Oakland County Celebrates Main Street Success Stories (Crystal A. Proxmire, May 12, 2018) Pontiac, MI – The superheroes of downtowns throughout Oakland County gathered at the Strand Theater in Pontiac Thursday evening for the annual “Main Event,” recognizing accomplishments of communities in the Main Street Oakland County program. The program provides planning, resources and sharing…
Franklin Woman Who Lost Daughter to Whooping Cough Wins Immunization Champion Award (Michigan DHHS, April 23, 2018) LANSING, Mich. – Veronica McNally of Franklin has been named CDC Childhood Immunization Champion for her outstanding efforts to promote childhood immunization across Michigan by the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Veronica and Sean McNally…
Franklin Woman Who Lost Daughter to Whooping Cough Wins Immunization Champion Award (Michigan DHHS, April 23, 2018) LANSING, Mich. – Veronica McNally of Franklin has been named CDC Childhood Immunization Champion for her outstanding efforts to promote childhood immunization across Michigan by the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Veronica and Sean McNally…
Berkley Library Discussion Revives Interest in Unsolved Oakland County Child Killer Deaths (Sam Gurwin, April 9, 2018) Berkley, MI – Many memories of mothers and fathers in 1976-1977 involved carefully watching children as they walked in groups to schools throughout Oakland County. That is because an unknown person was lurking, abducting and murdering children. Even…
Berkley Library Discussion Revives Interest in Unsolved Oakland County Child Killer Deaths (Sam Gurwin, April 9, 2018) Berkley, MI – Many memories of mothers and fathers in 1976-1977 involved carefully watching children as they walked in groups to schools throughout Oakland County. That is because an unknown person was lurking, abducting and murdering children. Even…
Mystery Chemicals Identified and Drained from Tank in Franklin (Oakland County Health Division, March 14, 2018) March 14, 2018, Pontiac, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has identified the chemicals found in a storage tank underneath Franklin Village Plaza in Franklin that led to the mandatory closure of five businesses. The multiple…
Mystery Chemicals Identified and Drained from Tank in Franklin (Oakland County Health Division, March 14, 2018) March 14, 2018, Pontiac, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has identified the chemicals found in a storage tank underneath Franklin Village Plaza in Franklin that led to the mandatory closure of five businesses. The multiple…
Mystery Chemicals Identified and Drained from Tank in Franklin (Oakland County Health Division, March 14, 2018) March 14, 2018, Pontiac, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has identified the chemicals found in a storage tank underneath Franklin Village Plaza in Franklin that led to the mandatory closure of five businesses. The multiple…
Businesses in Franklin Asked to Close Pending More Air Quality Tests (Oakland County Healthy Division, March 3, 2018) Franklin, MI – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services notified Oakland County Health Division yesterday afternoon of a vapor intrusion involving the chemicals Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) in the Franklin Village Plaza at 32716-32744…
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…
Friends of Franklin Library Oktoberfest Oct. 6 Franklin, MI – Come to the Franklin Public Library Oct. 6 from 6-9pm for the first annual Oktoberfest! Tickets are $35 before 9/18/2017 and $40 after. Tickets are available at the Franklin Lirbrary 32455 Franklin Road, Franklin Mi 48025. http://www.franklin.lib.mi.us/ ****** Thank you to White Castle for sponsoring…
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…