Interview: Aaron Tobin, Candidate for Mayor of Oak Park (video) (C. Proxmire, Aug. 20, 2015) Aaron Tobin, a resident of Oak Park for 18 years and a native of Southfield, is running for Mayor in the Nov. 3, 2015 election. He recently sold his automotive parts production business and now is a firearms instructor and…
Interview: Mayor Marian McClellan, Running for Re-Election in Oak Park (video) (C. Proxmire, Aug. 20, 2015) After four years of serving as Mayor of Oak Park, Marian McClellan is running for re-election. Mayor McClellan is being challenged by resident Aaron Tobin. McClellan spoke with the oc115 about the accomplishments made in the past few years,…
76 Year Old Charged with Stealing Produce in Troy (Troy Police, Aug. 20, 2015) Kroger, 3125 John R Road, 8/18/2015, 3:30 PM: A store employee was notified by a customer that another customer was concealing store merchandise for sale in her purse. The subject, later identified as a 76 year old female from Troy, was…
Bloomfield Hills Police Fatally Shoot Suspect After Chase (compiled, Aug. 20, 2015) A man is dead after a police chase that started around midnight Wednesday. According to WWJ the suspect was involved in an accident near 12 Mile and Mound, then fled through Oakland County. Troy Police attempted to stop the suspect I-75, but police…
Suspect Arrested After Three Day Crime Spree in Bloomfield Twp. (Bloomfield Twp. Press release, Aug. 20, 2015) 31-year-old Pontiac man was arrested following a crime spree that spanned three days and left one man injured. It began on Monday, Aug. 10, when a 1995 Ford Ranger was stolen from the 1500 block of Franklin Road. Shortly…
Heritage Conference to Focus on Woodward’s Past and Future Sept. 18 (event listing) At Local Kitchen & Bar 344 W. Nine Mile Rd. Ferndale, MI 48220 Friday, September 18, 2015 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Join us as the Heritage Conference hits the road this year and in 2016, following the route of the…
Ferndale: Donations Sought for Blessings in a Backpack (Jim Pool, Aug. 17, 2015) Back to school is right around the corner. A great opportunity for our students to reconnect with learning and friends. Yet for hundreds of kids right here in Ferndale, it’ll be a challenge as they struggle to have adequate food on the…
Massive Tree Tumbles, Causes Fire and Power Outage in HP/Ferndale (C. Proxmire, Aug. 17, 2015) Sarah Verran and her neighbors used to call it the Poltergeist Tree. “It was twice as big as it is now. And the canopy used to cover all four of these houses. You could see it all the way from…
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kelly Leaving the Bench (compiled, Aug. 17, 2015) Michigan Supreme Court Justice Mary Beth Kelly is leaving her Supreme Court seat effective Oct. 1 to return to private practice, reported the Detroit News. Kelly has served on the Michigan Supreme Court for five years. She is one of five Republican appointees…
Royal Oak Chamber Seeking Nominations for Community Awards, Due Sept. 1 (Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce Press Release, Aug. 16, 2015) TV Stations do it. Magazines do it. They seek the “Best Of” in an effort to honor the tremendous efforts made by businesses and people within a community. This noble tradition is honored by…
Court Rules Home Owner Must Remove Pool After Commerce Twp. Mistake (compiled, Aug. 16, 2015) A homeowner got approval – including a building permit – from Commerce Township to construct a pool on his property, but after construction began the township said they made a mistake. They said that the pool did not meet zoning…
Berkley: Marathon Read for Middle School Students Aug. 21 Marathon Read for Middle School Students Friday, August 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Why read alone when you can read with friends? We sit in a circle and take turns reading out loud from the same novel until we finish the book or the…
Art Gallery Owner Susanne Hilberry Dies at age 72 (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 15, 2015) The memory of Susanne Hilberry will live on in the art community of Metro Detroit though she passed away Thursday from what the Detroit Free Press reports are complications from a brain tumor at the age of 72. The patron…
Townhall Explores Possibility of Redistricting Reform (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 15, 2015) “When I was in junior high, there was this famous editorial cartoon in the textbook about Gerrymandering, and it had this oddly chopped up district that was shaped like a monster or a dragon. It was like this big joke that back in…
1966 Corvette Stolen from Parking Garage in Birmingham (Birmingham Police, Aug. 15, 2015) A 1966 Chevrolet Corvette (similar to the one pictured) was stolen out of the Park Street Parking Structure in the City of Birmingham during the Woodward Dream Cruise. The vehicle was parked at 12:30 pm and the owner discovered it was stolen…
Pontiac “Hustle In The Park” Active Family Event Aug. 22 (event listing) The Healthy Pontiac, We Can Coalition (HPWC) and the Friends of the Pontiac Parks Association are encouraging families to get active at the 3rd annual Hustle in the Park event at Beaudette Park on Saturday, August 22, from 12 to 4pm. This free…
Skateboarders Flock to New Clawson Skate Park (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 14, 2015) After two years of planning, the Clawson Skate Park opened phase one of their project on Aug. 9. With skateboarders from around Metro Detroit and several skateboard shops and clubs on hand for support, the opening was a celebration of the…
Dream Cruise 2015 Kicks Off (Mark Houston, various contributors) Dream Cruise 2015 has kicked off officially with The Mayor of Ferndale Dave Coulter standing alongside Butch Patrick, who is famous for his role as Eddie Munster on The Munsters, a television program of the 1960s, to cut the ribbon opening the event. The Ferndale Golden…
Pontiac Celebrates Several New Businesses (C. Proxmire, Aug. 13, 2015) “I’ve been cutting ribbons all over Pontiac,” said Mayor Deidre Waterman as she and nearly a dozen business owners prepared to slice through the thick blue ribbon stretched across the walkway in front of a freshly painted 1860 two-level building at 47 N. Saginaw Street.…
Oak Park Kids get Afternoon with Local Hero Public Safety Director Steve Cooper (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 13, 2015) After a couple of good stories and some Q & A, the children sitting at the Oak Park Library watched a Superman-like transition happen before their eyes. As quick as Clark Kent in a phone booth,…