Pontiac’s Sixth District Picnic Helps Neighbors Connect (C. Proxmire, Aug. 27, 2015) Saturday was the Sixth District Neighborhood Association Picnic at Oakland Park in Pontiac, an event that Ahmy’a Flanagan, a junior at Pontiac High, was happy to be part of. “My sister just started kindergarten, and I think things like this are good for…
Pontiac Celebrates Several New Businesses (C. Proxmire, Aug. 13, 2015) “I’ve been cutting ribbons all over Pontiac,” said Mayor Deidre Waterman as she and nearly a dozen business owners prepared to slice through the thick blue ribbon stretched across the walkway in front of a freshly painted 1860 two-level building at 47 N. Saginaw Street.…
With Election Tuesday, Pontiac Activists Try to Drive Home Votes (C. Proxmire, Aug. 2, 2015) Pontiac School Board President Brenda Carter wanted to remind people to get out and vote on Tuesday. There is a 2.87 mil sinking fund millage proposal on the ballot to be used for building repairs in the school district. So…
Idea from Cleveland’s Warehouse District: Small Box Storefronts (Guest View by Ronnie Karpinsi, Pontiac Pride, July 1, 2015) Note: This was originally written for the blog Pontiac Pride, and is presented as an idea for Lot 9 in Downtown Pontiac. I write you from the great city of Cleveland this evening. As I venture around…
Pontiac: Victim Struck by Gunfire on S. Anderson (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, June 29, 2015) INCIDENT: 01:11 hrs. – June 29 – City of Pontiac – Non-Fatal Shooting #15-101285 SUMMARY: Deputies were dispatched to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (Oakland) for the report of a victim seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. The victim who…
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…
Police Seeking info on 711 Armed Robbers (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Feb. 3, 2015) The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the persons responsible in an Armed Robbery which occurred this morning at 3:52 am at the 711 on Columbia Avenue in the City of Pontiac. The victim is a…
Pontiac Council Declines Letting Voters Decide on Road Funding (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 29, 2015) The roads in Pontiac are in far from ideal condition, but the option to raise taxes to fix them won’t go on the ballot in the near future. A ballot proposal was presented to Pontiac City Council at the Jan.…
Healing, Justice and Rising Like a Phoenix: Pontiac Honors Martin Luther King Jr. (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 24, 2015) “We started at the Phoenix Center, because like the Phoenix has to rise, we need to rise to the occasion, with the activities and the changes that need to occur,” said Pastor Douglas Jones to…
Vehicle Left Running and Unlocked Stolen from Pontiac Gas Station (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Jan. 18, 2015) INCIDENT: 0430 Hours- Jan 17, 2015 – City of Pontiac-Vehicle Theft -UDAA/ Auto Theft Callout #15-8171. SUMMARY: Deputies were dispatched to the Marathon Gas station located at Baldwin and Montcalm for the report of a stolen vehicle. Deputies…
Local Leaders in Running for NAACP Image Award Hometown Honor (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan.12, 2015) The vote is on. Seventeen Detroit Area leaders have been nominated as part of the NAACP Image Awards Hometown Champion Award. Through an online competition, the nominee who gets the most votes will be flown to Pasadena, California for the…
County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said. “I’m exceedingly proud of the progress Pontiac has made in bringing its downtown to life and Ferndale continues to amaze with the energy and passion it brings to the program. I congratulate both cities as well as the other winners for the contributions they make to create desirable and viable downtowns.”