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My family was a news family - we got the daily paper and discussed the nightly news over dinner. On the weekend, CBS News Sunday morning was part of our breakfast routine and we spent the first part of the day reading and swapping sections of the newspaper. With all that information floating around in our heads, you'd think one of us would have been able to beat my Dad at Trivial Pursuit. But, we never did - even when we teamed up against him! My first internship was in high school with the Rochester Eccentric newspaper. But I really caught the news bug at Michigan State University, where I studied history and journalism. I found a way to combine both subjects with jobs at The State News and the Lansing State Journal. Journalism, after all, has been called "the first rough draft of history." As luck would have it, I landed my first professional job near home at The Oakland Press and from there moved to The Detroit News. Despite its ups and downs, journalism has been a rewarding career that has allowed me to learn something new every day, meet fascinating people, be creative and serve the community!
Residents are urged to educate themselves about how the disease is spread – the LaSalle Boulevard fountain is not a mosquito breeding ground, for example – and take protective measures such as wearing long-sleeve shirts and long pants.
Approximately 70 people turned out Tuesday evening to hear the U.S. representative and a handful of Democratic candidates for Oakland County offices during the invitation-only event at Jaycee Park.
You have to do it every year and it's usually more expensive than you expect; here's how to make the process a little easier.
The ice cream and yogurt shop in Berkley will add new offerings when the weather turns colder that could include coffee, hot cocoa and spiced cider.
Looking to move or just want a peek at what's listed? Here are some homes available in the area.
The free SummerFest event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Community Center.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy funds will be used to address underage alcohol, marijuana and prescription drug use, according to the nonprofit.
The five artists' works will be on exhibit to the public Sept. 4-28 at Park West Gallery in Southfield.
Find out whom Berkley and Huntington Woods allow to ring your bell.
"I feel lucky to be here. It's a great place. We've got great community support, we've got great staff and we've got great kids," says the aspiring author and fan of Southern literature, who lives in Auburn Hills with his wife and two dogs.
Here's what happened in and around Berkley and Huntington Woods.
Thanks for helping us write this things-to-do list for visitors to our communities.
Thanks for helping us write this things-to-do list for visitors to our communities.
Check out the Arts & Authors Festival in Clawson, celebrate bike culture in Birmingham, shake a tail feather in Royal Oak, catch a movie under the stars in Berkley, learn about an alternative school in Southfield or yuck it up in Ferndale.
Find out when and where the team will play during the 2012-13 fall sports season.
Crawlers visited seven bars and restaurants during the annual Berkley Area Chamber of Commerce event Thursday.
Looking to move or just want a peek at what's listed? Here are some homes available in the area.
The new rule bans personal fireworks use on all days except those protected by a new state law.
The Michigan Department of Community Health says the disease is easily transferable between mosquitoes and humans; two cases have been reported in Oakland County.
The City Commission presented Allison Archambault, 16, with a resolution in her honor Tuesday following a July 19 incident in which she used her first aid skills to help an injured bicyclist.
