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Puff Factory B&E Suspect Arrested
Officers found the front glass door broken and two cash registers missing from the store.
What’s Being Built in Ferndale? Check Out These Developments
What’s Being Built in Ferndale? Check Out These Developments (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 16, 2017) Ferndale, MI – Ferndale is the hot spot for development these days, with several apartment buildings and other construction projects in the works. If all these projects are successful, there will be at least 428 apartments as well as an…
Ferndalehaus Gets Approval for Phase Two of Development
Ferndalehaus Gets Approval for Phase Two of Development (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 19, 2017) Ferndale, MI – With shovels in the ground for the first phase of construction at the former Save-a-Lot property in Downtown Ferndale, developers of Ferndalehaus are ready to move forward with phase two after getting approval from the Planning Commission on…
Discussion Continues on Future of Taft and UHS Properties in Ferndale
Discussion Continues on Future of Taft and UHS Properties in Ferndale (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 18, 2017) Ferndale, MI – The planning process continues for two properties in Ferndale that were purchased by Robertson Homes from Ferndale Schools in 2016 after the district closed schools as part of restructuring. The properties are the sites of…
Ferndale Passes Resolutions on Pipeline Protest and Being Bat-Friendly
Ferndale Passes Resolutions About DAPL Protests and Bats (Crystal A. Proxmire, Dec. 20, 2016) Ferndale, MI – Fendale City Council passed two resolutions Monday night. One proclaims the city to be bat-friendly and establishes Oct. 31 as “The Night of the Bat.” The other resolution “proclaims support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to…
Berkley Counselors Offering Free Sessions for those Impacted by Ferndale Woman’s Murder
Berkley Counselors Offering Free Sessions for those Impacted by Ferndale Woman’s Murder (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 29, 2016) Berkley, MI – The death of Amy Brede sent shock and sadness through the Ferndale community where the 39 year old woman was strangled to death in her back yard by a male acquaintance. The killer Matthew…
Clawson Skate Park, Hazel Park John R Plan Among Projects Vying for MML Award
Clawson Skate Park, Hazel Park John R Plan Among Projects Vying for MML Award (Michigan Municipal League, June 30, 2016) Clawson, MI – Thirteen projects, programs, and initiatives involving communities throughout Michigan are vying for the statewide Community Excellence Award (CEA)—the most prestigious Michigan Municipal League honor. The communities involved in this year’s competition are…
Communities Come Together to Celebrate Main Street Accreditations
Communities Come Together to Celebrate Main Street Accreditations (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 15, 2016) Holly, MI – “This shows what we can do when we all pitch in and have a common goal,” said Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson as he looked around at the thriving historic downtown of Holly. He sat at the…
Rib Burn Out Raises Money for Ferndale Charities
Rib Burn Out Raises Money for Ferndale Charities (Crystal A. Proxmire, May 14, 2016) Ferndale, MI – The annual Rib Burn Out was moved to May 14th from it’s traditional winter date in hopes of avoiding the snow. The plan almost worked but for a brief round of hail that fell during the celebration. Thankfully…
Art Show Helps Fund FernCare Free Clinic
Art Show Helps Fund FernCare Free Clinic (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 13, 2016) Ferndale, MI – Art and good health go hand in hand, especially when it’s an art gallery fund raiser for a free health clinic for people without health insurance. Level One Bank hosted an exhibition opening on March 11, featuring the work…
Recent Arrest and Insight into Story, Affirm Motorama Concerns
Recent Arrest for Crack and Heroin, and Insight into Story, Affirm Motorama Concerns (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 18, 2016) Ferndale, MI – As city official prepare to hear an appeal by the owner of the Motorama Motel at 8 Mile and Woodward in regard to the non-renewal of their business license, more information comes to…
Ferndale Council to Vote Monday on Motorama Motel’s License
Police Recommend Not Renewing Motorama License, Council to Vote Monday (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 4, 2016) Ferndale, MI – The Motorama Motel could lose its business operating license on Monday depending on a vote of the Ferndale City Council. The Ferndale Police have submitted a report to council outlining the numerous calls for service…
Ferndale Library Now Loans Out WiFi HotSpots
Ferndale Library Now Loans Out WiFi HotSpots (FADL Press Release, Feb. 1, 2016) FERNDALE, MI – This February, the Ferndale Library will bring one of its most popular and valuable services, internet access, into library patrons’ homes. Ferndale Area District Library recently joined T-Mobile’s WiFi HotSpot Pilot Program, lending devices for internet access to Ferndale…
Ferndale Master Land Use Plan Open House Feb. 6
Ferndale Master Land Use Public Meeting Feb. 6 (EVENT page) Ferndale, MI – Please “Save the Date” for an open house focused on Ferndale’s Master Land Use Plan on Saturday, February 6th at Rust Belt Market from 11am-3pm. The event will be an open house format to give easy feedback with short presentations at 11:30am…
Interview: Mike Lennon Remembers 37 Years of Service in Ferndale
Interview: Mike Lennon Remembers 37 Years of Service in Ferndale (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 14, 2016) Ferndale, MI – It’s time for Mike Lennon to kick back, make some popcorn, and watch city council meetings on TV from the comfort of a special chair that was left for him in his driveway. After 12 years…
Suspected of Several Larcenies, Teen Tries Selling Stolen Property to PR Cop
Suspected of Several Larcenies, Teen Tries Selling Stolen Property to PR Cop (Pleasant Ridge Police, Jan. 13, 2016) Pleasant Ridge, MI – Rhyonn Lee Eggen was arraigned on Jan. 3, 2016 on several charges related to larcenies from buildings and vehicles. His pre exam conference is scheduled in 45th District Court for 1 p.m. tomorrow…
Royal Oak, Birmingham and Ferndale See Different Results from Water Lawsuit
Royal Oak, Birmingham and Ferndale See Different Results from Water Lawsuit (Crystal A. Proxmire, Dec. 24, 2015) Royal Oak, MI – While Ferndale and Birmingham opted for settlements, the City of Royal Oak successfully had a lawsuit dismissed over the charging of a fee on water bills to pay for work on the Kuhn Drain.…
Crime at the Motorama Motel, Part One
Crime at the Motorama Motel, Part One Part One of a Three-Part Series (Crystal A. Proxmire) Ferndale, MI – How common is crime at the Motorama? This question comes up from time to time as the public hears about the most serious of cases, including a heroin-related death earlier this year. On April 20, 2015…
Local Music Love: Analog Lights Illuminated Ferndale
Local Music Love: Analog Lights Illuminated Ferndale (Catlistening, Nov. 15, 2015) During my bike ride home after his show, under the stars in the stiff northwesterly wind, the prelude to a coming winter, I was awakened to the connection between the cool spectrum of the weather and the music I had just heard coming out…