Pictures from the Oak Park Independence Day Parade (Crystal A. Proxmire, July 7, 2016) Oak Park, MI – Oak Park was full of sunshine and smiles on Monday as people lined Coolidge and Oak Park Blvd for the annual Oak Park Independence Day Parade. Check out photos from the festivities below. For more Oak Park…
Three Poems by Erik Tungate (Greenhouse Effect, Spring, Oh Michigan) (Eric Tungate, from Signposts and Constellations, June 1, 2016) Greenhouse Effect each discovery is a view of the self each movement is a sign of change each is every and every is all the girls return to the summer ball the trend is catching and…
MDOT Shares View of Plaza Reconstruction Over 696 in Oak Park (C. Proxmire, May 26, 2016) Oak Park, MI – As the rebuilding of a plaza and community park goes on above, cars zoom along underneath on I-696 without most drivers realizing that a large project is happening over them. MDOT is redoing the plaza…
Election Maps: Ferndale Edition (Guest Analysis by Kevin Deegan-Krause, March 9, 2016, orig. Pozorblog) Ferndale, MI – I learn visually and so to learn about my own community, I graph how people vote. Just a few quick thoughts here about what the 2016 presidential primary tell us about my part of southeastern Oakland county. First,…
Delicious Kindness at Tai Fai in Oak Park as Customers Pay Food Forward (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 1, 2016) Oak Park, MI – “Let’s keep love carry on. Keep warming our city. Paid food tickets for whom needed.” That is the sign on the wall of Tai Fai Restaurant at 8505 W. Nine Mile Road…
Oak Park Hosts Successful Winter Fest (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 26, 2016) Oak Park, MI – The City of Oak Park stepped up it’s game for the annual Winter Fest celebration, literally. Along with the traditional Winter Fest fun, members of step teams from Oak Park Schools performed for audiences inside the Recreation Center. Families…
Planet Fitness Opening Oak Park Location (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 19, 2016) Oak Park, MI – A long vacant grocery store property at 10 Mile and Coolidge is slated for a face-lift and a new business. A franchise owner came to Oak Park City Council on Tuesday to announce their purchase of the building and…
Tree Removal Project Begins in Oak Park’s Victoria Park (City of Oak Park Press Release, Dec. 21, 2015) Oak Park, MI – Today, Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, began tree removal in Victoria Park. Victoria Park is located east and west of Church Street just north of 10 Mile Road in Oak Park. The…
Oak Park: What’s on Your Ballot? (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 27, 2015) Election Day is Nov. 3, 2015 and voters in Oak Park will have a couple of choices on the ballot. Current Mayor Marian McClellan is being challenged by Aaron Tobin. Both candidates did interviews with the Oakland County 115 News. Tobin also made…
Shots Available at Oak Park Community Center Sept. 23 (event) Walgreens will be on hand at Oak Park Community Center 14300 Oak Park Blvd on Sept 23 from 9am to noon to do shots. Fees based on insurance.
The Wait is Nearly Over: Primo’s Pizza Reopens Monday (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 29, 2015) Monday, Aug. 31 at 4pm. That is when the magic of Primo’s Pizza begins again. Since 1968 people in the Oak Park area have enjoyed the greasy delicious goodness of Primo’s Pizza. But the tradition of great taste was put…
Interview: Aaron Tobin, Candidate for Mayor of Oak Park (video) (C. Proxmire, Aug. 20, 2015) Aaron Tobin, a resident of Oak Park for 18 years and a native of Southfield, is running for Mayor in the Nov. 3, 2015 election. He recently sold his automotive parts production business and now is a firearms instructor and…
Summerfest Celebrates Oak Park Community (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 8, 2015) A beautiful summer weekend doing activities with neighbors. That’s what Oak Park residents and guests got to enjoy at the community’s annual Summerfest. On Saturday children burned off energy running and playing in the bounce houses and aiming for the top of the rock…
State Police Open House Gives Up Close Look at Oak Park Post (Crystal A. Proxmire, June 21, 2015) From about 700-1000 feet in the air, Michigan State Police Trooper Nate McGuire is able to provide helicopter support to the troopers on the ground in a variety of situations. “We mostly use it to search…
Fire Extinguished at T & W Tool in Oak Park on Monday (C. Proxmire & Jaw Dropping Photography, June 9, 2015) The pretty blue sky over Oak Park filled with dark gray smoke Monday afternoon when a fire at T & W Tool in Oak Park. At around 2pm Oak Park Public Safety arrived to…
Oak Park Comes Together to Design Nine Mile – Workshops Thru. June 3 (Cheryl Weiss, June 2, 2015) Oak Park residents, business owners, city staff members, and city officials came together last night to begin a three-day workshop to brainstorm and design a perfect place for everyone to live, work, play, and shop along Nine…
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,…
Oak Park Sparkles with Winterfest (C.Proxmire, Feb. 1, 2015) The freezing January temperatures did not deter the people of Oak Park from putting on a Winterfest event that warmed the hearts of the families that attended. Outside the ice sculptures held their form, and animals in the petting zoo got plenty of love to keep…
Vacant Home on Borgman in Oak Park Destroyed in Blaze (Public Safety Chief Steve Cooper, Jan. 28, 2015) Wednesday, January 28th at approx. 6:00AM Public Safety responded to the report of a residential fire on the 14000 block of Borgman. Upon arriving on scene Officers discovered a fire in the basement of the residence. The…
Gunshots Fired in Oak Park, Suspect at Large (Oak Park Public Safety Chief Steve Cooper, Jan. 28, 2015) Tuesday, January 27th at approximately 11:20PM, Public Safety received a call from a male victim stating that an unknown subject had just fired gunshots at him and his brother in the area of Norwood and Kenwood. The…