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• HAMTRAMCK, Mich. , Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- One of Hamtramck's oldest and most successful companies, Metropolitan Baking Company, is spreading its wings.
• The 78-year-old firm, which started operations in 1945 in two homes with a garage in back, is adding 30,000-sq.
• At the same time the firm is adding 25 employees to bring its total headcount to more than 125.
• Metropolitan declined a potential grant incentive on the project from the Michigan Agriculture Commission and did not pursue other grant opportunities.

• If you are like the majority of Americans, though, the game is just not on your radar, unless you live in a city with a team that’s still in the running.
• The prodigious slugger is not just baseball’s patron saint, but its savior, returning a holy aura to the scandal-plagued game.
• As a scholar of religion and sports, I have argued that Ruth played another important role by making Americans more comfortable with Catholicism.

Saving a troubled sport

• But the Bambino slugged 29 in 1919, 54 in 1920 and reached the Holy Grail of 60 in 1927.
• He finished his career with 714, breaking Roger Connor’s record of 138.
• Ruth – with his larger-than-life presence, rags-to-riches life story and capacity for hitting home runs galore – was baseball’s salvation.
• Worse, when African American star Henry Aaron reached 715 career home runs in 1974, he received racially motivated death threats.

Carouser and Catholic

• Anti-Catholic sentiment was prevalent in the United States during Ruth’s era, and his proud demonstrations of his Catholic faith helped ameliorate that prejudice.
• It was public knowledge that he attended mass frequently and gave generously to Catholic charities.
• He married in the church twice – the second time after his first, estranged wife died, reflecting Catholic teachings on divorce and remarriage.
• He lived out the Catholic cycle of sin and repentance regularly throughout his life, expanding American society’s awareness of the Catholic value of forgiveness.
• One hundred thousand people lined the route as his coffin was transported to Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.

• “People, Place, and Influence is a testament to the enduring themes that have defined our museum over the last 100 years.
• Also included: A look back at the history and founding of the Museum of the City of New York -- its role as the first city museum in the U.S. and the only museum dedicated to telling the story of New York.
• The Museum is grateful to Barbara Jakobson for her visionary donation of these iconic tiles to our collection.
• Curated by film programmer Jessica Green, the series offers a journey through New York City, decade by decade, over the last century.

• New York Life, America's largest mutual life insurer1, today announced that as part of its partnership with the New York Yankees, the company will host a promotional day on Wednesday, September 6, 2023.
• “Family members across generations pass down wisdom, traditions and often, a love of shared pastimes,” said Amy Hu, Chief Marketing Officer, New York Life.
• Additionally, the New York Life Foundation has partnered with the New York Public Library to invite children and their families to celebrate their legacies at the September 6 game.
• New York Life will continue to be the Presenting Sponsor of the New York Yankees digital First Game Certificates commemorating fans as they attend their first-ever Yankees game.