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23 hrs ago | The Detroit News

Patterson tells Oakland Co. residents to 'hang on'

Pontiac -- Despite a stream of troubling economic news and a rising unemployment rate, Oakland County residents and business owners should know the worst is half over, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said Thursday.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Detroit News

Politically charged Green Day hits The Palace

Studio 880, where Green Day has worked regularly since about 2001, is in Jingletown, a not exactly gentrified neighborhood squeezed between train tracks, the Oakland estuary and the Nimitz Freeway, I-880. One of the outer walls of the band's studio, visible from the freeway overpass, is currently painted black-and-white, professionally inscribed ...

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

HomeTownLife.com

Levin promotes Beaumont's partner plan

Walking through the physical therapy department inside Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak Tuesday, Congressman Sander Levin stopped beside the bed of a patient receiving elbow treatment.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

Detroit News

Budget issues put Oakland County drug courts at risk

Drug courts can turn lives around, but how effective they are and at what cost have become a hot issue in Oakland County.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

C & G Newspapers

Changes to law for overseas voting proposed

The county clerks from Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties and members of the state House of Representatives announced plans to revamp the state's absentee balloting rules for military members and others overseas during elections.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Legislators seek to make military votes count

State legislators may soon decide whether to change Michigan election laws to allow local clerks to transmit ballots electronically to members of the military overseas.

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WLNS-TV Lansing

Clerks: Overseas military ballot-count needs fix

Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson says clerks from Michigan's three largest counties will gather in suburban Detroit to propose fixes to what she calls the state's "broken" military voting system.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

C & G Newspapers

South Oakland Shelter honored for volunteer program

One week a year, when the South Oakland Shelter would come to her church, Big Beaver United Methodist, Diana Whitefoot would volunteer as a transportation director.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

WXYZ

Water Main Leak Causes Pressure Problems

A damaged air valve on the 96-inch regional water transmission main that supplies communities in northern Oakland and Macomb Counties is believed to be the cause of the leak.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Press & Argus

Bridge replacement quickly coming into shape at county line

Commuters between Livingston and Oakland counties have seen a new Kensington Road bridge in Brighton Township quickly come into shape.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

HomeTownLife.com

New Y director: We can make a difference

Laura Perlowski is a "Y brat." Growing up in Wheaton, Ill., she took swim classes, baton twirling and gymnastics at the local YMCA, where she also landed her first part-time job.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

ClickOnDetroit.com

County Sues State Over Parolees

Oakland Country Prosecutor Jessica Cooper is suing the state of Michigan for withholding information about the early release of thousands of inmates.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

ClickonDetroit.com

Oakland Sues State Over Parolees

Oakland Country Prosecutor Jessica Cooper is suing the state of Michigan for withholding information about the early release of thousands of inmates.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Pontiac high schools to sell off equipment

The Pontiac School District is to hold a public sale of its athletic equipment and obsolete inventory at Central and Northern high schools beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Detroit News

David Phillips: Pontiac fans will keep the brand's spirit alive

Like the mythic Firebird, Pontiac's been a survivor. It was the first brand to outlive its parent -- Oakland -- and survived a brush with the junkyard in the 1950s, when Bunkie Knudsen steered toward the racetrack to revive sales.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Detroit Free Press

The Prime Ministers, Oakland-based power-pop quartet

THE LOWDOWN: For the multitasking members of the Prime Ministers, a tuneful power-pop quartet based mostly in Oakland County, rock 'n' roll manages to fit in comfortably alongside spouses, children and daytime jobs.

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Detroit Free Press

OAKLAND: Southfield fireworks set to go off Wednesday

The Star Spangled Southfield Fireworks display is to be Wednesday. The event is to be held on the front lawn of the Southfield municipal complex, 26000 Evergreen, starting at 7 p.m. with a police dog demonstration.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Detroit Free Press

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

MyFoxDetroit

Pontiac Fest to Go on without Chrysler

The annual Arts, Beats & Eats festival in Pontiac is looking for new funding after getting word that Chrysler, its main sponsor in past years, won't be funding the event this year.

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Detroit Free Press

Leg up sought for Oakland County firms

Flying in the face of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's stated opposition to geographic preferences when it comes to municipal contracting, a county commissioner wants Oakland-based businesses to get an advantage when bidding on county work.

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