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Spending Time

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Every fall, graduate students and professors from Wayne State University team up to uncover stories of a past Detroit as a part of their archeology research "Unearth Detroit."

Wayne State University's ANT 5280: Archeology Field Methods class excavates sections of Detroit's Roosevelt Park every year to study the artifacts found in front of the 1913 built Michigan Central Station.

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Some history behind the magnificent Albert #Kahn masterpiece: The #Detroit #BelleIsle Aquarium. 

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MLive found a list of 47 historic theaters and they’re asking you: which is your favorite? Vote in our poll. We'll narrow it down to a top ten next week. 

POLL HERE

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Detroit City Council pushes back vote on zoning changes that will allow Olympia Entertainment to start vertical construction on 12 acre site for new Red Wings Stadium. 

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A May skateboarding competition is being planned for Hart Plaza by Red Bull and champion skater Ryan Sheckler.

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With the purchase of 80 new buses -- 31 40-foot-long buses are already on the street and 49 others are being delivered beginning in April at a rate of 10 per month -- the city is now looking for drivers.

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Two Detroit journalists who began their courtship at last year's Nain Rouge parade stole the spotlight and drained the Nain Rouge's negativity when David Muller -- an auto writer for MLive --took the stage, dropped to his knee and proposed marriage to Ursula Zerilli -- a reporter for the Automotive News.

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Several local organizations have pledged support for a study, which begins today, to examine the possibility of a West Michigan to Detroit-area passenger rail line.

The Holland Visitors Bureau, Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce, Macatawa Area Coordinating Council and Experience Grand Rapids each made a contribution totaling about $10,000 to fund a ridership and cost estimate study that could lead to actual service several years from now, project manager Liz Treutel said.

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RocketFiber, a wireless internet available for public use throughout Downtown Detroit, is set to go live by funder Dan Gilbert in the back half of 2015.

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St. Patrick’s Day in #Detroit #PureMichigan #Corktown #stpatricksday #crowd #irish #parade #green by fnemecek https://instagram.com/p/0VI5OYu6b9/

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Looks like the alleyway between the two wings of Dan Gilbert's "The Z Garage" in downtown Detroit will be getting an addition this summer.

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Positivity, diversity and change will all be topics of discussion during today's #313DLove event in Detroit.

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Click through for a list of local St. Paddy's Day festivities that lead up to the March 17 saint day.

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Gary Chamberlain, owner of St. Clair-based Chamberlain Glass and Metal, Inc., which won the bid to install windows at the train depot, said the talks about the new windows have been happening for "about three years."

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Jolly Pumpkin's signature sour beers should be available on tap in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood by April, bringing another craft beer destination to the city.

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Thursday 2/12, two new craft beer taprooms simultaneously held their grand openings around the block from one another in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. Welcome Batch Brewing Company and Brew Detroit!

Not a week beforehand, Detroit's Atwater Brewery announced it had brewed about 80,000 kegs of beer in 2014, and has plans to further expand both in Detroit and across the country in 2015.