Enhanced Notification Service Now Available for Crime Victims in Michigan
The enhanced MI-VINE service offers users innovative functionality, an improved user experience and expanded access to victim services.
Election Analysis: Rejected Absentee Ballots, & How to Prevent Them in November
Oakland County had a slightly higher rejection rate of 1.7 percent of their total 261,890 absentee ballots.
Here’s How to Nominate a School Support Staffer for Statewide Award
Nominees must, at a minimum, demonstrate excellence in the following areas: (A) Work performance; (B) School and community involvement; (C) Leadership and commitment; (D) Local support (from co-workers, school administrators, community members, etc., who speak to the nominee’s exemplary work); (E) Enhancement of classified school employees’ image in the community and schools.
2020 Candidate Interview: E. Wadsworth Sherrod for OCC Board of Trustees
Voters throughout Oakland County have the opportunity to select two Trustees for the Oakland Community College Board.
Michigan Governor Clarifies Rules for Face Masks During Sports
Last week, the governor signed Executive Order 2020-176 reopening Michigan’s gyms and pools in those regions where they remain closed and allowing for organized sports practices and competitions to resume in those regions where they remain restricted, subject to strict protections meant to limit spread of the virus.
2020 Candidate Interview: Jim Ellison for State Rep. 26th District
In the race for State Representative of the 26th District, Incumbent Jim Ellison, a Democrat, faces Republican Chris Meister on the Nov. 3, 2020 ballot.
OCHN Grant Helps Support Youth Mobile Crisis Team
The Youth Mobile Crisis Team helps children, teens, and young adults who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
Clawson Police and Other Cities Competing in Torch Run for Special Olympics
“Each year we set our fundraising goal a little higher,” Sgt. Vierk said. “Our goal last year was to raise the most money of the Oakland County agencies in the east leg of the Oakland County Community Run and we finished in 3rd…”
Calendar Art Contest for Kids to Help Prevent Water Pollution
This program is a great way to educate our youth and teach them how to get involved in discovering ways that they can help to prevent pollution of our freshwater resources.
Election Analysis: A Look at Absentee Ballots Across Oakland County Cities
Over two-thirds (77.0 percent) of the requested ballots were returned, and these returned ballots represented 70.8 percent of the total votes cast.
Oakland County Expands Free COVID-19 Testing to School-Age Children
The Health Division offers drive-thru testing on Mondays and Wednesdays at the South Oakland Health Center at 27725 Greenfield Road in Southfield; Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Oakland County government campus, 1200 N. Telegraph Road in Pontiac; and on Fridays at Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge Campus at 28696 Oakland, Farmington Hills.
Deadline for Oakland Together Business Recovery Grants is Sept. 14
This competitive grant program is focused on these hard-hit sectors:
Retail
Food and Lodging Personal Services
Business Services
Entertainment and Recreation
Construction and Maintenance Services
Madison Heights Approves Body Cameras for Police
“I’m proud that we could finally make this investment. It improves transparency, as well as be a valuable training tool for our officers who will now be able to replay interactions.”
Local Courts Promoting Eviction Diversion Program and Other Resources
Courts across the state, including the 45th and 43rd in SE Oakland County are helping to spread the word about the program by providing fliers to those interact with the courts.
Up to $20,000 Available Through DNR Community Forestry Grant Program
Up to $20,000 is available for projects such as:
Tree inventories and management plans.
Urban forest master plans or strategic plans.
Tree maintenance connected to strategic activities in a plan or tree inventory.
Community outreach or local staff training.
Tree ordinance review and development.
Candidate Interviews ~ Nov. 3, 2020 Election
Each year Oakland County Times gives candidates for any office voted on in Oakland County the opportunity to do a video interview. This is a huge undertaking, and we post new videos as we can right up until the election. So please check back often and be patient.
County-Wide Millage to Go on Nov. Ballot for Parks and Recreation
“For the first time in our 54-year existence, we’re asking for an increase so we can provide more high quality parks, programs and services to the citizens of Oakland County,” OCPR Executive Officer Dan Stencil said.
SEMCOG Survey Asking Resident Opinions on Local Government Spending
Results will be shared with local government leaders so that they understand what services their residents value most. Responses will also help inform SEMCOG’s Economic Development Strategy for Southeast Michigan, currently under development.
Injections into Soil Part of Remediation Plans for Contaminated Site in Madison Hts
Tricia Edwards of the EPA explained the investigative results and the plan.
40,000 Movies in 91 Years, A Holocaust Survivor Shares Cinematic Diary
From his childhood in Germany to the Nazi occupation to post-war Shanghai to his adult life in Metro Detroit, Zydower has loved everything about movies.