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Anchor Bay gets another shot at MAC RedNo football team has seen more of the Macomb Area Conference than Anchor Bay.The Tars played in the White Division when they entered the MAC after the breakup of the Eastern Michigan League in the late 1980s.Then they spent four years in the Gold, hopped back up to the White, went down to the Blue and back to the White.

Cantina Diablos bar and restaurant in Royal Oak's downtown will soon be turned into a Diamond's Steak and Seafood restaurant if city officials approve.Brian Kramer, owner of the location and the Red Fox English Pub on the second floor, is entering a partnership for the new restaurant with Adam Merkel, according to a city police report on a requested change of operations for the liquor-licensed establishment.

Chesterfield Township's fire station on Jefferson Avenue has been temporarily closed as officials evaluate the structural condition and needs of the nearly 50-year-old building.Officials said the temporary closure and staff reallocation will not result in substantial delayed response times or reductions in fire department personnel, equipment and services.

Bible Studies• Overcomers Community Church, 18150 E. 13 Mile Road, Roseville hosts Bible Study from 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m. Sundays. For more information, call 302-202-1108 ext. 867303.• Redeemer Lutheran Church, 30003 Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, hosts Bible Study at 10:30 a.

The woman killed in her Sterling Heights apartment this week during a family dispute was a "lovely" woman whose death has stunned nearby tenants, a neighbor said Wednesday."I'm still in shock," added Kyle Duncan, who lives three doors from where the 41-year-old woman was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the 44400 block of Pine Avenue in the Lakeside Terraces Apartments.

ARTAnn Arbor Street Art Fair, The Original: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. July 20-21 and noon- 6 p.m. July 22, Ann Arbor, artfair.org.Exhibition, Repetition, Rhythm, and Vocab: July 20- Nov. 4, Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-833-4005, dia.

Michigan native David Dyer rides the mic through Saturday, July 21, at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, 310 S. Troy St., Royal Oak. Bill Boronkay and Billy Reno also perform. Tickets are $10. Call 248-542-9900 or visit comedycastle.com.- Gary Graff

All eyes will be on the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan Thursday afternoon. The authority's board of directors meet at 2 p.m. and could have the opportunity to approve the

There are plenty of auto celebrations in the Motor City. Now it's time to give the two-wheelers some love. The Detroit Motorcycle City Rally sets up shop Friday and Saturday, July 20-21, at the Corner Ballpark on the Michigan and Trumbull site of the old Tiger stadium, with food, live music and plenty of engine revving.

You'll need your dancing shoes at The Cube inside Detroit's Fisher Music Center this weekend. The Sammy DeLeon Salsa band and dancer/instructor Mambo Marci host a Salsa Dance Party at 9 p.m. Friday, July 20. Tickets are $15-$40. ... The Detroit-based modern dance company Take Root then performs at 7 p.