Oakland University Receives the David A. Harvey Memorial Scholarship Award
One teacher and one student work together in the Engineering DepartmentProgram Recognized with David A. Harvey Memorial Scholarship Award Oakland University (OU) has been selected to receive the 2018 David A. Harvey Memorial Scholarship in recognition of the university’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE). Established in memory of the founding publisher of Automation World magazine, the scholarship was created to encourage and support the growth […]
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The Rochester Hills Museum and the Rochester Garden Club Host Annual Rochester Garden Walk
Photo of a backyard garden with trees, shrubs, and grassCo-sponsored by the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and the Rochester Garden Club. Tour gardens throughout our community, as well as experience the Rochester Hills Museum, the Open Air Market, Educational Presentation and, of course, the fabulous “Cookie Room” with an amazing variety of delicious homemade cookies. Thursday, June 21: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. […]
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Golf Outing to Benefit Local Non-Profits
Logo for eventVenture Global Engineering Foundation (VGE) announces its 5th annual golf fundraising event to be held on Saturday July 21. For the third year in a row, the group will again be hosting golfers at not one, but two, golf courses: the Wyndgate Country Club and the WestWynd Golf course in Oakland Township. This is a monumental […]
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Vice President Mike Pence Visits the Rewold Construction Site in Downtown Rochester
Pence speaks at a podium outside with the construction site and workers behind himVice President Mike Pence said Rochester, Michigan, is “rolling.” Pence visited Oakland County on Friday touting tax cuts and how it has benefited businesses like Frank Rewold and Sons, a local construction company based in Rochester. Pence toured the 100-year-old, four-generation company’s new, $12 million headquarters, which is currently under construction. He also spoke to […]
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Construction on South Blvd Begins June 20
Looking down on a large construction vehicle sitting on tore up road and sidewalkConstruction on South Blvd between Adams and Crooks Roads on the Troy/Rochester Hills Border to Begin June 20  The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) will begin a construction project on South Blvd from Adams Road to Crooks Road on the Troy/Rochester Hills border on June 20. The approximately $2.4 million project is funded by […]
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How Lysander Street and Woodward Street were Named
Photo of Lysander and N. Main Street SignRochester Has Two Streets Named In Honor of Pioneer Settler Lysander Woodward The Connecticut native came to Oakland County in 1838, married in 1843, and bought property for his family home just north of the village of Rochester. Starting out with an 80-acre parcel, Woodward built a house that still stands today on the west […]
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