Royal Oak to Consider Tackling Legacy Costs with Bond (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept 19, 2015) Like most cities, Royal Oak bears the cost of funding pensions and benefits for employees. In fact, 26 percent of the personnel budget is spent on employees who no longer work for the city. Nothing can be done about the…
Lake Orion Set to Unveil Public Art, Ribbon Cutting Sept. 23 (event listing) The Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority is very pleased to announce that they will be holding a Ribbon Cutting for the first public art piece installed in downtown Lake Orion. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will be held at 5:00 pm on Wednesday,…
Oak Park Public Safety Open House Oct. 4 (event listing) As a child did you ever tour the fire station, sit in a police cruiser, or peer inside an ambulance? Weren’t the police officers, fire personnel and emergency workers larger than life? Well, here’s your chance to provide your child with the same opportunity. Oak…
Farmington Hills: Man Interrupts Police Questioning with a Fatal Punch (Farmington Hills Police Chief Charles Nebus, Sept. 18, 2015) ARRAIGNMENT IN FATAL ASSAULT AT FLAMINGO MOBILE HOME PARK On August 9, 2015, at 1:05 AM, the Farmington Hills Police Department responded to a fight at the Flamingo Mobile Home Park located at 22600 Middlebelt Road…
Waterford: B & E Suspect Identified Due to Past Crime (Deputy Chief Jeff James, Waterford Police, Sept 19, 2015) On 9/12/15 10:59 pm, Waterford Officers responded to the 6000 Block of Cooley Lake Rd for a reported Breaking and Entering of a local business. Arriving officers along with an employee of the business noticed the…
Huntington Woods Candidate Forum Now Available Online (video) (Compiled, Sept. 18, 2015) The League of Women Voters held a candidate forum for Huntington Woods Mayor and City Council on Sept. 16, 2o15. Election Day is Nov. 3, 2o15. Check out the full video below courtesy of the City of Huntington Woods: For more election related…
Troy Youth Assistance Dash Thru the Daze Oct. 3 (event listing) TROY YOUTH ASSISTANCE is sponsoring the 2nd Annual “Dash Thru the Daze” 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 9:00am at Boulan Park in Troy. “Dash thru the Daze” 5K is USATF sanctioned. To register: https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Troy/Dashthru the Daze5k $25.00 for ages 18+ and…
State Rep. Martin Howrylak Coffee Hours Sept. 21 (Clawson) Sept. 26 (Troy) (event) Rep. Martin Howrylak, R-Troy, invites residents of the 41st House District to attend his office hours in September. The first will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21 at the Clawson Public Library at 416 N Main Street.…
Farmington Hills 14th Annual Hay Day October 6 (event listing) Join your friends and neighbors for the 14th Annual Hay Day event on Tuesday, October 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Heritage Park. Hay Day will feature hayrides, pumpkin painting, fire truck tours, and marshmallows and hot dogs roasted over the area’s largest campfire!…
Birmingham: Library Hosting OK2SAY Program on Cyberbullying Oct. 5 (event listing) Living in an online world filled with sexting, bullying and cyberbullying can be challenging for students and parents to navigate. OK2SAY program personnel from the Office of the Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette will facilitate two concurrent programs for teens and parents about these…
Newbery Author & Illustrator Coming to Oak Park Library Oct 4 Newbery Award-Winning author & illustrator Lynne Rae Perkins will be making a visit to the Oak Park Public Library (14200 Oak Park Blvd, Oak Park, MI 48237) on Sunday, October 4 from 1:00-2:30pm to sign books and discuss her work. This event is co-sponsored…
Free Legal Clinic at Ferndale Library Sept. 23 (event) Ferndale Youth Assistance, in conjunction with Hazel Park Youth Assistance and The Oakland County Bar Association, are holding a FREE LEGAL AID CLINIC on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Ferndale Public Library located at 222 East Nine Mile Road, Ferndale,…
Zoo Breaks the Water Bottle Habit, Puts Health of Planet in Perspective (Detroit Zoo Press Release, Sept. 16, 2015) The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has successfully weaned 1.3 million Detroit Zoo visitors off the bottle. In August 2013, the DZS launched a three-year initiative to discontinue the sale and use of bottled water –…
Pleasant Ridge Recycling and Shredding Fair Sept. 26 Saturday, September 26 1:00-5:00 pm At: Pleasant Ridge DPW, 92 Amherst, Pleasant Ridge (east of Woodward, S. of I-696) Enter from Amherst, Exit via Maywood. We will be collecting Electronics, Metal, Gently used clothing, books and household items and paper for shredding (paperclips removed), 2-3 grocery bags…
Birmingham:Library to Unveil 100 “Build Imagination” Architecture Books for Kids Sept. 26 (event listing) The Baldwin Public Library is unveiling a new collection of 100 architecture books for children, the Build Imagination collection, at an Open House on Saturday, September 26 from 10:30 a.m. until noon in the Library’s lower level Rotary Room. Made possible…
Ferndale: Details of the Dog Park (C. Proxmire, Sept. 15, 2015) The Dog Park at Wilson Park in Ferndale is just about complete, with the public getting an update at Monday night’s council meeting. Department of Public Works Director Loyd Cureton touted some of the park’s features, including a key fob lock system and separate…
Doreen Olko: The Police Chief with Something to Say (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 15, 2015) There is so much more to police work than fighting crime. And there is more to criminal justice than good guys catching bad guys. These depths are not often explained in the media, where juicy crime stories are easy clicks…
Local History Love: Holly Turns 150 (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 15, 2015) Residents and visitors painted the village red this weekend as Holly celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary. The Holly High School Marching Band played through drizzly rain before the recreation department did demonstrations on how to dance. One side of Crapo Park was lined with…
Local Music Love by Jeff Milo ~ Sept. 15, Edition The Rogue Satellites’ Release Show for their third album: ‘Bees & Snakes’ Photo by: Brian Rozman Words: Jeff Milo Listen at: https://roguesatellites.bandcamp.com/ There are heartbreak songs waiting to be wrung-out from the dark depths of Twilight Zone episode scenarios, and there is profundity to…
Real Bad Boys Move in Silence (Guest View by Kaino Phillips, Sept. 15, 2015) Over the last few weeks, I have seen some things that have really had me shaking my head and quite frankly, it has me a little frightened. I am mainly concerned because of the actions that I am seeing coming…