The city lies in the I-696 and I-75 corridor and is served by two primary school districts, Lamphere and Madison, as well as a full-service municipal government. Today, Madison Heights' mayor is Edward Swanson. Madison Heights is part of Oakland County's Automation Alley.
In Irish folklore, a bean sidhe (literally woman of fairyland) was not a welcome guest. When she was seen combing her hair or heard wailing beneath a window, it was considered a sign that a family member was about to die.
Word Origin & History. ban O.E. bannan to summon, command, proclaim, from P.Gmc. *bannan proclaim, command, forbid (cf. O.H.G. bannan to command or forbid under threat of punishment, Ger. bannen banish, expel, curse), originally to speak publicly, from PIE base *bha- to speak (cf. O.Ir. bann law, Armenian ban word; see fame). Main modern sense of to prohibit is from O.N. cognate banna curse, prohibit, and probably in part from O.Fr. ban, which meant outlawry, banishment, among other things (see banal) and was a borrowing from Germanic.