Davisburg News

Good for you," Mike Hartner said with a chuckle that convinced me I was headed for trouble.

Students at Davisburg Elementary School had the chance to experience a new culture without leaving the country recently.

By Steve Kowalski * ECCENTRIC STAFF WRITER * May 29, 2008 Katherine Delaforterie, a volunteer for the Troy Historical Society and Troy Museum, gave a tour last week at the Crooks Road Cemetery that proved to be ...

“When something is picked up by the Food Network, you're definitely looking at a trend”

Looking at a butternut squash and a fistful of rhubarb, James Parker sees a jellyfish and its tentacles. via International Herald Tribune

“That's easy. I do. I prefer to do it myself. I like the exercise. I would have to say my favorite part is gardening. Window boxes are my favorites. I like to try new flowers every year, new colors. I like lots of color.”

Q. Who does the yardwork around your house? "Me. I like mowing the lawn. I do it so that I can get out of the house and enjoy the weather. via The Fenton Press

Emmy-winning journalist and host of NPR's 'Tell Me More' Michel Martin, Detroit Free Press columnist Desiree Cooper and Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. via Detroit Free Press

“I thought it was so cool that he started it on his own”

Macomb sophomore Lauren Kirchhoff, left, and Montrose senior Abby Carmean dance to African music Saturday evening during the Exploring Africa event in the Trout Hall Terrace Lobby. via Central Michigan Life

A Clio man, 63, was ticketed for driving on a suspended license. He was stopped by police at 12 a.m. March 30. via The Flushing Observer

Looking to plan an August weekend very early? If you're lucky -- and faith-filled -- this could be a way to do it. via Detroit Free Press

“I think they will have more socialization and the teachers will have longer to teach them than on half days.”

Tonya McCallum was one of the first in the district to register her child for all day, everyday kindergarten - a schedule that she fully embraces. via The Fenton Press

“The true nature of the contracts were to separate investors from their money.”

A Waterford investment adviser took part in a Ponzi scheme to swindle as much as $350 million from hundreds of investors in Michigan and across the country, according to class-action lawsuit filed this week in ... via Detroit Free Press

“What do you have that's green?”

The spotlights used by Standale Interiors at the West Michigan Home & Garden Show will shed their energy-efficient light onto the company's environmentally friendly products. via Grand Rapids Press

“Everybody thinks you're special ... because it's something out of the ordinary”

BY CHRISTINA HALL * FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER * February 29, 2008 Raul Perera wanted his newborn, Lorelei, to be a leapling. via Detroit Free Press

“Goldie is the only dog allowed to sit at the dinner table”

Donna Jaruzel of Holly will have two English cocker spaniels -- 4 1/2 -year-old Goldie and 9-month-old Tilly -- competing this weekend in the 100th and 101st Detroit Kennel Club's All-Breed Dog Shows at Cobo ... via Detroit Free Press

It began Jan. 4 and the end-date is yet to be determined. The trial of Daniel Pittao for the alleged murder of Tamara Pittao on Thanksgiving Day 1997 remains in Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michael ... via Hometown Life

“I can see them wrapping their newborns in it and knowing it was the last thing their mother touched”

Livingston County 911 Dispatcher Julie Ann Roche, who died Sunday, is saving lives in death as she did in life. via LivingstonDaily

Julie Ann Roche of Davisburg formerly of Weidman; unexpectedly January 20, 2008; age 43. via Press & Argus

“I want nothing to do with it. Wheel time: 'I love driving. If I didn't, I would totally miss it. I love my truck.”

Janis Hannan, 45, celebrated the turn of the new year astride a dump truck and alongside a salt dome at the Oakland County Road Commission Davisburg station, in an overtime assault against a foot-tall snowfall. via Detroit Free Press

“She was an amazing person. To be her friend, you were privileged.”

Daniel Pittao's trial for the 1997 alleged murder of his estranged wife Tamara Pittao nears completion in Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac. via Hometown Life

Prosecutors could rest their case by midweek in the trial of Daniel Pittao, 48, a former account representative accused of murdering his estranged wife a decade ago. via Detroit Free Press