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The Michigan Department of Transportation has an active reconstruction season set for spring, but for the first time in several years, there will be no total closures of any Metro area freeways as MDOT operates under a tighter budget.

Alice Carleton is a dancer, a singer and a poet. She is a 65-year-old mom and a grandma who is known for her smile, creativity and courage.

It's the season for date nights. Need some ideas? Two weeks ago, we asked Rochester Patch readers to tell us about their favorite date nights around town.

Republican Senate hopeful Pete Hoekstra on Thursday launched a campaign ad days after taking heat for a spot that ran in Michigan before the Super Bowl featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English.

In a report issued this week on Michigan's public education, Education Trust - Midwes t paints a grim picture of academic underachievement across the state.

We told you when the race is: Sept. 30. And you already know where it is: on the hills and trails around Rochester and Rochester Hills.

There's a lot of love in Cara Krupa's East Street Pilates studio. First of all, the very walls around Krupa were constructed with love.A "My husband built the studio from the ground up," Krupa said.

Get your suit and tie and resume ready. Several Farmington Hills-based firms will be among more than 30 companies that will be part of the second annualA Oakland Job Hub , planned for Feb.

Students from Rochester Community Schools and Lake Orion Community Schools will have artwork on display starting tonight in a regional art show at Oakland Schools.

A handmade soap company that won small business honors in New Baltimore in 2010 is moving to downtown Rochester this spring.

Get your suit and tie and resume ready. More than 30 companies have signed on to be part of the second annual Oakland Job Hub , planned for Feb.

In this July 13, 2010 file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra debates in Rochester, Mich.

When Patch launched in Rochester and Rochester Hills more than a year ago, editors and freelancers ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory.

We're on a quest to rate the best of the best in Rochester and Rochester Hills. So far, we've asked you about gyms and coffee shops and nail salons and barber shops .

U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra's Super Bowl ad uses images of rice paddies and talk of government overspending to accuse Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow of pursuing policies it says have helped China gobble up U.S. debt and jobs.

Disclosure:A Any books donated for review purposes are in turn donated to a library.A No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.

One month into 2012, the Older Persons' Commission is still operating without an approved budget for the year - and without any real forecast for a compromise.

Apparently, onceA blue is in your blood it never goes away - even if you become a multi-millionaire pop mega-star. While promoting her halftime performance at this weekend's Super Bowl, superstar Madonna told the NFL Network she's also working to convince daughter Lourdes Leon to attend the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

They told Regina Carter that she wouldn't survive New York City. She did. They said she wouldn't make it if she stopped playing classical in favor of jazz.

'...By forcing contraception and sterilization coverage, the U.S. government is trampling on the inalienable rights guaranteed in our country's founding documents' said Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron in an article written by Joe Kohn on January 21st.