By David Komer
Brooke Austin and her Woodhaven teammates wrapped up the Downriver League championship last week.
Woodhaven put a bow on its girls’ cross country Downriver League championship, holding off a strong Trenton push by two points to win the league outright.
After winning the regular season tri-meet schedule undefeated, the Warriors scored 43 points for first place, [...]
By Angie Favot
MELVINDALE –– Denny Howard, an assistant varsity football coach at the high school, was fired from his volunteer position Monday for posting racial fliers in the boys’ locker room.
Head Coach Phil Howard, Denny Howard’s brother, has been allowed to finish the season with the team, and his permanent employment as coach is pending based [...]
By Angie Favot
ALLEN PARK –– After 14 months of negotiations, the city is scheduled to close on the Unity Studios property Nov. 10.
City Administrator Eric Waidelich said that upon closing, the city will take the title from owner Sam Danou for the 104-acre parcel along the east side of Southfield Road south of I-94 and all [...]
Royal Oak Shrine’s volleyball team is right where it wants to be at this time of the year, and that’s playing for the Catholic League championship.
The Knights qualified for the Catholic League C-D Division title game with a hard-fought, four-game semifinal victory over Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart Thursday afternoon at Allen Park Cabrini [...]
By TOM TIGANI
Sunday Times Newspapers
The budget crisis in school districts Downriver and statewide deepened last week with two actions taken by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
On Monday she signed a school-aid bill previously approved by the Legislature, but vetoed a special funding source that was supposed to provide $51.5 million for 39 eligible districts in Wayne, Oakland and [...]