ceremony in Lansing on May 17. Dingell, who was a second lieutenant in the […]
Plenty of liter may have piled up on Belle Isle’s waterways over the winter but its long gone thanks to the record 1,401 volunteers who participated in the park’s annual Spring Clean-up. On Saturday morning, April 27, they removed 1,276 lbs. of disposable plastic and other littered items from the canals, lakes and lagoons on the […]