Orion Township Public Library Unveils Orion History Museum Display (Orion Twp. Library, June 20, 2017) Lake Orion, MI – The Orion Township Public Library recently unveiled a new Orion history museum exhibit on display in the Friends Reading Room at the library with pictures and artifacts related to Lake Orion’s origins as a resort town.…
Wayne State Awarded Three Year Suicide Prevention Grant (WSU, June 20, 2017) Detroit, MI – Wayne State University has been awarded a three-year, Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant worth $305,354. The grant will be used for WSU’s Suicide Prevention Initiative that seeks to develop an infrastructure of education, training and dissemination of suicide…
Wayne State Awarded Three Year Suicide Prevention Grant (WSU, June 20, 2017) Detroit, MI – Wayne State University has been awarded a three-year, Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant worth $305,354. The grant will be used for WSU’s Suicide Prevention Initiative that seeks to develop an infrastructure of education, training and dissemination of suicide…
Lake Orion Schools Closed Due to Runaway with Stolen Handgun (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, June 19, 2017) Lake Orion, MI- Today: INCIDENT: 06:30 hrs. – Orion Township – Juvenile Runaway – Missing/Stolen Handgun – #17-110152 SUMMARY: Deputies responded to [Address removed by OC Times] for a report of a 16 year old male who ran…
Clawson Rocks the First CraftCom Festival (Sam Gurwin, June 18, 2017) Clawson, MI – Comic books and craft beer came together this weekend for the first annual CraftCom Festival in Downtown Clawson. The free event included cosplay contests, amazing local crafters and artists, comic and game vendors, live music, locally made robots, a homebrew competition,…
Clawson Rocks the First CraftCom Festival (Sam Gurwin, June 18, 2017) Clawson, MI – Comic books and craft beer came together this weekend for the first annual CraftCom Festival in Downtown Clawson. The free event included cosplay contests, amazing local crafters and artists, comic and game vendors, live music, locally made robots, a homebrew competition,…
Outdoor Movie in Ferndale: Ghostbusters Aug. 17 (EVENT page) Ferndale, MI – Join the Ferndale DDA on the Third Thursday in July, August & September! The event is entirely FREE to you, your friends and the entire community. We hope you will join in the activity and enjoy an evening of outdoor entertainment. Feel free…
Outdoor Movie in Ferndale: Ghostbusters Aug. 17 (EVENT page) Ferndale, MI – Join the Ferndale DDA on the Third Thursday in July, August & September! The event is entirely FREE to you, your friends and the entire community. We hope you will join in the activity and enjoy an evening of outdoor entertainment. Feel free…
Outdoor Movie in Ferndale: Pretty in Pink, Sept. 21 (EVENT page) Ferndale, MI – Join the Ferndale DDA on the Third Thursday in July, August & September! The event is entirely FREE to you, your friends and the entire community. We hope you will join in the activity and enjoy an evening of outdoor entertainment.…
Outdoor Movie in Ferndale: Pretty in Pink, Sept. 21 (EVENT page) Ferndale, MI – Join the Ferndale DDA on the Third Thursday in July, August & September! The event is entirely FREE to you, your friends and the entire community. We hope you will join in the activity and enjoy an evening of outdoor entertainment.…
Honey: A Sweet Space for Moms with Classes and Support (Cheryl Weiss, June 18, 2017) Ferndale, MI – Motherhood changes a woman. From changes in your body, to changes in your brain, to changes in your priorities, and changes in your schedule, nothing is the same after you have a baby. That can be isolating,…
Guest View: Visit to Middleton Berry Farm in Ortonville (Marissa Prince, June 17, 2017) Ortonville, MI – Middleton Berry Farm is a small, family-owned “you pick” farm in North Oakland County. It is located off Oakwood Road between 24 and M-15 (4790 Oakwood Road in Ortonville). We frequent this berry farm and feel that it’s…
Guest View: Visit to Middleton Berry Farm in Ortonville (Marissa Prince, June 17, 2017) Ortonville, MI – Middleton Berry Farm is a small, family-owned “you pick” farm in North Oakland County. It is located off Oakwood Road between 24 and M-15 (4790 Oakwood Road in Ortonville). We frequent this berry farm and feel that it’s…
Ferndale Says Cheers to Public Art with Art of Cocktail Event (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 17, 2017) Ferndale, MI – Patrons hit the town Thursday night in Downtown Ferndale to raise money – and their glasses – in support of public art. The Art of the Cocktail event took place at M-Brew and Valentine Distilling…
Ferndale Says Cheers to Public Art with Art of Cocktail Event (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 17, 2017) Ferndale, MI – Patrons hit the town Thursday night in Downtown Ferndale to raise money – and their glasses – in support of public art. The Art of the Cocktail event took place at M-Brew and Valentine Distilling…
Art, Fish, Fun Connects Pontiac Families to Nature (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 16, 2017) Pontiac, MI – Areeba Aalam of Southfield had only gone fishing once before Saturday’s Art, Fish, Fun event at Pontiac’s Beaudette Park. The young girl comes from Southfield to Pontiac for school and was excited to come to the event. “It…
Holly Taking Time to Weigh Both Sides in Marijuana Decision (Video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 16, 2017) Holly, MI – The Village of Holly Council heard a presentation Tuesday about what new laws mean for municipalities that chose to opt in or opt out of allowing medical marijuana businesses, but no vote has been taken…
Holly Taking Time to Weigh Both Sides in Marijuana Decision (Video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 16, 2017) Holly, MI – The Village of Holly Council heard a presentation Tuesday about what new laws mean for municipalities that chose to opt in or opt out of allowing medical marijuana businesses, but no vote has been taken…
Pictures from Berkley Art Bash + Artist Spotlights (Jon Berz, June 14, 2017) Berkley, MI – It was a fine day for family fun and treasure hunting on a sunny, hot, breezy Saturday, and felt like the official beginning of art festival season. Over 130 artists, crafters, vendors and local businesses converged in downtown Berkley,…
Pictures from Berkley Art Bash + Artist Spotlights (Jon Berz, June 14, 2017) Berkley, MI – It was a fine day for family fun and treasure hunting on a sunny, hot, breezy Saturday, and felt like the official beginning of art festival season. Over 130 artists, crafters, vendors and local businesses converged in downtown Berkley,…