Troy Police Create “Safe Zone” for Craigslist Transactions (Troy Police Press Release, March 31, 2015) The Troy Police Department is offering the front parking lot of the police station as a “safe zone” for Craigslist transactions. Across the country, a variety of criminal incidents have been connected to Craigslist transactions. This is a preventative measure…
HUD Returns Detroit Housing Commission To Local Control (HUD Press Release, March 31, 2015) After almost 10 years, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it returned the Detroit Housing Commission (DHC) to local control from federal receivership effective March 16, 2015. HUD took possession of the DHC in July…
Divorce and Families pt 4 of 4: How Do Teens React to Divorce? (Guest Series Part 1 of 4, Lisa Schmidt, Schmidt Law Services, March 31, 2015) How Do Teens React to Divorce? Teens are notoriously temperamental, especially when there is conflict in the family. This last in a four part series will help you…
Police Say Man Lit Fire in Occupied Group Home (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, March 30, 2015) INCIDENT: 11:07 hrs. – March 17 – City of Pontiac – Arson of an Occupied Dwelling / OCSO Fire Investigations Unit Assist. #15-44841 SUMMARY: Deputies were dispatched to the 100 block of N. Tasmania Ave. on the report of…
NCRC#1: Diversity and Prosperity Integrate Well in Oak Park, Illinois (Crystal A. Proxmire, March 24, 2015) This is part of our series of stories from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Conference in Washington DC from March 25-28, 2015. Learn more at www.ncrc.org. As part of the National Coalition Reinvestment Coalitions Annual Conference in Washington DC,…
Larcenies and Graffiti in Royal Oak Crime Report (Royal Oak Police Department Weekly Update For the week of March 19, 2015 through March 26, 2015, March 29, 2015) Breaking and Entering 2400 block of Parmenter, 3-20-15, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Complainant reported an unknown suspect entered his home by unknown means and stole…
Larcenies and Graffiti in Royal Oak Crime Report (Royal Oak Police Department Weekly Update For the week of March 19, 2015 through March 26, 2015, March 29, 2015) Breaking and Entering 2400 block of Parmenter, 3-20-15, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Complainant reported an unknown suspect entered his home by unknown means and stole…
Divorce and Families pt 3 of 4: How Do Tweens React to Divorce? (Guest Series Part 1 of 4, Lisa Schmidt, Schmidt Law Services, March 29, 2015) How Do Tweens React to Divorce? Later elementary aged children or “Tweens” pose special problems for parents going through divorce. This third in a four part series will…
Divorce and Families pt 3 of 4: How Do Tweens React to Divorce? (Guest Series Part 1 of 4, Lisa Schmidt, Schmidt Law Services, March 29, 2015) How Do Tweens React to Divorce? Later elementary aged children or “Tweens” pose special problems for parents going through divorce. This third in a four part series will…
Three Poems by Casarah Nance (Casarah Nance, March 28, 2015) Making Music With Me Soothing and showered by your sweet serenade, Oh the temptation in the music you have made. Into the realm of a melody, you take my breath away, Dancing on the chorus, the hips and lips, in rhythm sway. Passion plays from…
Three Poems by Casarah Nance (Casarah Nance, March 28, 2015) Making Music With Me Soothing and showered by your sweet serenade, Oh the temptation in the music you have made. Into the realm of a melody, you take my breath away, Dancing on the chorus, the hips and lips, in rhythm sway. Passion plays from…
Amber Alert: Six Year Old Girl May be in Teal Pickup Truck (compiled, March 28, 2015) UPDATE: The girl has been found and the Amber Alert has been cancelled. The Michigan State Police Flint Post has issued an Amber Alert for a 6-year-child last seen in Bancroft between 10 and 11PM. Hailey Betts may be…
Guest View: Acting Out Kids Community Theatre – Sign Up to Be a Part! (Nicole Siwak, March 27, 2015) Acting Out Kids Community Theatre is a youth theatre in Clawson. It is unique because it was created by kids, Madison and Max Siwak, and is led by kids (with adult supervision and guidance). We offer…
Guest View: Acting Out Kids Community Theatre – Sign Up to Be a Part! (Nicole Siwak, March 27, 2015) Acting Out Kids Community Theatre is a youth theatre in Clawson. It is unique because it was created by kids, Madison and Max Siwak, and is led by kids (with adult supervision and guidance). We offer…
Avoiding Judgmental Messages in Sales (and Life) (Erik Meier, Sandler Training, March 27, 2015) Did you ever have a conversation with a prospect who suddenly, and for no apparent reason, became unreceptive to perfectly good advice? It happens to many salespeople. Shortly after we offer advice or insights rooted from deep personal and organizational experience,…
Guest View: On the Restructuring of Ferndale Schools (Mike Davisson, March 27, 2015) My wife Amy and I moved to Ferndale in 2008 when we were expecting our first child. Perhaps unlike some folks, we did not think about schools too much at that time – we were so wrapped up in selling one house,…
Guest View: On the Restructuring of Ferndale Schools (Mike Davisson, March 27, 2015) My wife Amy and I moved to Ferndale in 2008 when we were expecting our first child. Perhaps unlike some folks, we did not think about schools too much at that time – we were so wrapped up in selling one house,…
Community Invited to Participate in Birmingham Hometown Parade, May 17 For more than 40 years, the City of Birmingham has kicked off the spring and summer season with a community parade. The treasured community tradition, titled the Birmingham Hometown Parade, is scheduled for Sunday, May 17 at 1 p.m. in downtown Birmingham. Members of the…
Doing What You Love Takes Guts: GUTS Founder Shares Story (Guest View by Paul Turner, Team GUTS, March 27, 2015) In 2006, after 15 years of operation, I closed the doors on my marketing firm, Andrew Joseph & Company. It was not the Great Recession of 2007/08 that did us in. Rather, our decline started…
POETRY IN MOTION By MALIK Through the slums I walk aimlessly, with the sky as my roof collecting bottles and pennies shamelessly. I’m a drifter no one knows my name. Consuming loose cigarettes and Liquor Store sandwiches to alleviate the pain. Why me? As I walk but no one’s there. Having a full blown conversation…