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| Two Million Checkouts at the Rochester Hills Public Library |
| Rochester Hills Public Library had more than two million checkouts in 2015. That’s up 9.6 percent from the previous year and an all-time high for the library’s 92-year history. The increase is credited in part to a new feature in the library’s automation system that automatically renews borrowed materials for the items allotted renewal time. […] |
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| Active Shooter Awareness Discussion in Rochester |
| On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, Royal Park Hotel located in Downtown Rochester, Michigan will host an Active Shooter Awareness Discussion featuring Oakland County Sheriff, Mike Bouchard. This one of a kind and complimentary awareness event is open to the community, local businesses, hospitals, schools and universities, media and the general public. Also contributing to the […] |
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| Reducing Traffic Fatalities in Oakland County |
| Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) Managing Director Dennis Kolar was one of the featured speakers at this week’s “Toward Zero Deaths” speaker series at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington DC. TRB is a division of the National Research Council of the United States which serves as an independent adviser to […] |
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| Adams Booster Club Hosts Comedy Night |
| The Adams Booster Club, in support of the athletic department, is hosting the 4th Annual Comedy Night fundraiser on Saturday, February 6th at 8:00 pm. Mike Bonner is the headliner and has performed nationally, including appearances on HBO, Showtime and BET. Mike hails from Detroit and his act focuses on the humor surrounding family life with […] |
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| Local Muslim Youth host Second Seminar on ISIS |
| Second Annual “Stop The CrISIS” Seminar The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Metro Detroit will host a seminar on ISIS and Islam at the Rochester Hills Public Library. For years people have been asking questions about the link between youth radicalization and Islam. The tragedies of Garland, Chattanooga, San Bernardino, and Paris have made the general […] |
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| Rochester College presents Outside Mullingar |
| Rochester College’s theatre department will present “Outside Mullingar,” written by John Patrick Shanly and directed by Dr. David Keller. The author of Doubt and Moonstruck revisits his Irish heritage through the story of middle-aged farmers Rosemary Muldoon and Anthony Reilly, whose only inheritances are the stone walls of a resistant Irish earth, a painful jilting, a personal grudge, and a […] |
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| Meadowbrook Hall presents Life at the Grand Manor inspired by Downton Abbey |
| Meadow Brook Hall presents Life at the Grand Manor Special tours, teas and lectures inspired by the Downton Abbey television series Meadow Brook Hall presents Downton Days – a series of events February 6 through February 28 – to celebrate Michigan’s own Downton Abbey as it relates to the popular PBS series. Downton Days is […] |
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| Civil Rights activist Diane Nash to speak at OU |
| Longtime civil rights activist Diane Nash to speak at Oakland University As part of Oakland University’s African American Celebration Month 2016, civil rights pioneer Diane Nash will visit campus on Monday, February 1 to share her experiences as a prominent activist who worked to promote racial equality during the 1960s. Nash will present her lecture […] |
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| Muslim Community to Collect and Donate Water to Flint until Crisis Ends |
| Detroit Chapter of largest Muslim community teams up with Humanity First charity Recently, President Obama declared a federal state of emergency in Flint, Michigan due to the high lead levels in the water. As a result, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Detroit will utilize their mosque at 1730 W. Auburn Rd. as a drop off […] |
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| Sweet Nothing in My Ear at Avondale High |
| Avondale High School theatre troupe presents Sweet Nothing in My Ear The Avondale Theatre Company (ATC), Avondale High School’s award-winning drama troupe, continues its highly challenging season focusing on the clash of cultures and the unity of family by staging Stephen Sachs’ powerful and poignant play Sweet Nothing in My Ear for the annual Michigan Interscholastic […] |
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| Dear Crabby, Do you Believe in Aliens? |
| Dear Crabby, I’m Hooked on the Return of The X-Files TV show and I was wondering if you Believe in Aliens? Sincerely, Susie Skeptic Dear Susie, I don’t watch much television with that kind of nonsense. However, I did see a few of their programs back in the 1990s that did not revolve around the […] |
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