Berkley News

The Royal Oak School District is in rare company statewide, and among a more exclusive group across the country, in securing a grant for a new defibrillator for its high school pool.

Monica Conyers should spend a minimum of three years in prison, with no time off for good behavior.

WATERFORD: Police search for hit-and-run driver Police are looking for the driver of a white Chevrolet Lumina who hit a 3-year-old boy and left a Meijer parking lot Monday.

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Berkley Evening Mixer 24 Seconds Bar and Grill, located at 3071 12 Mile Road in Downtown Berkley, will be hosting an evening mixer at 5 p.m. Monday, June 29.

Pack a blanket, lawn chairs, even a picnic dinner, then head out to one of the free music concerts in our communities.

Don Abood thinks that Monday night's Berkley City Council meeting was "a joke." But he's not laughing.

THE LOWDOWN: For the multitasking members of the Prime Ministers, a tuneful power-pop quartet based mostly in Oakland County, rock 'n' roll manages to fit in comfortably alongside spouses, children and daytime jobs.

It's not every day that diners at Tim Horton's in Southfield are serenaded by a young musician.

Martha Cain was putting first things first Tuesday as school wrapped up at Berkley High for the year - compiling grades and consulting with students.

SOURCE: Just Roots PR Hot Blues and BBQ, the Village of Oxford, the Oxford Downtown Development Authority, and the Detroit Blues Society are proud to announce that the 5th annual HOT BLUES AND BBQ will be held June 19-20, 2009.

Diane Bernstein cradled her baked goods in her arms. "I love it," said the Huntington Woods resident.

Imagine this: A 10-screen movie theater for first-run films, 12-lane bowling alley and bar that serves alcohol in the vacant lot at the northwest corner of 11 Mile and Troy in downtown Royal Oak.

In today's edition, you will find beautiful photographs of Shrine High School seniors as they make the passage from high school to adult life during graduation.

It was a day of celebration May 21 for the 95 graduates of Shrine Catholic High School.

Preparations under way for 'Octo-dad' By Steve Kowalski * MIRROR STAFF WRITER * May 31, 2009 With the Detroit Red Wings advancing to the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, fans are eager to get their hands on tickets.

Although Eminem's live performance at the MTV Movie Awards is not until Sunday night, his 'Eminem, Where Have You Been?' digital short is making the rounds on the Net since being posted to YouTube.com over the weekend.

Due to a steady decline in building permit revenue, four of the 11 full-time employees in the building department stand to lose their jobs in a recommended 2009-10 budget presented to the Royal Oak city commission at the Monday, May 18, public meeting.

Royal Oak-based Radish Creative Group will hold an open casting call for at least two days, starting Wednesday, May 27, for "Annabelle and Bear," a movie to be filmed in Michigan with a local cast and crew.

Here's a cliche you might not expect to read in as fine a periodical as the Free Press: Sometimes things aren't as they seem.