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MUSKEGON, MI - Muskegon police are "working hard" to investigate what are now two incidents of racial graffiti discovered in Muskegon and to determine whether they are connected to a noose left on a school playground. The latest incident involving graffiti left on an exterior door at the Glen Oaks Apartments complex was reported just after midnight Wednesday, said a spokesman for the Muskegon Police Department . The discovery of the graffiti involving the N-word came a day after similar graffiti was found on a statue at Muskegon High School . Over the weekend, a noose was discovered hanging on a swing set at the playground of Muskegon Public Schools ' Glenside School. Noose found at Muskegon school by teacher denounced by superintendent "We have no information that connects the incidents," the spokesman said. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Muskegon Police Department at (231) 724-6750 or Silent Observer at 72-CRIME. The police spokes...

Ray Hensley Jr . Charleston police arrested on Tuesday night an East End man who allegedly spray painted “Black Lives Matter” on the Clay Center the previous night. Detectives arrested Ray Hensley Jr ., 36, for destruction of property, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court . Hensley, who is white, also was charged with obstructing, two counts of shoplifting, and trespassing, according to a news release. Sgt. J.A. Hunt said, in a news release, that police expect to file more charges “once a more detailed examination” of other graffiti sites is completed. Police had said, in a news release earlier Tuesday , that they found graffiti on both the Clay Center, at 1 Clay Square, and Fox’s Pizza, on Ruffner Avenue, near Smith Street. The graffiti appeared to match in paint color and was similar in writing style, police had said. Police received a tip that Hensley had “Black Lives Matter” spray painted on a cardboard sign on the front porch of his Dixie ...

Geoff Lee in front of the Confucius statue, listening to the audio from the Talking Statues project . Photos by Bill Weinberg BY BILL WEINBERG | Confucius is talking now. The statue of the ancient sage stands at Chinatown’s Confucius Plaza — where Division St. meets Bowery — just outside the housing complex of the same name, built in the 1970s for the neighborhood’s booming population. Now there’s a sign standing beside him with a scannable code that brings his voice to life on your smart phone — or an impersonation of it across the centuries. This is part of the Talking Statues project , now in New York after setting up at such landmarks in several European cities. Thirty-five statues in all five boroughs are thusly brought to life — including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Mohandas Gandhi in Union Square. Confucius urges his modern tech-savvy listeners to “study the past if you would divine the future,” and espouses his ethics of perseverance, filial piety and self-cultiva...

Real estate reality score (on a scale of one to five):  5   Netflix’s latest original film The Incredible Jessica James , starring   Daily Show veteran Jessica Williams, chronicles the breakup and subsequent dating life of a struggling playwright in New York City.  There are a lot of incredible things about the movie—including witty lines like, “I’d literally rather have my period for 1,000 years nonstop than continue this portion of the conversation”—but Jessica’s basic apartment is not one of them.  We first see it in the opening sequence as Jessica dances around, surrounded by brightly painted brick walls . The walk-up unit is exactly where you'd expect a marginally employed Ohio transplant to end up, from its dinged-up walls papered with rejection letters to its shabby closet doors .  The film's representation of Bushwick, with its graffiti and ever-present sirens, prompts a love interest to observe, "It’s delightful. When are they going to burn it down?” Still, the...

1. If you can make it here… New York has long been the ultimate testing ground for businesses. But the city’s population density also makes it an important laboratory for startups, especially in today’s on-demand economy. Food- delivery pioneer Seamless survived the dot-com crash, paving the way for the arrival of meal-kit services such as Blue Apron and Plated a decade later. Related View this story in its original print layout Density has also been instrumental to the growth of ride-hailing and car-sharing companies. Most of them, including Uber and Lyft first gained their footing in smaller cities, then made New York their biggest market. Via, the on-demand ride-pooling service, launched here in 2013, is the exception: Its founders chose New York, figuring riders packed together on subways and buses wouldn’t need much persuading to share a car with strangers, especially when it cost just $5. article continues below advertisement App- based transportation startups have flocked t...