State Training Fund Grants Awarded: Businesses in Oak Park, Auburn Hills & Ferndale Included (Adapted from Oakland County Press Release, Dec 8, 2014) Thirteen Oakland County companies received almost $700,000 from the state’s Skilled Trades Training Fund, enabling them to hire nearly 1,300 new employees while upgrading the skills of more than 700 current employees.…
Funeral Arrangements Made for Shelley Lazarus (Rob Glass, Superintendent of Bloomfield Hills Schools, Dec. 8, 2014) Last week we received tragic news. We learned that one of our Eastover staff members, Shelley Lazarus, died after a serious car accident. Shelley was the Eastover Media Specialist and worked for Bloomfield Hills Schools since 1988. Her husband,…
Woman Charged in Murder of Son and Granddaughter (C. Proxmire, Dec. 8, 2014) Sixty-five year old Sylvia Majewska of Addison Twp. was arraigned on Dec. 8 on two counts of premeditated murder in the Nov.23 deaths of Daryne Gailey and Charley Hendrick of Oxford. Hendrick, Gailey’s daughter, was just seven months old when she died…
Auburn Hills Volunteers Take Kids Holiday Shopping (Public Safety Director Doreen Olko, City of Auburn Hills, Dec. 8, 2014) NOTE: This originally appeared at https://ahpdchief.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/more-christmas-shopping-with-kids/. On Saturday, Dec. 6th we went shopping with another group of special kids from the Avondale School District. We took 18 kids to Meijer on Brown Road and through Meijers’…
VIEW: SEMCOG’s Stand on Transportation Funding Legislation (Guest View: South East Michigan Council of Govenments – SEMCOG, Dec 8, 2014) At last Friday’s Executive Committee, a resolution was passed in support of the Senate-passed transportation funding legislation that will: ~Eliminate the fuel tax and create a tax on the wholesale price of fuel. ~Include a…
Guest View by Jay McMillan: The Community Spirit of Ferndale (Guest Column by Jay McMillan, President of Royal Services, orig. Ferndale Michigan Works!, Dec. 8, 2014) I believe that Ferndale, perhaps more than other communities that I have lived, played, and been a part of, is one of the most giving communities. This is just one of…
Guest View: Opening the Door: Talking Truth about Teen Suicide (Jean MacLeod, orig. published by Oakland Schools, Dec. 8, 2014) As a parent, I find myself in the surreal position of writing a blog post tragically initiated by the suicide of a local 8th-grader… Perhaps I shouldn’t be so surprised; according to the Center for…
Stuff a Blue Goose Campaign Comes to Novi and Troy Dec 13/14 and 20/21 (Michigan State Police Press Release, Dec. 8, 2014) Activity: Stuff a Blue Goose Campaign Incident Date: December Dates, All events are held between 10 00 AM to 5 00 PM. Summary: The Michigan State Police Metro…