Farmington News

Patricia Centers of Livonia has always believed in the power of prayer. When she saw President Barack Obama take office in January, she knew he inherited a slew of serious problems confronting the United States.

It was an intense and emotion-driven competition Friday night in the championship match of the Class A district volleyball tournament at Farmington High School.

Farmington Board of Education incumbents Priscilla Brouillette and Frank Reid were re-elected Tuesday in a six-way race for four-year terms; while incumbents Sheilah Clay and Gary Sharp were re-elected for six-year terms in an uncontested race, with each receiving almost 50 percent of the vote.

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The Farmington Harrison High school band and the Farmington High School band will be among 40 high school bands from across the state competing at the 30th annual Michigan Competing Band Association State Championship at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, Nov.

North Farmington will play Farmington Hills Mercy for a Class A district championship in girls volleyball.

Educator Haroune Alameddine stood Monday evening with a humble smile on his face as he was honored by a Farmington Hills City Council proclamation.

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At 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, the first in North Farmington High School's 2009-10 faculty lecture series will take place, in connection with this year's interdisciplinary theme, "Recapturing the American Dream." Tim Carruthers and Parker Salowich will look at The Great Gatsby.

Farmington High School had two state qualifiers in the Division 1 girls cross country regional meet Friday at Huron Meadows Metropark near Brighton.

Art Orofino jokes that the Farmington High School Class of 1946 is going for a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

St. Clair Shores police said they have a man in custody who has eight outstanding warrants, 14 prior convictions and 70 current suspensions.

It was all Harrison in a Division 2 playoff football game Saturday afternoon as the Hawks dominated visiting Farmington for a 28-0 victory.

Robert Ginther is Farmington's newest public safety officer. Ginther was sworn in at the Oct.

North Farmington won its first Farmington Public Schools volleyball championship Wednesday night with victories over Harrison and Farmington in the annual tournament.

While the three Farmington City Council candidates are running unopposed, the number of votes they get will determine the length of their term.

Harrison has hosted many first-round playoff games during its storied football history, but none created the same buzz in the Farmington community as the one this week.

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A Lake Orion dentist was arraigned Friday on charges he evaded more than $300,000 in income taxes.

Stephenie is currently in line for the H1N1 shot at Orchard Community College campus, in Farmington, Michigan, where flu shots are available from 9-5 p.m. This is the first H1N1 vaccine offering for Oakland County, Michigan, she said.