Double Duty Candidate Forum: Knollenberg v. Peltonen and Howrylak v. Kerwin (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 19, 2014) The League of Women Voters doubled up on a candidate forum last week, presenting candidates for the 13th District State Senate Seat and the 41st District State Representative Seat. All four candidates answered the same questions…
Bob Daddow to Represent Oakland County on Great Lakes Water Authority (Oakland County Press Release, Oct. 18,2014) Deputy County Executive Robert J. Daddow will represent Oakland County’s water and sewer ratepayers on the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) board, County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced today. Daddow, a certified public accountant, was part of the…
“An Abundance of Caution”: CDC Monitoring Man in Oak Park (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 18, 2014) A Liberian man visiting family in Oak Park is under scrutiny by the Centers for Disease Control and Oakland County Health Division. Although the man has never come in contact with anyone infected with the Ebola virus, and…
Hillary Clinton Visits Oakland University (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 16, 2014) “Are you ready for Hillary?” This was the question of the day at Oakland University as a long line of Democratic political candidates from throughout SE Michigan took the stage in an election season rally. Among the speakers were Congressman Gary Peters who…
Rochester Hills Fire Safety and Emergency Vehicle Day Oct. 18th The Rochester Hills Fire and EMS Department is having an Emergency Vehicle Display and Demonstration on October 18th from 9:00 am to noon at the Home Depot on Avon Road. Children will have the opportunity to practice escaping from a simulated fire in the fire…
Rochester Hills Fire Safety and Emergency Vehicle Day Oct. 18th The Rochester Hills Fire and EMS Department is having an Emergency Vehicle Display and Demonstration on October 18th from 9:00 am to noon at the Home Depot on Avon Road. Children will have the opportunity to practice escaping from a simulated fire in the fire…
Commercial Lawn Mower Claims Part of Man’s Foot in Rochester Hills Accident (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Oct. 10, 2014) INCIDENT: 14:42 Hrs. – Oct. 9 – City of Rochester Hills – Assist Fire / Commercial/Industrial Accident. 14-160062 SUMMARY: Deputies, along with Rochester Hills Fire Department (RHFD) responded to Avon and Avon Circle Roads on a report of…
Commercial Lawn Mower Claims Part of Man’s Foot in Rochester Hills Accident (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Oct. 10, 2014) INCIDENT: 14:42 Hrs. – Oct. 9 – City of Rochester Hills – Assist Fire / Commercial/Industrial Accident. 14-160062 SUMMARY: Deputies, along with Rochester Hills Fire Department (RHFD) responded to Avon and Avon Circle Roads on a report of…
Geibel and Langton Vie for Circuit Court Seat in County-Wide Race (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 4, 2014) Oakland County has budgeted to reinstate a Judge position in the Sixth Circuit Court that had been vacant for several years. This opening, created in the Family Court Division, means that on November 4 voters of Oakland…
Rochester Hills Author Recalls Year in the Combat Zone of Vietnam as a Donut Dolly (video) Joann Puffer Kotcher was one of just 600 women who went to Vietnam with the American Red Cross to go into war zones and bring comfort and support to troops entrenched in battle. Just out of college from the…
Rochester Hills Author Recalls Year in the Combat Zone of Vietnam as a Donut Dolly (video) Joann Puffer Kotcher was one of just 600 women who went to Vietnam with the American Red Cross to go into war zones and bring comfort and support to troops entrenched in battle. Just out of college from the…
Education Advocates Connect Across District Borders (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 30, 2014) “It was about one month ago that I went to my mailbox and I opened it to find a letter from the EAA [Educational Achievement Authority]… This was a letter that was inviting my child to attend an EAA school, or shall…
DIA Oakland County Day – Free Transportation from Several Cities – Oct. 18 (DIA Press Release, Sept. 27, 2014) The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is providing free bus transportation to and from the museum on Saturday, Oct. 18 for Oakland County residents as part of its “County Days,” which provides this service four times…
75 Year Old Rochester Hills Man Dies of Suspected Suicide (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept., Sept. 23, 2014) INCIDENT: 19:18 Hrs. – Sept. 22 – City of Rochester Hills – Death Investigation #14-150540 SUMMARY: Deputies along with the Rochester Hills Fire Department responded to a possible suicide by gun, in the 1900 block of Pond…
Ready for the Next Emergency? How a Home Inventory Can Help (Sam Moore, Unique Home & Business Inventory, Sept 11, 2014) NOTE: Sam Moore is the owner of Unique Home and Business Inventory. After learning about his service during the flooding crisis, we asked him to share a write up about his work as another…
Ready for the Next Emergency? How a Home Inventory Can Help (Sam Moore, Unique Home & Business Inventory, Sept 11, 2014) NOTE: Sam Moore is the owner of Unique Home and Business Inventory. After learning about his service during the flooding crisis, we asked him to share a write up about his work as another…
Oakland Literacy Council Celebrates 30 Years, Seeks Tutors (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept 11, 2014) Reading is such a fundamental part of society, that it may be hard to imagine not being able to. Yet in Oakland County there are 170,000 illiterate adults, a problem that the Oakland Literacy Council is tackling one human being at…
Oakland Literacy Council Celebrates 30 Years, Seeks Tutors (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept 11, 2014) Reading is such a fundamental part of society, that it may be hard to imagine not being able to. Yet in Oakland County there are 170,000 illiterate adults, a problem that the Oakland Literacy Council is tackling one human being at…
Regional Water Authority Agreement Made (Oakland County Press Release, Sept. 9, 2014) Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the City of Detroit, Wayne and Macomb counties, and the State of Michigan that recommends the creation of a regional water authority. The proposed regional water authority will have…
Regional Water Authority Agreement Made (Oakland County Press Release, Sept. 9, 2014) Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the City of Detroit, Wayne and Macomb counties, and the State of Michigan that recommends the creation of a regional water authority. The proposed regional water authority will have…