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Do you or your neighbors have amazing holiday decorations? Send in your nomination for Morningside Detroit’s 5th Annual Holiday Lights Contest.

We could eliminate much of the remaining blight in Morningside if the DLBA would simply pay residents to take care of our own neighborhood. Other cities, like Flint, have partnered with organizations to maintain vacant land, and we could do the same.

Thanks all for coming out and sharing bears, cocoa, music, tours, popcorn, and friendship.

The City of Detroit's “Let's Build More Housing” zoning amendment is a proposed update to Chapter 50 of the zoning code intended to increase housing options and simplify the development process.

Fr. Kowalczyk hopes students, teachers, and staff will enjoy a well-deserved break after all the hard work of the school year thus far, and extends Christmas greetings to them, and to the surrounding community, “On behalf of St. Clare of Montefalco Catholic School we send wishes for peace, blessings, and a very merry Christmas to everyone!”

MCO has partnered with local businesses to collect new or clean, gently used winter clothing for Brilliant Detroit families.

East Warren Development Corporation is partnering with Next Chapter Books this holiday season to provide one-stop gift shopping every Saturday before Christmas.

The Morningside Hub was buzzing with energy, from smooth martial arts moves to meaningful moments of gratitude, connection, and creativity.

Many people, especially those who rely on SNAP benefits, are experiencing food insecurity right now. The E. Warren community is coming together to make sure everyone has enough to eat this November.

Check out some festive Halloween pics from around the neighborhood.

After more than 20 years of service, Morningside’s old signs have been retired and replaced with three new ones.

Thank you to everyone who attended our 6th annual Morningside/Featherstone Gardens Harvest Fest on October 25. A fun time was had by all!

We can proudly state that the Alger Theater has a new roof, with no more holes!

I have been a Morningside resident for 40 years. I am excited to share this information with you about the new Chandler Park Fieldhouse. The recreational dome has been open for 2 months, and it is a friendly, safe, and exciting facility.

The door-to-door trick-or-treating that many of us remember so fondly from our childhoods has been replaced in many Detroit neighborhoods by trunk-or-treat and organized parties. Not so for the Audubon Block Club.

I was at Trader Joe’s in Grosse Pointe a few weeks ago, where a young man outside the store was collecting signatures on a ballot initiative sponsored by Americans for Citizen Voting. It would require Michigan voters to provide proof of citizenship to vote.

Our local library is pleased to offer great events this holiday season.

All you need is one disaster, like a basement flood or a tree falling on your house, to know how important homeowners’ insurance is. But more than one quarter of Detroit residents simply can’t afford the high insurance rates we pay – often significantly higher than our suburban neighbors. O

If you have ever exited off the Harper Ave ramp off 94 and headed South on Whittier, you may have noticed a bright burst of color off to your right.

If you’ve been to any large outdoor gatherings this summer, chances are someone has approached you about signing one of several ballot initiatives to amend the Michigan constitution. These questions will go on the ballot a year from this November if their supporters gather enough signatures statewide in the next few months.