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West Oakland to benefit from revived effort
While the vast majority of the lakes area was hunkered down, preparing for the impending “snowpocalypse” that was slated to dump up to a foot of snow on metro Detroit,…
Woman gets 40 months for killing baby
Teri Rhodes, a 22-year-old Commerce Township native, will spend 40 months in prison for smothering her newborn daughter in August 2007. Rhodes, a former volleyball player at Mercyhurst College in…
Board resurrects effort to stream, televise meetings
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners is expected to consider whether to give authority to Chairman Mike Gingell (R-Lake Orion) to appoint an ad hoc committee to investigate “the most…
Impromptu bash morphs into yearly Cooley Lake fest
Who says that golf, horseshoes, volleyball, and lake parties have to be exclusive to summer? Some residents of Cooley Lake certainly don’t think so, as they gear up to host…
Lower blood-alcohol limit proposed for watercraft operators
Legislation that would lower the minimum blood-alcohol limit at which a person operating a watercraft is legally considered intoxicated was recently introduced to the state House of Representatives. The current…
Public transit rider fees target of new bill in state House
A bill recently introduced in the state House of Representatives calling for a requirement that state-subsidized transit agencies use money from their ridership fees to pay for operating expenses may…
November school election mandate floated in House
School districts across the state would be required to hold their school board elections during the November general elections under legislation introduced by state Rep. Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth) that is…
Applicants sought for advisory, oversight panels
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners is still looking for citizens to serve on a board responsible for overseeing the county’s various mental health initiatives. County commissioners are looking for…
Lawmaker: Base revenue sharing on the population
Following Gov. Rick Snyder’s call in his State of the State address to base statutory revenue sharing to municipalities more on “best practices” employed by communities, a freshman state senator…
Brown's legislation needed, puts forth reasonable penalties
With media reports piling up over so-called “cyberbullying” and the tragic consequences of what 20 years ago would have been inconceivable — kids having the ability to bully each other…
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