Pitt-McGehee has volunteered to represent Brown pro-bono so that there is no extra cost to the taxpayers.
“I’m glad the judge has said the plaintiffs should have their day in court,” Brown said.
Visitors will often be greeted by Vito at the front desk, and a get a fabulous smile and energy from Linda.
To learn more about this new Downtown Ferndale business, visit their website at http://shineonyoga.net/.
The survey will be available throughout July and August online at www.ferndalemi.gov and at City Hall, the Kulick Center and the Ferndale Library.
It’s critical that we examine not only the internal failures of the largest US city to ever declare bankruptcy, but also the context in which those failures occurred. And when we do examine the context, it’s clear that cities in general—in Michigan and across the nation—face many of the same challenges that pushed Detroit off the fiscal cliff.
State Senator Vincent Gregory (D-Southfield) will be hosting a town hall meeting on the Affordable Care Act in partnership with the AARP. Most of the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act will go into effect in January 2014.
The founder and president of the Detroit Bus Company in Ferndale has donated a 20-ton portable air conditioning unit and diesel generator to the Oakland County Animal Control & Pet Adoption Center for the rest of the summer. Andy Didorosi, 26, asked Hertz Rental to deliver the equipment Friday. They worked with the county’s Facilities Management Department in the late afternoon to install it. The A/C unit will keep the dogs and cats at the Center cool on hot summer days.
There are non-alcoholic drinks available through the festival as well, and people are encouraged to pace themselves and drink responsibly. It’s a hot weekend, so watch out for dehydration. And never ever drink and drive.
For over thirty three years, Jerry enjoyed his work as a teacher and principal for Ferndale Public Schools. Jerry and Pauline raised their family of three boys in the Farmington area and moved to Commerce Township after Jerry’s retirement in 1991.
After over a year of pushing for changes at the Oakland County Pet Adoption Center, citizens in the group Oakland Pet Advocates have turned up the heat by transforming their group into a political action committee taking aim at elected officials who do not support their demands for animal control policy.
Following the budget presentation, the Board of Commissioners Finance Committee will hold budget hearings at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 25; Thursday, Aug. 8; and Thursday, Aug. 22. The board vote to adopt the budget will take place at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19.
“In some communities there is a certain romanticism to jail. You think going to jail makes you tough. But going and not only seeing it, but smelling it, what it’s like to be in there, seeing people who are meaner and tougher than you, it can give you pause,”
The next step is for the House and the Senate to work on a compromise between the bills each passed before sending a final bill to the White House. President Barack Obama has already said he would veto a bill that did not include SNAP funding…
Heat stroke is the most severe form of heat illness. It is a life-threatening condition because the body loses its ability to cool itself. Symptoms vary, but usually include red, flushed skin; a rapid, strong pulse; throbbing headache, nausea, seizures, difficulty speaking, confusion and unconsciousness.
the Kulick Community Center has been opened as a public cooling center for Tuesday, July 16th between the hours of 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. and Wednesday, July 17th between the hours of 9:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. The Kulick Community Center is located at 1201 Livernois, Ferndale MI 48220. You may contact the center at 248-582-3366.
The ordinance also includes multiple “review procedures” and “review factors.” including zoning requirements, certification by the director of public safety that the Licensee is of “good moral character,” input from readers and surrounding business owners, the number of similar Licenses in the city, size of bar area, and “overall benefit of the plan to the City of Oak Park.”
The library’s tax revenues have decreased by $300,000 since 2009. Determined not to cut hours or staff, the library is stepping up fundraising efforts to make up for lost property tax revenue. The library hopes you will come and Rock for Books on August 3rd at the Loving Touch!
…she’d hoped to be able to get enough support for a bill that would roll back student loan interest rates from 6.8% to 3.4%. But the vote never happened, as it was blocked by a Republican filibuster. With 60 votes needed to break the filibuster, a total of 51-49 was as close as Democrats finally came.
Tacos and BBQ were among the selections that drew crowds to the corner of 9 and Woodward. Michael McShane snapped pictures for the 115, and a delicious time was had by all.
Know anyone that needs a school bus? The Ferndale School District has two for sale.
Sealed bids are being accepted now through July 31st on two buses formerly used to transport students
Record Number of Cities Get Main Street Accreditation (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, July 10, 2013) With the flair of a fire-twirling roller-skater and the pep of the Clawson High School cheerleaders, members of Main Street programs from throughout Oakland County got together at Leon and Lulu on Wednesday to celebrate a number of Main Street…