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Jaywalking Leads to Sex Offender Arrest
Police say a man stopped for jaywalking was taken into custody after it was discovered he was a non-compliant sex offender.
ACLU intervenes after Birmingham protest
Two weeks after his peaceful demonstration to endorse health care reform drew 150 people to Birmingham in September, organizer Tom Zerafa got a letter from the city's police department.
School chief comes under fire over bond
By Diane Gale Andreassi CORRESPONDENT BERKLEY - Berkley School Superintendent Michael Simeck was blasted Monday at the board meeting for his role in trying to get a $168 million bond passed last month.
Daily Buzz: Rah-Rah for Detroit
Originally from Oak Park, Michigan, a suburb right outside Detroit, it can be discouraging to see the countless not-so-great news stories abut my hometown.
Donna Terek: Motor City Rah Rahs: Have pompoms, will travel
What do you do if you're 45 years old and can't bear to hang up your pompoms? If you're Julie Hecker -- entrepreneur, wife and mother of two -- you start the Motor City Rah Rahs.
A cup of connection goes down smooth, easy
It happened so gradually, I can't tell you exactly when I became a regular at the Starbucks I pass on my way to work.
Amiya Alexander, 11, has glided and pirouetted across dance floors since she was 2, but the sixth-grader in Southfield, Mich.
Mom accused of drunken hit-run with child in car
About 10 minutes after a Westland mother drove drunk and broadsided another vehicle in Ferndale, then fled with her 4-year-old in the backseat, police said, Jean Timlin's Honda CRV was pulled over.
McGregor Fund makes $1.23 million in grants to nonprofits
The McGregor Fund in Detroit approved $1.23 million in grants for the second quarter of this year.
2nd Berkley bond request sought
Could there be another bond request in the Berkley school district's future? The answer is yes, according to both sides of the measure that was overwhelmingly rejected Tuesday by nearly 70 percent of the voters in the district.
Ferndale Pleasant Ridge Mirror
Official: Voters 'miss' opportunity with Berkley vote
Berkley - Voters trounced a nearly $168 million bond proposal in the Berkley School District, resulting in what one official described as a 'missed opportunity.' With all 18 precincts reporting, 69.45 percent of voters rejected the proposal that would have built a new middle school, reconstructed elementary schools, improved fine arts space at the ...
Berkley schools have utility and structure issues
Rod Fisher listened quietly as a Berkley schools maintenance worker last Monday described a heating problem in a building.
Metro voters deliver their verdict
Voters in the Berkley School District overwhelmingly defeated a $167.6-million bond proposal today, while voters in the Chippewa Valley School District approved one for $89-million. In Berkley, 69% of voters in the district defeated the proposal, which would have been used for upgrades to the district's schools that are an average of 67 years old.
Region wakes under wet, heavy blanket of snow
A winter storm warning remains in effect until 4 p.m. today, with another 4 to 6 inches of snow expected to blanket metro Detroit.
Turnout could be high in Berkley election Tuesday
For results of the Berkley school district bond election on Tuesday night, please visit www.hometownlife.com. BERKLEY - Turnout in Tuesday's Berkley schools election could be higher than usually expected, according to city clerks in Berkley and Huntington Woods.
Doug Fieger of The Knack dies at 57 of metastatic lung cancer [Terra Sigillata]
Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of a US state university educator and cancer researcher who holds a PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and BS in Toxicology.
Doug Fieger Family Release Tribute
Geoffrey Fieger, the brother of The Knack singer Doug Fieger, has written a tribute to his brother following the death of Doug from cancer on February 14, 2010.
Doug Fieger, leader of the Knack, dies
Doug Fieger, leader of the Los Angeles-based power pop band the Knack who co-wrote and sang on the 1979 No.
Vet to get home furnishings thanks to 2 senior friends
The furniture almost filled Bea Sacks' two-car garage in Huntington Woods while boxes of linens and dishes sat in a neat row Sunday along a wall of her dining room, ready to furnish the new apartment of a formerly homeless veteran in Detroit.
The Community House Garden Club will present "2010 Landscape Design" at 7 p.m. Monday at the Community House, 380 S. Bates St., Birmingham.
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