…The event begins with a demo-workshop at 3:30 where PROJECT Trio members will demonstrate their techniques, followed by a 4:30 performance. Afterwards, audience members will have the opportunity to meet the members of PROJECT Trio and take part in a silent auction to benefit SEMFA….(read more)
On October 6, 2010 I decided to try out a new Ferndale experience – Painting with a Twist…..(read more)
…Follow these simple rules to increase your chance of survival should a fire occur in your home… (read more)
Members of the University of Michigan Dearborn Gay Straight Alliance wanted to know everything they could about Craig Covey’s experience as the first openly gay Mayor in Michigan. That’s why they invited him to speak at their Oct. 7, 2010 meeting…. (read more)
…Lifelong Ferndale resident Sean House is the President of SOAR: The South Oakland Area Republican Club, which meets at the Berkley American Legion. …(read more)
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…If you would like to share your Ferndale View, please write to editor@ferndale115.com. Can be as short as a few sentences, or up to 1,000 words….(read more)
Citizens for a Fair Ferndale (CFF) is holding an Issue Forum regarding the local ballot question concerning the proposed amendment to the City Charter. The forum will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2010 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm at the Ferndale Library…(read more)
The Ferndale Library Board has unanimously selected Darlene Johnson-Bignotti, a former library trustee, to replace Mary Ann Neal, who recently resigned after serving for 18 years….(read more)
…The Southeast Oakland Coalition (SEOC) implemented a social marketing plan to reduce the number of youth who say they have ridden with a drunk driver, in partnership with Ferndale Middle School Students Taking a New Direction (STAND) club, Ferndale High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), and youth coalition members….(read more)
…The club will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7pm at the Ferndale Public Library at 222 E. 9 Mile….(read more)
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The following were Ferndale Police Department calls for service Oct. 6, 2010. The Police Report is brought to you by Dino’s Lounge…(read more)
One a month the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) organizes a networking meeting for business owners and managers called FernNet. The meetings take place at various Downtown businesses, and give attendees a chance to share their hopes, dreams, questions, and knowledge about how to make it in the small business world….(read more)
…Reports out today say that Shawn Patrick was shot execution-style by two assailants in masks in front of his home on Milwaukee Street in Detroit, in front of his two teenage children. Patrick was coach of the Ferndale High school girls basketball team….(read more)
…Earlier this week a Ferndale 115 News photographer caught several teams playing, including the Ferndale Recreation Tigers, the Ferndale Red Robins, the Oak Park Cardinals and the Oak Park Dragons….(read more)
…“Monitor Landscapes” opened Oct. 1, 2010 at Lemberg Gallery, and was also featured as part of the Art Detroit Now’s North Woodward Gallery Crawl the following day. The paintings, which vary in size and shape, were inspired by computer consoles where “visions of other worlds are stripped of information to simplify form or enhanced by adding layers of detail around areas of interest.”… (read more)
Three men were arrested for breaking into a Ferndale home on Farmdale yesterday afternoon at about 2:45 p.m. …(read more)
Daily calls for service from The Ferndale Police Department
…In MC5: Sonically Speaking, Callwood follows the band from it’s 1960s beginnings in Detroit, to their 1972 break up and more recent reunion. The book was released in London in 2007, but has just been re-released through Wayne State University Press. (http://wsupress.wayne.edu/books/1180/MC5).
The book launch party was held at New Way Bar (23130 Woodward) in Ferndale on Friday, October 1st. …(read more)