Men’s Chorus Presents Wreck the Halls, Songs & Aerial Acrobatics Dec. 12 (EVENT page) “Wreck The Halls!”, Detroit Together Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert Detroit Together Men’s Chorus (DTMC) led by Artistic Director Brian Londrow will be presenting their holiday concert, “Wreck The Halls!”. This festive collection of choral arrangement and acapella singing will be performed…
Oakland Twp. Historical Society Holiday Party Dec. 2 (EVENT page) Wednesday, December 2 Come join us at 6:30 pm at the Paint Creek UMC on Collins Rd. as we start our holiday program with appetizers and time to chat. At 7:00 our program will begin with Kay Johnson telling us about her collection of over…
Berkley Library Family Craft Night: Holiday Ornament Dec. 9 (EVENT page) Berkley Library Family Craft Night: Holiday Ornament Dec. 9 from 7pm to 8pm Join us to make a holiday ornament at this Family Craft Night. A holiday snack will be served. ***Please register online and include the number of children attending.*** The Berkley Public…
Frozen Sing Along Party at Berkley Library Dec. 5 (EVENT page) You are invited to sing-along with this viewing of the Disney movie Frozen at the library. We’ll have a snack and winter themed craft, too. You’re welcome to dress the part for this Frozen party at the library! The Berkley Public Library is located…
Affirmations names new Executive Director: Susan Erspamer (Affirmations Press Release, Nov. 20, 2015) Affirmations’ Board of Directors has announced that Susan Erspamer will join the organization as its next Executive Director. Erspamer is a Michigan native with 21 years of executive experience in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. Before joining Affirmations, she was the vice…
Bicyclist Killed in Collision with Vehicle in Waterford (compiled, Nov. 20, 2015) Click on Detroit is reporting that a bicyclist was killed Friday near Elizabeth Lake Road and Summit Drive in Waterford when they were in a collision with a vehicle. Police are still investigating. The website has pictures of the mangled bicycle on the…
Wayne State Gets $850,000 Grant to Study Online Dating (Wayne State University Press Release, Nov. 19, 2015) With nearly 90 percent of Americans utilizing the internet, the use of online dating websites has grown tremendously since the launch of the first online dating service in 1995. Today, Americans find it more culturally acceptable to look for…
Madison Heights Police Searching for Person Spotted at Murder Scene (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 19, 2015) Madison Heights police are still searching for this unknown man seen at a house fire November 1 in the 3000 block of Groveland that killed 59 year old Fernando Gonzales of Madison Heights. A sketch was released by the…
Victorian Homes or Mixed Use? Preservation Farmington Meets Nov. 24 (EVENT page) Public Meeting to Discuss Redevelopment, Heritage Homes Farmington’s historic downtown is key to the city’s identity. It’s part of what makes Farmington, Farmington. But new redevelopment plans stand to threaten a prominent row of hundred-year-old Queen Anne buildings on Grand River, permanently and…
A Celebration of the Passion, Power and Excitement of Opera Dec. 12 (EVENT page) The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s Russian Jewish Life, together with the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan, will present “A Celebration of the Passion, Power and Excitement of Opera” at 7 p.m. Saturday, December 12, at The Berman Center…
County Executive Patterson Demands Pontiac Not Accept Syrian Refugees (C. Proxmire, Nov. 18, 2015) Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson wants to put an end to a development project in Pontiac specifically for Syrian refugees. According to The Oakland Press, developers have purchased 120 lots on 10 Pontiac city blocks west of Woodward near…
Hazel Park Man Recovering from Multiple Gunshots Shares Story (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 17, 2015) Jason S. did not think he was being a hero when he tried to stop two armed robbers at the Starting Gate Sports Lounge in Hazel Park on Nov. 10. He was really only thinking of his mother and elderly…
2015 Chamber Awards Celebrate Ferndale Businesses (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 17, 2015) The stars of Ferndale’s business community came out Thursday night as the Ferndale Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual Gala. The event is the group’s most elegant gathering each year, which includes a massive silent auction and awards. The festivities took place…
Video Shows Suspects in Stabbing Case, Police Seek Info. (video) (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Nov. 17, 2015) UPDATE: 9:45pm – The suspects have been arrested and are in custody. UPDATE: Below is video tape link of the suspects at the Valero Gas Station/Party store located at 32 Mile and Rochester Rd. approximately 1 mile from…
Be Berkley. Logo and Branding Results Unveiled, Voters to Decide (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 16, 2015) The potential new brand for Berkley was unveiled at Monday night’s council meeting, to a crowd full of mixed reactions. The concept is “Be. Berkley,” and the suggested logo has the word “BE” in large block letters with the…
Boys & Girls Club BeFit Program Encourages Kids to be Healthy & Active (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 16, 2015) Last year over 150 kids from about age 7 to 18 trained twice a week for two months and successfully did at least a 5K run. These are kids who might not otherwise have had access…
Nessel Talks to Students about Supreme Court Win, Next Fight (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 16, 2015) When the case of DeBoer v. Snyder made it to the Supreme Court and found success among other cases securing the right of same-sex couples to marry, it happened because of many people coming together to argue, fund,…
Berkley Park & Rec. Community Engagement Mtg. Dec. 10 (EVENT page) Parks & Recreation Department to Hold Second Community Engagement Meeting Dec. 10 The City of Berkley is holding a second Parks and Recreation Community Engagement Meeting to receive input from the public regarding the City’s Parks and Recreation Plan. Join your neighbors and exchange…
Royal Oak: Volunteer at Welcome Inn, Training Nov. 21 (EVENT page) The Welcome Inn, operated by South Oakland Citizens for the Homeless, is the only daytime warming center for the homeless in all of South Oakland County. On any given day between70 to 90 guests use the facility located in Royal Oak’s Starr Presbyterian Church.…
Royal Oak: Black Lives Matter Presentation to Gray Panthers Nov. 21 (EVENT page) Nov 21 10 a.m. BLACK LIVES MATTER – BLACK LIBERATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY Dennis Black, an activist with the Coalition for Black Struggle, will speak on Black Lives Matter and much more at the monthly meeting of Gray Panthers of…