Beverly Hills News

Sylvia Schwartz Granader, then 22, flew over Detroit in 1942 as a young pilot. 'This is as close as you can get to heaven without dying,' the Beverly Hills woman, now 89, recalls thinking.

BEVERLY HILLS - A water leak found around noon today on Dequindre at the border between Rochester Hills and Shelby Township is spilling water on the southbound lane although not impeding traffic, but it will require closing the road for at least four hours early Saturday, a county road official said.

Welcome to the Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays, historical observances, etc., we couldn't cram into The Week in Preview.

Pontiac -- Oakland County will experience a seismic shift in its aging population in the next 25 years, leading to what one researcher calls "silver tsunami." The county's population of those age 65 and older will more than double, from 161,000 in 2008 to 326,000 in 2035, according to Kurt Metzger, director of the Detroit Area Community Information ...

City leaders and villagers now have 18 months to find a way to come up with half a million dollars to save their Baldwin Public Library services, or risk losing them altogether.

Michiganians can use all the "feel good" stories we can get these days, and this is one of them! Beverly Elementary School , in Beverly Hills, Michigan, is one of 20 finalists in the national "Earth Day, Every Day School Challenge" --the only school in Michigan selected.

When that salty/sweet snack attack strikes, there's a healthy way to satisfy the cravings with Frito-Lay's SmartFood popcorn clusters.

Life is an unending series of adventures, and Jean Hoffman had her share of them.

The spotlight falls on Mendelssohn's bicentennial when the 2009 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival opens Saturday night at Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills.

Bikram Choudhury developed a style of yoga done in a room heated to 100 to 110 degrees.

What started as a school project has turned into a photo exhibit and fund-raiser. Christine Alix, a senior at Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills, set out with a camera, intent on exploring the City of Detroit.

Charlotte Russell is already learning to be a "life-long reader." At 18 months old, and cradled in her mother's arms, she's a regular visitor to the Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham,. Charlotte's getting an early start, said mom, Elizabeth Russell, whose reading material includes the Birmingham Eccentric.

The Town Hall meeting to save the Birmingham Eccentric newspaper is set for 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, at The Community House.

Yefim Bronfman returns to the Chamber Music Society of Detroit for a solo recital, Saturday, May 30.

Sidharth Chand, Michigan's only contestant in the final competition of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, misspelled the Greek word "apodyterium," pushing him out in Round Eight.

A dozen kids from Michigan -- including three from Metro Detroit -- began competition today in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.

Groves Band Director Jim Zarzycki never saw it coming. He was caught off guard when one of his students shoved a hard plastic folder into his chest following a concert in November.

It was more than 20 years ago that Joe and Bob McClure's parents and grandfather started to pull the young brothers out of bed at about 2 in the morning just about every summer to make pickles for the day.

Storm damage to the Phoenix Center Amphitheater in Pontiac has prompted officials at three Oakland County high schools to relocate their graduation ceremonies scheduled for later this month and in early June.

Kill Tomorrow of Muskegon performs 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Thirty-two bands will take the stage.