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| Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan K. Barnett Meets with President Trump and Senior Administration
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 Last week, Mayor Bryan K. Barnett and a bipartisan group of
mayors went to the White House to meet with the President, Vice President, and leadership to discuss their economic and workforce development priorities. Barnett is Vice President of the U.S Conference of Mayors (USCM) and was attending the group’s 87th Annual Winter Meeting in […] |
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| How Drace, Griggs and Albertson Streets Were Named |
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 On the eve of the twentieth century, the village of Rochester was in a bit of a crisis. The year was 1899, and what had been a quiet farming community was changing rapidly. An interurban line (later to be known as the D.U.R.) had just laid tracks through the heart of town along Main Street. The
Detroit Sugar Company was building a huge processing plant on Paint Creek, and business was booming in anticipation of all the new economic activity that these ventures would bring ...
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| Schools are Closed |
| Schools, offices, and businesses close due to Polar Vortex of severe cold temperatures arriving Tuesday evening and lasting until Thursday evening. Call ahead before you drive to a destination that may be closed. Stay home and read The Community Edge. |
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| Deck Art 2019 Registration Begins February 1 |
 Downtown Rochester is Calling all Artists Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, and Adult age groups
are welcome to participate in Downtown Rochester’s Ninth Annual Skateboard Art Competition & Exhibition – Deck Art 2019. Artists are asked to provide their unique work on a blank skateboard deck. Winning pieces will be picked in each category by […] |
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| Films in February at the Farm |
 Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm presents Films in
February on Friday Nights Friday, February 1 In Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots in Sports The Cleveland Indians. Washington Redskins. Atlanta Braves. What’s wrong with American Indian sports mascots? This moving, award-winning film is the first to address this subject. In Whose Honor? takes a critical look […] |
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| Gov. Whitmer Declares State of Emergency to Respond to Impacts of Extreme Cold
Temperatures |
 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an order declaring a state of emergency in Michigan
to help address threats to public health and safety related to forecast sub-zero temperatures over the next few days. “Keeping Michiganders safe during this stretch of dangerously cold temperatures is our priority,” said Gov. Whitmer. “Such widespread, extreme conditions have not occurred […] |
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