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| Midwest Governors Announce Partnership to Reopen Regional Economy |
 Today, Governors Gretchen Whitmer (MI), Mike DeWine (OH), Tony Evers (WI), Tim Walz (MN), JB Pritzker (IL), Eric Holcomb (IN), and Andy Beshear (KY) announced
that they will work in close coordination to reopen the economy in the Midwest region. The governors said: We are doing everything we can to protect the people of […] |
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| Author’s Corner: Believable Characters |
 How Do You Make Your Characters Believable? A story is a composite of myriad pieces: point-of-view, setting, theme, plot, action, conflict, character, pacing, dialogue and more. You need all of these parts to make good fiction work but, in my mind, none is as vital as character. No matter
how we dress them up, stories will […] |
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| National Library Week Runs Through April 25 |
 The Rochester Hills Public Library invites community members to find the library at their place by visiting rhpl.org to access virtual services and resources. While the library’s physical space
may be temporarily closed due to COVID-19, the public can discover ebooks, audiobooks, movies, online tutoring and educational resources, storytime activities, and more. National Library Week […] |
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| Rochester Hills City Hall Grass Cutting |
 A reader sent in couple of photos of a commercial lawn mower being used to cut the grass at the Rochester Hills City
Hall and Offices off Avon Road. They wondered why they can hire it done but residents cannot. Our guess is that there is a loophole in the law allowing municipalities to do […] |
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| Dear Crabby, Where’s All the Road Construction? |
 Dear Crabby, Before life as we knew it came to a grinding halt, there was road construction everywhere. Nowadays, I occasionally see a patch crew. It
seems with less traffic that now would be the perfect time to get the bulk of the road work completed. Is it not considered ‘essential?’ What am I missing […] |
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| Oakland University Appoints a New Dean |
 Boruff-Jones Appointed Dean of University Libraries Polly D. Boruff-Jones has been appointed to serve as Dean of University Libraries by Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost James P. Lentini. Her position with Oakland University (OU) becomes effective on July 1, 2020.
“Polly’s commitment to collaborative leadership and respectful interaction was evident in her […] |
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| Oakland University offers Test-Optional Admission for the Fall |
 To help remove barriers to enrollment amid the ongoing public health crisis, Oakland University (OU) will offer test-optional admission for the fall of 2020 and 2021 to students with a cumulative high school GPA of 3.0 or higher. “We feel that
offering test-optional admission is the best way we can support students who have been […] |
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| New Order Lifts Some Restrictions, Extends Others, and Adds Homemade Mask Rule |
 Governor Whitmer Extends Stay Home, Stay Safe Order, Directs Michiganders to Wear Homemade Masks in Enclosed Public Spaces, but also Lifts Restrictions on Activities like Lawn Care, Golfing, Boating Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed executive order 2020-59, extending her “Stay Home, Stay
Safe” order through May 15. The new order will require people to wear homemade […] |
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