Franklin News

Through their investigation, they discovered the driver to be under the influence of an unknown narcotic.

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the following recent appointments and reappointments: Michigan Board of Acupuncture - Jay Abel-Horowitz, M.D. of Franklin , physician in private practice, is reappointed to represent licensed physicians for a term expiring June 30, 2013.

After the West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees initially approved Segment 7 of the township's ongoing safety path construction initiative - a segment located along Inkster Road - Trustee Steve Kaplan reconsidered his support and voted against proceeding with that segment during the township board's Monday, June 22 special meeting, when ...

Birmingham Public Schools music teacher and mentor Jack Horner won it last year.

SAM Raimi, whose new film, Drag Me to Hell, opens on Friday, is probably best known to movie goers as the director of the three Spider-Man movies.

The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustee members want to see for themselves.

The village of Franklin is often called "The Town that Time Forgot," an accolade which refers to the small town, old-fashioned traditions the residents like to perpetuate.

The West Bloomfield Board of Trustees has tabled action on Segment 7 of the township's ongoing safety path construction project, located along Inkster Road, and has instead opted to survey the site in order to best address the concerns of residents living in the area.

It's almost time for Sally Palaian to head to work. She grabs her bags -- one with her Franklin planner, journal and other paperwork needed for her job as a clinical psychologist, and the other containing her lunch, makeup and clothes.

As the wife of a former professional athlete, Yvette Bing is no stranger to rubbing elbows at high-society outings or hosting fund-raising galas.

On the eve of Election Day, then-Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. joined union members for a rally at a Teamsters hall in Southwest Detroit.

With just two days to go after eight months of campaigning, Detroit mayoral candidates Dave Bing and Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr.

When you are strapped for cash, even a great deal can be too expensive. That's what Keego Harbor officials have decided in becoming the second city to drop out of Oakland County's Main Street program.

"If Aretha gets a discount, then I'm tellin' you, I should too, given all the hats I've bought here, mmm hmmm." Bonnie Colson was trying to purchase a new hat at Mr.

From the days in 1985 when the Polan family arrived in Franklin, Jane Polan gradually began volunteer service in the community.

Detroit, April 28, 2009 - Wayne State University has erected a Franklin Vertical Axis Wind Turbine -- the first small wind energy turbine of its kind in North America -- atop the university's Engineering Technology Building.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Volunteer Council Musical Feasts chair Janet Ankers scored a big coup snagging both the DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin and the Manoogian Mansion as the site for the kick-off event of the project's 22nd year.

If you like books, you'll love Bookstock. The week-long used book and media sale, which starts Sunday at Laurel Park Place in Livonia, features tens of thousands of donated books, most of which sell for $1 to $3 each.

Police are looking for the people responsible for a Tuesday night shooting that left a woman in critical condition at an area hospital.

Sadness, disappointment, surprise ... those were the chief responses to the announcement that the Birmingham Eccentric will cease publication with its May 31 edition.