Ferndale’s Best Bartenders Rock the Art of the Cocktail (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 20, 2014) Thursday night’s Art of the Cocktail event featured two things Ferndale is known for: bartenders and public art. The ARTWN fundraiser featured bartenders from several establishments competing to see who could create the most delicious drink. The event also gave…
Big Dreams for Ferndale as 3-60 Project Concepts Take Shape (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 11, 2014) Ferndale City Council got their first glimpses at the potential developments that could happen in the City’s Withington and W. Troy St. parking lots. The 360-Project aims to bring new office, residential and parking structures to build up…
Great American Main Street Conference Kicks off in Ferndale (Crystal A. Proxmire, May 19, 2014) Hundreds of representatives from Downtowns across the country converged in Ferndale Saturday for the Great American Main Street Conference Kick Off called Get In Gear. The conference in Detroit focuses on downtown development with speakers, classes and tours throughout SE…
Great American Main Street Conference Kicks off in Ferndale (Crystal A. Proxmire, May 19, 2014) Hundreds of representatives from Downtowns across the country converged in Ferndale Saturday for the Great American Main Street Conference Kick Off called Get In Gear. The conference in Detroit focuses on downtown development with speakers, classes and tours throughout SE…
Road Diets and Bike Lanes Coming to Ferndale this Spring (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 31, 2014) NOTE: Full image of the above plan, and other plans, available at http://ferndalemoves.com/projects. As the weather changes this spring, so too with the face of two of Ferndale’s streets. E. 9 Mile and Livernois are getting facelifts and road…
Road Diets and Bike Lanes Coming to Ferndale this Spring (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 31, 2014) NOTE: Full image of the above plan, and other plans, available at http://ferndalemoves.com/projects. As the weather changes this spring, so too with the face of two of Ferndale’s streets. E. 9 Mile and Livernois are getting facelifts and road…
Ferndale Mayor Dave Coulter’s 2014 State of the City Address (video) (Dave Coulter, March 25, 2014) Thanks Jennifer for that introduction and for hosting us here at the Rust Belt Market, a true Ferndale original and certainly worthy of the all attention they have received. Chris Best and his wife Tiffany have created something very…
Downtown Ferndale Shares Market Analysis (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 11, 2014) A market analysis for Downtown Ferndale revealed at Monday’s City Council meeting gives a view of what is happening and what could be happening in terms of business development. The presentation fell on the same night that City Council considered which developer to select…
Companies Vie for the Potential to Develop in Downtown Ferndale (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 9, 2014) The time has come for the City of Ferndale to begin working with a developer to bring more parking and more business capacity to Downtown Ferndale. Not only is there a developer ready to take the plunge, there are…
Cost of Winter Grows for Ferndale DPW (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 11, 2014) With six snow emergencies under their belts so far this winter, the Ferndale Department of Public Works is struggling to figure out how to meet demands for salt and how best to convince residents to move vehicles off the streets for them…
Ferndale Announces Extended Snow Emergency (City of Ferndale Press Release, Feb. 4, 2014) The Director of Public Works has declared a snow emergency for the City of Ferndale starting Tuesday 2/4/14 at 8p.m. The snow emergency shall remain in effect until Friday 2/7/14 at 4p.m. or until declared ended by the DPW Director. The extended…
2014 Ferndale Blues & Music Festival Under Way (C. Proxmire, Jan. 26, 2014) The Ferndale Blues and Music Festival is under way, with the first two nights of live bands drawing fantastic crowds to several local bars including Rosie O’Grady’s, Dino’s Lounge, Howe’s Bayou, One-Eyed Betty’s, Sneaker’s, Bosco and Boogie Fever. The fun continues through…
Blues Festival Brings People to Ferndale, Raises Money for Charity, Jan. 24 – Feb. 2 (Ferndale Blues Festival Press Release, Jan. 20, 2014) For the 13th year in a row, the now legendary Annual Bud Light Ferndale Blues & Music Festival will bring music and crowds to locations across Ferndale with more than five dozen…
Ferndale in 2013: The Good, the Bad, the Sad and the Wonderful (Crystal A. Proxmire, Dec. 30, 2013) The year 2013 was a busy one in Ferndale, and for The 115. Here are the stories that touched us most as we grew from The Ferndale One-Fifteen News, to our exciting new venture The Oakland County…
Woman and Child Kidnapped, Held for Ransom from Ferndale (Lt. William Wilson, Ferndale Police Dept., Dec. 13,2013) Coordinated efforts between the Ferndale Police Department, Michigan State Police, and Detroit Police Department resulted in the rescue of a woman and her 12 year old daughter after they were carjacked and kidnapped by gunman and terrorized for…
Ferndale Police Report: 711 Robbed as Part of Crime Spree (Lt. William Wilson, Ferndale Police Dept., Nov. 18, 2013) An armed robbery occurred at the 7-11 convenience store located at 1040 W. Nine Mile, Ferndale on 11/18/2013 at approximately 3:00am. Two black male suspects entered the store, one was armed with a pistol. The suspects…
Comedysportz A Big Hit in Ferndale (video) (Erica Louise Lynn, Orig. Ferndale Friends, Nov. 13, 2013) Remember the Rocky Horror Show cult favorite in the last century? Well, a new fave is here — Comedysportz®! It is located in the Michigan Actors Studio complex on 648 E. 9Mile Road (just west of the railroad tracks…
Forum Gives Ferndale Candidates Chance to Talk Business (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 11, 2013) On a foggy Thursday morning four Mayoral candidates and one City Council Candidate came before members of the Ferndale Area Chamber of Commerce to talk about what they would do for business if elected. Councilperson Melanie Piana is running for her…
Ferndale Police Report: Suspect Hit After Fleeing Police from Road Rage Incident (Lt. William Wilson, Ferndale Police Department, Oct. 8, 2013) On 10/04/13 at about 10:45 a.m. a Ferndale Patrol Officer was flagged down on 9 Mile near Hilton by the driver’s of two vehicles. The officer and driver’s of the vehicles pulled into a…
Forum Introduces Ferndale Mayoral Candidates (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 3, 2013) Ferndale’s four candidates for Mayor squared off Monday at the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum held at City Hall. Each candidate got to give opening and closing remarks, and answer questions posed by the audience. Topics included parking, taxes, foreclosures, code enforcement, marijuana…