Farmington Hills News

Malaya Watson , Jena Irene and Sam Woolf move into 'American Idol's' top 11. / FOX/Michael Becker Michigan's three 'American Idol' contestants made it through Thursday night.

The AARP Smart Driving program is an eight-hour classroom refresher course for experienced motorists, 50 and older.

Shoppers pay for their finds at the Elmore Leonard estate sale Thursday, March 6, 2014.

The pre-credits sequence remembers to re-humiliate Kristen O'Connor for her exit last week and then there's a montage of the remaining Top 12 -- both on the show and in their younger days -- with the names of their hometowns on the screen.

Where's one if the safest places to live in Michigan? Farmington, which ranked 20th on the list of Michigan's 50 safest cities released Wednesday the national security organization SafeWise .

Jena Irene, Suddenly I See . Tunstall's song "symbolizes how close we are as a family," says the Farmington Hills, Mich., native.

Citing concerns with lyrics they consider vulgar and content that say sends a message of hatred and intolerance, a group of Farmington-area parents are urging the Farmington Public Schools administration and Board of Education to halt North Farmington High's spring theatrical production, Carrie: The Musical.

That should be good for Michigan contenders Malaya Watson of Southfield, Jena Irene Asciutto of Farmington Hills and even Sam Woolf of Florida, who grew up in West Bloomfield.

Community EMS, a Southfield, Mich.-based ambulance and consulting company, has begun pilot testing a mobile health initiative to use paramedics and telemedicine to assess the health of chronic disease patients who develop non-emergency health problems.

Representatives from St. Joseph Mercy Health System will educate parents, grandparents, coaches, teachers, and administrators about the various forms of drugs and the peer pressures facing students.

Farmington Hills has some 5,000 fire hydrants -- many thoroughly engulfed in mounds of snow and ice.

The Davis Office Center, a number of offices next to the Brookside Mall in Brighton, is being demolished.

MRPA recognizes organizations from around the state for their exemplary programs, classes, activities, and events.

A series of vacant office buildings in Brighton is being demolished, potentially making way for a new Grand River Avenue retail development.

Lansing Drivers can file claims with state or local road agencies for blown tires, bent wheel rims and other damage in what already has become an especially nasty pothole season.

CARE House Board Member Gabrielle Osooli of Commerce Township, Kappy Trott of Birmingham, Bob Sloan of Farmington Hills and Laura and Scott Goldstein of West Bloomfield.

The community is invited to a Neighborhood Watch meeting hosted by the Farmington Hills Police Department 7-8 p.m., Thursday, March 13 at the Costick Center, 28600 11 Mile.

Farmington Hills Fire Lt. Larry Gauthier listens as Michael Glantz tells the story of spotting a fire on Valentine's Day.

Bakeries here in the city, like many in Metro Detroit on Fat Tuesday, are drawing sweet-toothed customers hungry for paczki - sugar-coated, fruit-filled, doughy treats - to kick off the Lenten season.

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "Perception," 10:01 p.m., TNT. This smart series often keeps Max Lewicki in the background.