Rochester News

Water main repairs have prompted boil water alerts for residents in Rochester, Shelby Township and Washington Township from 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, 2009 until further notice.

Repair work on a twelve mile portion of a 96-inch water main is expected to affect thousand of homes and businesses in Macomb and Oakland Counties.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/ROCHESTER - Emergency water main work on Dequindre Road at the border of Oakland and Macomb counties dropped water pressure for some residents and had many boiling water up until the holiday weekend.

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Water main repairs are complete at the Rochester/Shelby Township border. Crews fixed a 96-inch line that ran along Dequindre.

Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester, MI, announced a season of Michigan professional premieres for 2009-10, including Mindgame and the Neil Sedaka musical Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.

The futuristic, Ghia-styled 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic, one of only eight aluminum-bodied examples equipped with a 115-horsepower 2.0-liter overhead-valve 70-degree V8 Fiat engine, is among the exciting entries in the Sports Car class at the 30th anniversary Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance on August 2, 2009 in Rochester Michigan.

Concerns from residents about noise have prompted Rochester city officials to consider rezoning its former wastewater treatment plant site to a park, recreation and open space district, city officials said.

As director of new business development for the Michigan Design Center in Troy, Marianne Hauswirth is exposed to the industry's latest trends.

A 42-year-old Troy man was charged with the June 22 robbery of the Chase Bank at 260 John R. Police said a man entered the bank at 11:11 a.m. June 22 and showed a note to the teller announcing a robbery.

A man who drowned at Haas Lake Park in New Hudson on Sunday has been identified as Elias Makhoul, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office reported on Monday.

The curvaceous Becky Baeling is part of a new generation of disco revivalists, bringing back the sultry grooves and party-all-the-time vibes of late '70s and early '80s club music.

THE LOWDOWN: For the multitasking members of the Prime Ministers, a tuneful power-pop quartet based mostly in Oakland County, rock 'n' roll manages to fit in comfortably alongside spouses, children and daytime jobs.

A judge said that Troy police had reasonable suspicion to stop a drunken driving suspect based on the report of a cell phone caller.

In a steamy courtroom packed with armed deputies and angry, sometimes weeping people, three young Pontiac men were sentenced to life in prison Monday for their role in the shooting death of a 17-year-old last fall.

Water from the backwash basin at Rochester's water treatment plant overflowed into a tributary of Paint Creek, according to a news release from the city today.

There are worse things than being young, attractive, blonde, stereotyped and way underestimated.

A price has not yet been announced on the Lexus HS 250h but it should begin at around $32,000. ROCHESTER, Mich.

17-18. Additional U-M players could be added later. [ Site ] a Tuesday, June 9 -- Jenn Cleary and Louisa Shu are among the field that will play in the Michigan Women's Amateur Championships at the Great Oaks Country Club in Rochester, Mich., July 14-18. Additional U-M players could be added later.

As many may have heard, the Observer & Eccentric closed its West Bloomfield, Troy, Rochester, Southfield and Mirror newspapers, with their final publication on May 31.