Crittenton Home Care Sponsors Putting Green Contest at 33rd Annual Golf, Tennis and Fun Walk

Join Crittenton Home Care at the 33rd Annual Golf, Tennis and Fun Walk held at Great Oaks Country Club on June 18 and enter to a win golf bag courtesy of Jeff Goble, gift certificate for a driver/iron fitting and catered in-home dinner during the Putting Green Raffle. All proceeds from the raffle benefit the Crittenton Foundation’s Cornerstone Campaign. Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Crittenton Home Care has been providing Certified and Private Duty home care services for … [Read more...]

Citizen Opinion: Ambiguous, Deceptive Ballot Language for DIA Tax Should Be Voted Down

By Sue Ann Douglas, 18 Year Oakland County Commissioner – Retired When go to vote, you may think that the millage request below is for a facility or facilities in Oakland County. Well, it is NOT for an Oakland County facility. It's for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). "OAKLAND COUNTY ART INSTITUTE AUTHORITY MILLAGE The Oakland County Art Institute Authority established pursuant to Public Act 296 of 2010 to allow for continuing support of art institute services for the students, … [Read more...]

Oakland County’s Citizen’s Alliance Offers Free Seminar

Oakland County, MI (November 1, 2011) – On Thursday, November 17, 2011, at the Waterford Senior Center at 3621 Pontiac Lake Road in Waterford, the Citizen’s Alliance of the Oakland County Probate and Circuit Courts will conduct a free seminar for senior citizens and their families from 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. explaining the Probate Court’s role in wills, estates, trusts, guardianships, and conservatorships. Entitled “Removing The Mysteries of Probate Court,” the seminar will provide … [Read more...]

PATRIOT PALOOZA! A COMMEMORATION OF 9/11 & PATRIOT WEEK CELEBRATION

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Oakland County, MI (September 2, 2011) – On Sunday, September 11, 2011, Patriot Week is hosting a Patriot Palooza! at Detroit’s Historic Fort Wayne. In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the Patriot Palooza! will feature a tribute to first responders, veterans, and current service officers. The event will also celebrate the themes of all 7 days of Patriot Week, and will end with a Civil Rights march led by Bishop Edgar Vann, capped by his reenacting of Rev. … [Read more...]

Flag Day Speaker Judge Michael Warren Renews American Spirit

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Oakland County, MI (June 8, 2011) – Oakland County Circuit Judge Michael Warren will be the guest of honor and featured speaker for a Flag Day celebration hosted by the VFW Acorn Post 1669 on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. The event will begin at 7:30P in the VFW Hall located at 214 E. Fourth Street in Royal Oak.  Admission is free and open to the public. Flag Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the American flag as the official symbol of the United States by the Continental … [Read more...]

Oakland County Clerk Bill Bullard Testifies Before House Committee about Fraudulent Mortgage Document Scandal

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(Lansing, May 4, 2011)  Oakland County Clerk/ Register of Deeds Bill Bullard Jr. was the lead witness today in a hearing held by Marty Knollenberg (R-Troy), Chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee on the recent investigation by Bullard into fraudulent signatures on foreclosure documents filed by America’s largest banks and financial institutions. Bullard’s investigation uncovered signatures on foreclosure documents filed in Oakland County in 2008 and 2009 which … [Read more...]

Slaves Among Us are Focus of Rochester College Conference

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You may have seen the recent headlines about a Ukrainian man who has been ordered to stand trial in federal district court in Detroit for trafficking women for a local nightclub.  Several experts who spoke at a conference at Rochester College April 1-2 said the story is, unfortunately, not unusual. Human trafficking is a global problem that’s happening right here in Michigan. It may be adults or children forced into unpaid labor; it may be women and girls tricked into the sex trade.  … [Read more...]

Oakland County Clerk’s Office Open Saturday, April 9, for Passport Day in the USA

Oakland County Clerk Bill Bullard Jr. announced today that his office will be participating in the national Passport Day in the USA on Saturday, April 9 from 10AM to 2PM at the main office at 1200 N. Telegraph in Pontiac.   In addition to processing passports, the Vital Records section of the Clerk’s office will observe Saturday hours and assist with, business/assumed names registrations, on-the-spot copies of birth, death and marriage certificates, marriage license applications, notary … [Read more...]

State’s First Medical Device Manufacturer Directory Available from Medical Main Street

Oakland County, Michigan’s Medical Main Street has created the state’s first medical device manufacturing directory to help global medical device companies find suppliers in Michigan. “The world knows Metro Detroit as a strong place for manufacturing in automotive and in defense,” Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said. “Very few know about the strong base we have here in medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing.   The directory – compiled by the … [Read more...]

Oakland County Assessment Seminars

Pontiac, MI, February 3, 2011 – Oakland County will host three workshops to provide residents vital information about appealing property tax assessments. Each workshop feature information about Proposal A, understanding the assessment change notice, and preparing for the March Board of Review. “Nothing is more perplexing than understanding how assessors determine the value of your property,” said Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson. “People want to know the basis of those … [Read more...]