Rochester High Teacher Fired After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct with Students
Rochester Community Schools (RCS) has fired a Rochester High School teacher after an investigation into alleged sexual relations took place with two boys, age 16 and 17. The female teacher, reported to be 26 years of age, is accused of having sexual relations with the two students in off-campus incidents. One took place in an […]
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Jeff Johnson to Keynote Oakland University’s Keeper of the Dream Event
Event LogoMaster Storyteller and Journalist Jeff Johnson to Keynote Oakland University’s Keeper of the Dream Event For its annual Keeper of the Dream Awards Celebration, Oakland University (OU) will welcome award-winning journalist and communications strategist Jeff Johnson to campus on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 21. Johnson has conducted interviews with both former President Barack Obama […]
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No Bears, Do You Know the Real Animals of Oakland University?
A coyote runs through the brush at OUStudents Conduct Mammal Survey of Oakland University’s Biological Preserve Oakland University (OU) Students in BIO 4350/5386 Topics in Behavioral Biology course spent last semester surveying the mammals of Oakland University’s biological preserve. “To my knowledge, no one had previously done a thorough mammal survey of the preserve,” said course instructor Sandra Troxell-Smith, Ph.D., a special lecturer in the […]
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Six Rivers Land Conservancy Receives Two Grants to Fund Invasive Species Control
Six Rivers Land ConservancySix Rivers Land Conservancy was awarded two grants December 18, 2018 totaling $120,000 from the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program. Each grant will support a Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA) coordinator based in a geographic region. Six Rivers is the fiduciary for the Lake St. Clair CISMA in Macomb and St. Clair counties and […]
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Clinton River Trail Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Clinton River Trail Celebrates 15th Anniversary in 2019The scenic Clinton River Trail, spanning 16 miles through the five communities of Rochester, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills, Pontiac and Sylvan Lake in Oakland County, will celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2019 with a year-long calendar of programs and events for all ages. Volunteers with Friends of the Clinton River Trail (FCRT) are encouraging hikers, […]
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Dear Crabby, Is it Inconsiderate to Take Your Groceries to the Coffee Line at the Grocery Store?
Dear Crabby sits in front of a laptop computerDear Crabby, I was out at a grocery store at lunch the other day, to get some lunch stuff for the rest of the week. I decided I should get myself a coffee as a treat. I ordered my coffee and was rung up for the coffee and about 6 frozen lunch meals, and paid. […]
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