October 29th 2014
A Look at Low Voter Turn Out Rates in the Aug. 5 Primary (Guest Column by Kurt Metzger, Mayor of Pleasant Ridge, orig. Aug. 26, 2014, republished Oct.29 ) Access to more detailed, geographically focused data sets, combined with the developed of more sophisticated mapping (GIS) systems, have made the Redistricting (gerrymandering) process more sophisticated. […]
October 25th 2014
Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce Announces Winners of the 8th Annual Sunrise Pinnacle Awards (RRCC Press Release, Oct. 25, 2014) The Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the winners of the 8th Annual Sunrise Pinnacle Awards ceremony. The event took place on October 24th at the Royal Park Hotel in downtown Rochester. An […]
October 18th 2014
Bob Daddow to Represent Oakland County on Great Lakes Water Authority (Oakland County Press Release, Oct. 18,2014) Deputy County Executive Robert J. Daddow will represent Oakland County’s water and sewer ratepayers on the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) board, County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced today. Daddow, a certified public accountant, was part of the […]
October 18th 2014
“An Abundance of Caution”: CDC Monitoring Man in Oak Park (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 18, 2014) A Liberian man visiting family in Oak Park is under scrutiny by the Centers for Disease Control and Oakland County Health Division. Although the man has never come in contact with anyone infected with the Ebola virus, and […]
October 17th 2014
Suspect Wanted in Oakland Twp. Subway Shop Robbery (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept., Oct. 17, 2014) The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is requesting assistance from the public in identifying the person that committed an Armed Robbery the Subway Sub Shop located at 4890 North Adams Rd. in Oakland Township. ~At approximately 6:30PM on October 12, 2014 […]
October 4th 2014
Geibel and Langton Vie for Circuit Court Seat in County-Wide Race (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 4, 2014) Oakland County has budgeted to reinstate a Judge position in the Sixth Circuit Court that had been vacant for several years. This opening, created in the Family Court Division, means that on November 4 voters of Oakland […]
September 30th 2014
Education Advocates Connect Across District Borders (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 30, 2014) “It was about one month ago that I went to my mailbox and I opened it to find a letter from the EAA [Educational Achievement Authority]… This was a letter that was inviting my child to attend an EAA school, or shall […]
September 29th 2014
Two Teens on Bikes Injured in Hit and Run on Rochester Road (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Sept. 29, 2014) The Crash Reconstruction Unit is assisting deputies from the Oakland Substation with the investigation of a hit and run bicycle injury crash that occurred on Rochester Road south of Romeo Road on Sunday, Sept. 28 at […]
September 11th 2014
Ready for the Next Emergency? How a Home Inventory Can Help (Sam Moore, Unique Home & Business Inventory, Sept 11, 2014) NOTE: Sam Moore is the owner of Unique Home and Business Inventory. After learning about his service during the flooding crisis, we asked him to share a write up about his work as another […]
September 11th 2014
Oakland Literacy Council Celebrates 30 Years, Seeks Tutors (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept 11, 2014) Reading is such a fundamental part of society, that it may be hard to imagine not being able to. Yet in Oakland County there are 170,000 illiterate adults, a problem that the Oakland Literacy Council is tackling one human being at […]
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