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.
A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family. Irish Gaelic bean sÃ­dhe, woman of the fairies, banshee : bean, woman (from Old Irish ben. See gwen- in Indo-European Roots) + sÃ­dhe, fairy (from Old Irish sÃ­de, genitive of sÃ­d, fairy mound. See sed- in Indo-European Roots). My father screams like a banshee.