Royal Oak News

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A If you have registered for the Oak Apple Run you can pick up your runners packet beginning this evening at theA First United Methodist Church of Royal Oak .

Alexis Sarvello should be preparing for her fifth-grade graduation at Schalm Elementary School in Clawson.

After several years at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights and last year atA Ultimate Soccer A in Pontiac, commencement ceremonies return to Royal Oak this evening at 7 p.m. sharp in the football stadium, weather permitting.A In June 2005, commencements were held at Dondero High School and Kimball High School.

Royal Oak skygazers who watched theA recent solar eclipseA shouldA get their safety goggles ready A for a celestial event that won't occur again for 105 years.

A man found dead in a car in a Royal Oak parking lot Wednesday morning may be the person responsible for the death of a woman who was shot to death in a van near her home on West Outer Drive in Detroit on Tuesday night as a child watched, police said.

Detroit police are learning more about the murder of a young mother, killed in front of her child, from a suicide note.

Looking for a place to take your 2012 Royal Oak High School grad to dinner to celebrate his or her well-deserved diploma? Royal Oak restaurants want to help you celebrate and save money, too.

DETROIT - The men accused of burning and shooting a pregnant Detroit woman appeared in court Tuesday on attempted murder charges, just hours after the woman gave birth to a boy.

Ontario's Health Minister was non-committal on calls to help fund a young boy's rare, congenital disease in the United States, saying it is not appropriate for her to intervene.

The Oak Apple Run, which takes place this Saturday, is open to all ages of individuals as well as groups and families and wheelchair racers.

It was a picturesque day for marchers and spectators at theA Clawson Memorial Day Parade A on Monday, hosted by the city's American Legion .

Community leaders, residents, and a group of sailors were up bright and early to kick off a full morning of Memorial Day activities in Royal Oak, beginning with a pancake breakfast served by the Royal Oak Historical Society at the Royal Oak Farmers Market.

There is no better place to experience downtown Royal Oak's various hipsters, motorcycles, and dog walkers than from one of the city's many sidewalk cafes.

As dignitaries and public officials gave speeches Sunday at the unveiling of the WWII Legacy Memorial at Memorial Park in Royal Oak, a quiet unassuming gentleman briskly moved about the crowd taking photographs and documenting the event.

When interior designer Brian Clay CollinsA of Grosse Pointe embarks on his annual spring-clean at his northern Michigan home, it's with glass cleaners, vinegar and lint-free towels in-hand, among other things.

Approximately 300 people gathered at Memorial Park on Sunday for the unveiling of the Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial.

Home and garden tours are flourishing throughout local communities in the next month.

An upscale, eight-story hotel on Royal Oak's Main Street could be a wishful thought or a firm proposal, all depending on financing and city officials talking with the people behind the plan.

Seventh annual InPro Blood Drive and Fun Fair: The family-oriented event features food and entertainment, music, activities, bounce house, children's games, face painting and balloon animals.