Mar 11 2010
An Oakland County lawmaker is working on a proposal that would give voters the chance — as early as this August — to approve new funding in order to stave off huge budget cuts for Michigan’s public schools.
Mar 11 2010
FLINT — Junior defenseman Dakota Olvin has high standards for the Howell hockey team, but even he smiled a little after his team’s 8-3 victory over Utica Eisenhower in the Division 1 quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Mar 11 2010
ANN ARBOR — The game plan went sour early for the Pinckney boys basketball team Wednesday night.
Mar 11 2010
MILFORD — The Hartland basketball team seems to be putting everything together at the right time.
Mar 11 2010
ANN ARBOR — There seems to be a pattern emerging when it comes to the Michigan basketball team and the Big Ten tournament.
Mar 11 2010
Meetings of the Board of Commissioners in Forsyth County, N.C., have long opened with mostly Christian prayers, and a majority of the commission is determined to keep it that way. As far as those commissioners are concerned, what the Christian majority wants, the Christian majority should get.
Mar 11 2010
Detroit Public Schools emergency financial manager Robert Bobb just got an $81,000 raise, boosting his pay under a one-year contract extension to $425,000. Bobb has become a rock star in Michigan for taking on waste, fraud and corruption, but whether he’s worth that paper is practically irrelevant. A raise that, by itself, amounts to more than what teachers make sends the wrong message to a district that is being asked — rightfully so — to make sacrifices and concessions. Leaders lead by example.
Mar 11 2010
Sadly, recent letters to the editor show evidence of another troubling medical development in our area. The scourge of conservative amnesia seems to be compounded by a strange new neurological disorder.
Mar 11 2010
Always Hope Animal Rescue would like to thank Striking Lanes in Hartland Township for hosting our bowling fundraiser. Thank you to Chet and your wonderful staff; they did a fantastic job.
Mar 11 2010
Q: A very weird thing has happened to one of my big maple trees. About 6 feet off the ground, there are strips of missing bark. Some of the bark is missing, while other pieces are just peeled down. I don’t know much about wild animals, but is it possible a porcupine or a beaver did this?