Tonight: Cowbell Pub Crawl to Benefit Camp Casey

Fourth Annual Cowbell Pub Crawl invites cowboys and cowgirls to dress in western gear and strut down Woodward through Ferndale's hottest saloons.

Submit Your Pic for Ferndale Patch's Next Facebook Cover Photo

Have a great photo, painting or drawing that you think will be a perfect cover photo to illustrate the change in season from winter to spring for our Facebook page? Upload it now.

With the start of the new season, it's a great time to freshen up the Ferndale Patch Facebook page cover photo — and we're looking for your help. From now until Friday, April 5, we'll be accepting submissions for a cover photo — it could be a recent photograph, something from the archives, a painting or a drawing. Show us your favorite photo of the change in seasons in Ferndale. Your submission can be from anywhere in Ferndale, of a business, sports team, in a neighborhood or downtown. There's no age requirement to submit: You just have to be a Ferndale Patch user and be able to create a 100 percent original piece of work owned by you for us to use. If you don't have a Patch account, visit ferndale.patch.com/join to sign up for free. We'll…

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Enter Patch's Easter PEEPs Contest!

If you've got a creative streak and a passion for PEEPs, enter Patch's Easter PEEPs contest for a chance to win a prize package.

Editor's note: This contest is now closed. PEEPS, those famously delicious and delightful marshmallow candies, aren't just for eating anymore. These days, crafty PEEPs creations are all the rage. You can find them on display on Pinterest. And transformed into everything from the White House front lawn, to re-creations of children’s books, historical settings and other unusual situations. Think you can invent something fun with PEEPS? Now's the time to show us! Enter Patch's Easter PEEPs photo contest. Here's how: Read the complete contest rules here.

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5:15 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013

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Is Michigan Autism Plan a Step in the Right Direction, Ferndale?

A proposal that calls for more early screening, better training for primary care providers, a state information clearinghouse and more was released Monday. Leave a comment to share your reaction.

The state of Michigan on Monday unveiled a plan to address the needs of residents with autism. The Michigan Department of Community Health released the Michigan Autism Spectrum Disorders State Plan, which calls for more early screening, better training for primary care providers, a state information clearinghouse and more, according to Michigan Radio. [What do you think about the plan? Leave a comment below.] "Today marks another significant day for Michigan and our efforts to help families and individuals with autism," Lt. Gov. Brian Calley said. "It was an honor to sign the autism insurance legislation last year and I'm glad to see that our efforts have not stopped there. We have a great opportunity in front of us with this plan. I'm …

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Ferndale Library Recommends: Lindsey Puts It Into Overdrive

Lindsey Harnish looks through her recently-downloaded audiobooks via our Overdrive Media service - which provides you access to numerous titles in E-book or Audiobook-format (with your library card!).

Lindsey Harnish doubles as Circulation Specialist and our Ferndale Public Library in-house artist; she sits on the Arts & Exhibitions Committee and helps curate various displays and arts programming here.  In collaboration with our awesome Arts board, she recently helped host last weekend's "For The Love of Reading" opening Reception. Local artists have submitted their vibrant works celebrating reading and literature’s ability to inspire. Books transport us to other worlds, elevate our ideas, and spark ourimaginations. The “For The Love of Reading" exhibition commemorates that subtly sacred act of recreation (read: escapism, enlightenment, transcendence, entertainment, you name it--you'll find it in books!).  Thanks to all who helped put …

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Find Out How to Create an Event on Ferndale Patch

From blood drives to mom-to-mom sales and more, this video tutorial will teach you how to post your very own Patch events.

Ferndale Patch Readers React to Levin Retirement

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, who has been in office for more than 30 years, won't run for re-election in 2014.

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, who has been in office for more than 30 years, announced he won't be running for re-election in 2014 on Thursday. On the Ferndale Patch Facebook page, some Patch readers said they were happy with the decision while others were disappointed to see the long-time senator retire. Here's what readers had to say so far in response to the news: Levin, 78, released at statement Thursday afternoon stating “I can best serve my state and my nation by concentrating in the next two years on the challenging issues before us … in other words, by doing my job without the "distraction of campaigning for re-election," according to the Detroit Free Press. What do you think of the news? Tell us in the comments section below.

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Ferndale Library Recommends: Susan's Picks (Plus: Teen Tech Week)

Head of Young Adult Services, Librarian Susan Paley offers tips for teens.

Teens, this is the perfect time of year for some recreational reading. You're back in school now, re-siutated after (what was hopefully) a relaxing mid-winter break. You're back to the grind and no longer stressing over mid-term exams. Maybe some of you are currently stressing over ACTs now, though, instead? Sheesh... Don't let it get you down. You can use the library to help unwind-your-mind! Not that we're staying don't study...but, maybe do yourself a favor now and then and indulge in some fun, poignant and enlightening fiction. Or, maybe, expand your cultural horizons with a foreign film!  Librarian Susan Paley, who heads our Young Adult programming, has the remedy for any lingering winter blues (or ACT-induced freak-outs). Don't …

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Last Chance to Enter: Tell Us Your Favorite Composer — And Win Tickets to the DSO!

Tell us about your favorite composer by 4 p.m. today for a chance to win two tickets to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Thursday in Southfield.