All donations collected at the concert will go toward Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Wondering what to do with yourself this weekend? Don't dismay: check out today's Weekend Spotlight: Our pick for today: Musical Odyssey: Benefit for Hurricane Relief Also happening this weekend: Come back to Birmingham Patch on Thursday for more weekend things to do in our Weekend Planner, or visit our events calendar.
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Employees help out, and you can, too
It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families. This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees took an opportunity to pitch in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles, VA, and Baltimore. The donations are headed to Hurricane Sandy ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island. Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol "When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could …
Tuesday night's candidate forum for Beverly Hills Village Council and Southfield Township clerk candidates is back on for 7 p.m. at the Beverly Hills council chamber.
Update 2 p.m.: The power is back on at the Beverly Hills Village office, and according to Village Clerk Ellen Marshall, the candidate forum for those running for Beverly Hills Village Council and Southfield Township clerk is back on for Tuesday night. The forum will be held at the Beverly Hills Council Chamber, as previously scheduled. The meeting had initially been moved to Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham, after a morning power outage. The forum will be held at the regularly-scheduled time, 7 p.m. "We apologize for any confusion," Marshall said. "The village was informed earlier today that power would not be restored until late tonight. Now that power has been restored, the forum will held at the original location and time." The …
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760 DTE Energy customers woke up without power Tuesday morning as high winds and rain from Hurricane Sandy pummel Metro Detroit.
At least 760 DTE Energy customers in Birmingham woke up without power Tuesday morning as high winds from Hurricane Sandy continued to whip through Metro Detroit. The largest outage area, according to the DTE Energy outage map, is concentrated west of downtown, stretching all the way from Quarton to Lincoln and affecting much of the Quarton Lake neighborhood to the homes east of Seaholm High School. According to the outage map, 680 customers are impacted by that area outage. The power went off around 9:30 p.m. Monday and there are currently no restoration times. An additional 96 customers are without power in the city's northeast corner, just south of Big Beaver but west of the railroad tracks. Restoration times are not available for that …
A spokesman for DTE Energy said they haven't seen any major outages thus far, but are staying prepared.
As high winds pick up in southeast Michigan due to the reach of Hurricane Sandy, so will the likelihood for power outages and other wind-related issues. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory Monday morning for all of southern Michigan, including Midland, Bay, Lenawee, Saginaw, Tuscola, Shiawassee, Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. The advisory is in effect until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Winds are expected to reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour, and could cause hazardous situations—including power outages, downed tree branches, and difficulty driving, especially on east-west roads. DTE Energy spokesman John Austerberry said that the Michigan-based gas and electric company has not seen any …
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Finding you the best gas prices in and around Birmingham.
Local gas prices continue to fall, and even with Hurricane Sandy on the way, they may stay that way for some time yet. According to the AAA, the average price for a gallon of gas in Metro Detroit is $3.45 this morning, down from $3.48 a week ago. Some of the lowest gas prices in and around southeastern Michigan can be found in Roseville, where gas is $3,18 a gallon at the Sam's Club at Gratiot and Masonic Boulevard, as well as Southgate and Lake Orion, where gas is $3.21 at various stations around town. In and around Birmingham Monday morning, the cheapest price is $3.49, found at the Citgo station on Woodward Avenue. Industry analysts, meanwhile, are watching the quickly-approaching Hurricane Sandy to see whether the storm will have an …
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As the storm hits the East Coast heading into Monday, rain, wind and cold weather will be felt in the Midwest—including southeastern Michigan—this week.
There won't be any flooding or evacuations, but Hurricane Sandy's reach will have a big impact on Michigan weather this week. The storm system—expected to be one of the largest and most destructive in history—has resulted in evacuations and state of emergency declarations across the east coast, as well as the closure of public transportation in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. According to the National Weather Service, Sandy is anticipated to make landfall on the New Jersey coast Monday night. As it moves west, the system will bring high winds, colder weather and rain to the Midwest. The effects will be felt throughout southern Michigan, though the greatest impact will be on the southwest coast near Lake Michigan. A wind …
Gail Doney
10:55 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
I would like to understand what you experienced Monday night. I work at DTE and am always looking to improve our service. A DTE employee more ›