Unsolicited Fax Lawsuit Costs Alfoccino Restaurants $7 Million Auburn Hills, Farmington Hills, MI – The owner of Alfoccino Restaurants in Auburn Hills and Farmington Hills agreed to a $7 million settlement to those who received unsolicited faxes promoting catering services in 2006. According to the Associated Press, faxes were sent approximately 14,000 times to 7,600…
Video Released of Suspect in 8 Robberies (Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 28, 2017) Pontiac, Auburn Hills, MI – A suspect caught on video robbing the Subway Restaurant in the 200 block of Walton is the suspect in at least 8 robberies between Dec. 8 and 4. There were 2 robberies in Pontiac, in Auburn…
Suspect Sought in Pontiac and Auburn Hills Robberies (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Dec. 5, 2017) Pontiac, Auburn Hills, MI – FROM DAY SHIFT: 12-24-2017, 07:00 hrs. THROUGH MIDNIGHT SHIFT: 12-25-2017, 07:00 hrs. INCIDENT: 17:30hrs. – City of Pontiac-Attempt Armed Robbery of a Business: #17-234777 SUMMARY: Deputies were dispatched to an address in the 200 block…
Drunk Driver Sends Powerful Thank You to Auburn Hills Police Officer (Auburn Hills Police Chief Doreen Olko, Dec. 3, 2017) Auburn Hills, MI – Just before Thanksgiving we received an interesting delivery at the station for Officer Ian Hodges. It was simply dropped off with very little fanfare. Ian wasn’t working so my assistant Quentessa…
Auburn Hills Police Share Day with Kids Found in Car with Overdosed Mom (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 22, 2017 Auburn Hills, MI – After sending a mother off in an ambulance due to a drug overdose Tuesday, Auburn Hills first responders found themselves with another problem – what to do with the two young children…
Video Shows What’s Left After Last Night’s Gas Line Fire Orion Township, MI – The smell of burning trees lingered in the air at the site where a towering fire fueled by a broken gas main burned Monday night on Brown Road near Joslyn in Orion Township on the Auburn Hills border. Workers from Consumers…
Gas Line Break Causes Fire Near Great Lakes Crossing (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov.20, 2017) Orion Township, MI – Natural gas from a broken line caught fire at about 10pm Monday night closing down Brown Road between Josyln and Baldwin Roads on the border of Orion Township and Auburn Hills. Meijer and other stores in…
Oakland County African American Parent Network Conference Nov. 11 Join us for our first Oakland County AAPN Collaborative Family Conference! This event is open to all families building a community around student success. Parents and students Invited! We have an exciting line up to share with you … Social Media Secrets: Presented by Rasheda Williams,…
Following 12 Drug Trafficking Indictments, Sheriff Puts Heroin Problem in Context (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 18, 2017) Pontiac, MI – A dozen Oakland County residents have been charged with selling heroin mixed with fentanyl, seven of whom were charged with distribution resulting in death, revealed Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard in a press conference Wednesday…
Sugar Packets & Covered Mirrors: Becoming Detectives for those with Dementia (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 14, 2017) Novi, MI – Loretta and Gregory were married at the age of 16, over 40 years ago, and have always been true to each other. Yet as Gregory began to age, Alzheimer’s started to take its toll and…
2017 Candidate Interview: Greg Ouelette for Auburn Hills City Council (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 13, 2017) Auburn Hills, MI – Greg Ouellette is running as a write-in candidate for Auburn Hills City Council on Nov. 7, 2017. In the race for Council only 3 people are running on the ballot for four seats: John…
2017 Candidate Interview: Mary Jo Ahern & Beverly Miller for Auburn Hills Library Board (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 30, 2017) Auburn Hills, MI – There are three candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot for Auburn Hills Library Board’s two partial term seats. Mary Jo Ahern and Beverly A. Miller had both been appointed to the…
Best Facebook Groups to Join in Your Community (Oakland County) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 13, 2017) Oakland County, MI – Many communities have online forums where people can learn what is going on in their community as well as connect with neighbors. These are actually a very effective way of finding out what is going…
2017 Solar Eclipse Pics (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 25, 2017) Oak Park, Ferndale, Ortonville, Southfield, Troy, Royal Oak, MI – Throughout Oakland County kids and adults joined with people all over the United States to watch a solar eclipse as it crossed the nation. In Metro Detroit the moon blocked out the sun by about…
Man Who Killed Admirer after Jenny Jones Show Taping Out on Parole (Compiled, Aug. 24, 2017) Lake Orion, MI – In 1995 two men from Lake Orion attended a taping of the Jenny Jones show. Three days later one of them was dead and the other in police custody, ultimately being sentenced to 20-50 years…
YMCA Program Volunteer Earns Baker College Leadership Scholarship (Baker College, Aug. 25, 2017) MADISON HEIGHTS, MI. – Sarah Tereau, of Madison Heights, is the recipient of the top 2017 Baker College Leadership Scholarship of $2,500. The Leadership Scholarship is awarded annually to a student attending Baker College’s Auburn Hills campus who demonstrates academic achievement and…
Pickup Goes Over Rail, Catches Fire on I-75 (Auburn Hills Police, Aug.10, 2017) Auburn Hills, MI – On August 10, 2017, at approximately 7:30 a.m. the Auburn Hills Police and Fire Departments responded to north bound I-75 between South Boulevard and M-59 for a vehicle crash. A pick-up truck pulling a landscaping dump trailer traveling…
Chickens of Oakland County, Where Does Your Community Stand? (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 3, 2017) Oakland County, MI – Jackson Clementz loves his chickens. The five year old spends time chasing and petting the three black New England Reds and three Red Sex Links that live in a pen in his grandfather’s backyard in Holly.…
Careless Smoking Cause of Fire in Auburn Hills Mobile Home (Auburn Hills Fire Dept, July 9, 2017) Residential Structure Fire – Sheffield Estates Mobile Home Community At 10:00 AM on July 7, Auburn Hills fire personnel were dispatched to Warwick St. on a reported residential structure fire. Fire personnel arrived on the scene to find…
2017 Candidate Interviews & Issues (check for updates) Oakland County, MI- The Oakland County Times has a tradition of doing video interviews with candidates for local office. Several communities have local elections on Nov. 7, 2017 and we’re working hard to interview as many local candidates as possible. We do not endorse any candidate and…