Woodward Talk

Published September 10, 2019

Residents, police can work together using Ring doorbell footage

FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council approved a memorandum to allow the Police Department to seek approval from residents to use Ring security footage to solve crimes.

Published September 10, 2019

Australian family travels across the world to live in Ferndale for 6 months

FERNDALE — It takes more than a day’s worth of travel to get from one of the largest cities in Australia all the way to Michigan.

Published September 10, 2019

Candidate forums to give residents chances to ask questions

FERNDALE/BERKLEY — Residents in the cities of Ferndale and Berkley soon will be able to have the chance to ask questions of mayoral and City Council candidates.

Published September 9, 2019

Groups focus on student mental health efforts

OAKLAND COUNTY — Smartphones and the internet do not an easy childhood make.

Final work along the I-696 service drives in Macomb County will be completed this fall, but a date has not been determined.

Published September 6, 2019

MDOT: Final ‘Restore the Reuther’ work nearing completion

METRO DETROIT — There’s good news to report for anyone driving near Interstate 696.

Published September 6, 2019

Oakland County’s first high school therapy dog brings comfort, companionship

OAKLAND COUNTY — The latest addition to the staff at Walled Lake Western High School is a bit unorthodox — covered in fur and walking on four legs, for starters — but she’s expected to be a boon to the emotional well-being of the students there.

Published September 5, 2019

Residents can put green infrastructure into place at home

METRO DETROIT — With new developments sprouting up all over metro Detroit, homeowners and communities are looking at implementing green infrastructure at a residential level.

Published September 5, 2019

As seasons shift gears, bicyclists get unique view of fall color

Take one road, add two wheels and hundreds of colors. The result is an outdoor fall experience that you can only enjoy in Michigan.

Published September 5, 2019

Behind the Wheel: 1970 AMX goes from ‘bucket of bolts’ to showstopper

When Pleasant Ridge-based attorney Joe Papelian was 12, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette came out, and he told his mom that he was going to buy one when he got to college.

Published September 4, 2019

The Friday 5 — Sept. 6-8

Your guide to this weekend's events

More than 500 people attended the Out of the Darkness Community Walk to promote suicide prevention and awareness in 2018. Organizers are hoping for even bigger attendance at 2019’s walk on Sept. 14.

Published September 4, 2019

Community walk to raise money for suicide prevention

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Suicide is a topic that affects millions of families and can be one that people do not want to talk about. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is working to change that.

Published September 3, 2019

Prosecutor’s Office declines to charge anyone in Ferndale shooting

FERNDALE — After a shooting that injured two men outside a Ferndale nightclub in late August, the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office has declined to issue charges against those involved.

Two men were shot outside of The Bosco during the early morning Friday, Aug. 30. Ferndale police said they had two people in custody in connection with the shooting.

Published August 30, 2019

Two injured in shooting outside The Bosco in downtown Ferndale

FERNDALE — Two people are in custody after multiple people were injured in a shooting outside The Bosco in downtown Ferndale.

Published August 30, 2019

Art, in all its forms, returns with 2 Ferndale fairs

FERNDALE — Art in all of its forms will take over downtown Ferndale with the return of the Funky Ferndale Art Fair and the DIY Street Fair.

Published August 30, 2019

Ferndale, Berkley schools see changes in classrooms, buildings

FERNDALE/BERKLEY — School is back in session for the thousands of students in the Ferndale and Berkley school districts.

Published August 30, 2019

Oakland County lawsuit against MIDD dismissed

MACOMB COUNTY/OAKLAND COUNTY — On Aug. 23, an Oakland County judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Macomb Interceptor Drain District, or MIDD, in relation to funds expended from a sinkhole collapse in late 2016.

Published August 30, 2019

‘The Price Is Right’ contestant search coming to Detroit

METRO DETROIT — “The Price Is Right,” the long-running television game show, will be holding contestant auditions from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 at Greektown Casino Hotel in Detroit.

Published August 29, 2019

Root to stem: How cooks can avoid food waste this harvest season

We’ve all done it: thrown out that cucumber or head of lettuce that sat, forgotten, at the back of the refrigerator until it was past its prime.

Published August 29, 2019

MCC Foundation scholarship program keeps students on learning path

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb Community College student Cody Wall wanted to attend school full time this semester in an effort to graduate with an associate degree this December.

Published August 29, 2019

Behind the Wheel: A car fit for the ‘King’

As a child, Markku Jaakkola, who grew up in Finland, would cut out his favorite photos from classic car magazines and paste them into a scrapbook — and that love of cars continued to grow as he reached his teen years.