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It was like a Detroit family reunion, minus the foam plates

Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers means the first pitch is thrown Thursday at 1:10 pm, but Detroit police say it’s best to be downtown by 8:00 a.m. to find a parking spot.

Next week's Detroit Policy Conference will focus on the future of the city's downtown, with discussions related to development, the return to the workplace and property tax reform, among other topics.

Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, who formerly served as Dearborn’s state representative, ran on issues of social justice, police reform and fixing the infrastructure problems that led to historic floods in the city over the summer.

Masks off? River Place sold; DCFC News + The dramatic Michigan Stars; Ferndale Radio fundraising to stream What an episode. We literally scrapped it three times and then everything happened. This is a longer one that we usually do, so grab a drink of choice, kick back and enjoy. First, Devon O’Reilly joins us to talk about the change in mask policy. In Michigan, as of 9am Saturday, it’s masks off for vaccinated individuals. But will you? Will he? And in what situations? And we get into wha...

9 Things to know around Metro Detroit Devon O’Reilly is in for his weekly segment. Today, we cover a lot. 01:00 – COVID-19, of course. Hospital officials at the University of Michigan are shutting down surgical procedures to allow space for COVID patients as are others in the area. And they’re doing this without a government mandate, as hospitals have live in reality and there’s only so many beds, drugs and staff. 06:24 – The “Godfather of Detroit,” Ray Solomon Jr. has died. 07:41...

PODCAST: 7 Things To Know Around Metro Detroit On today’s show: 1:19 Coronavirus update 4:50 The 2021 Auto Show cancelled and a smaller event will take place in Pontiac 9:49 Hot takes on the new GM logo (including maybe we don’t hate it?) 17:32 Transfiguration school in Detroit’s Banglatown to be renovated into affordable housing 20:10 Bedrock and Emagine Theaters doing a pop up drive in theater in downtown Detroit 23:18 Dearborn igloos and pergolas and a new coffee shop art gallery opens...