Royal Oak, Ferndale: Free Slurpees for 7Eleven Day Kept Local Stores Busy

Royal Oak, Ferndale: Free Slurpees for 7Eleven Day Kept Local Stores Busy (C. Proxmire, July 11, 2015) Each year 7Eleven stores across the country celebrate the convenience store’s birthday with the free Slurpee giveaway. The cold sugary beverages come in multiple flavors, including new SourPatch Kids Watermelon flavored. Stores through Oakland County had lines of…

Bishop Foley Student Flying High After Ferndale’s Agora Arts Group Performs in Chicago

Bishop Foley Student Flying High After Ferndale’s Agora Arts Group Performs in Chicago (Guest View by Jenna Thibodeau, July 9, 2015) Jenna Thibodeau will attend Bishop Foley High School in the fall and was a gymnast for 12 years before pursing aerial arts.  She has been attending Agora Arts since October and hopes to become…

Farmington: Thieves targeting Chrysler 300’s for Navigation Systems

Farmington: Thieves targeting Chrysler 300’s for Navigation Systems (Farmington Police, July 9, 2015) On July 7th at 6:00AM, Farmington Public Safety officers responded to an apartment complex on the 21900 block of Farmington Rd (area of 9 Mile & Farmington Rd) to investigate two reports of thefts of in-dash navigation systems from Chrysler 300 vehicles…

Man in Serious Condition after Jumping from Wall at DTE Music Theater

Man in Serious Condition after Jumping from Wall at DTE Music Theater (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, July 9, 2015) INCIDENT:  23:00 hrs. – July 7 – Independence Township – Injured Person #15-106996 SUMMARY:  Deputies working at the DTE Music Theater responded to a medical involving a subject who had jumped from a seven foot stone…

Ferndale Seeking Citizens to Help Improve Voting, Democracy with Election Task Force

Ferndale Seeking Citizens to Help Improve Voting, Democracy with Election Task Force (City of Ferndale Press Release, July 8, 2015)   The Ferndale City Clerk is recruiting community members, poll workers, and elected officials to create an election task force to help guide the selection of new polling locations, brainstorm methods of improving voter turnout,…

Spielberg film series at the Berkley Public Library through September

Spielberg film series at the Berkley Public Library through September (event listing) Four films directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg will be screened this summer as part of a new series by the Berkley Public Library. Watch free movies at the library as part of the “A Spielberg Summer” series on: –         Monday, July 20…

Oakland University Passes State Cap, Raises Tuition 8.48%

Oakland University Passes State Cap, Raises Tuition 8.48% (compiled, July 7, 2015) Grizzlies will be paying more for college come fall, as the Board of Trustees for Oakand University has approved a 8.48% tuition increase. According to a report by David Jesse in the Detroit Free Press, OU will give up $1.2 million in state…

Huntington Woods: Drone Footage Shows Unique View of Fireworks (video)

Huntington Woods: Drone Footage Shows Unique View of Fireworks (video) (John Rozsa, July 6, 2015) Here is footage of some of the Rackham Golf Course Fireworks, taken with my quadcopter at 399.99 FT Be sure to watch in 1080P or 4K. To adjust the quality settings in Youtube, click the little gear looking thing in…

15 Year Old Bloomfield Hills Student Scored Perfect on ACT

15 Year Old Bloomfield Hills Student Scored Perfect on ACT (Bloomfield Hills Schools press release, July 6, 2015) “Perfect” at just 15, Helena Gregg, Bloomfield Hills High School student, scores a perfect score on the ACT Helena Gregg, an incoming sophomore at Bloomfield Hills High School, has just scored a perfect score on the ACT. …