BY MADELINE LOSHAW OU News Bureau Auburn Hills residents might describe their community as quiet. City Manager Peter Auger has another word — industrial. “We are truly a business community. We receive 80 percent of our tax base from commercial or industrial properties, and only 20 percent from residential,” Auger said. ““We’re an industrial town [...]
BY CALYN SHARP OU News Bureau Romeo Community Schools will try next November to pass a bond issue that the superintendent said would “provide a better learning environment” for the district’s 5,500 students and 300 teachers. “Today, Romeo is very behind in all areas,” said Kelley Durand, a history teacher at Romeo High School. “There [...]
BY ALANA HARTLEY OU News Bureau “Quaint” is one word used by Sterling Heights residents to describe their city. This city, which is home to 130,000 residents, was ranked by Best Life and Money magazines as one of the 100 best cities to call home and raise a family. FBI statistics showed it as Michigan’s [...]
BY DANIELLE KOPACKI OU News Bureau Nestled amongst Clinton Township, Roseville, Sterling Heights and Warren, Fraser’s 14,480 civic-minded, tight-knit residents maintain a community distinct from its larger neighbors. “I don’t want to downplay the other cities around us, but they’re not like us,” said City Finance Director Tim McCulloch. “It doesn’t become part of the [...]
BY CALYN SHARP OU News Bureau Travel warnings about visiting Mexico arise whenever there is an upswing in violence due to drug wars. Travel agent Katie Masters of Romeo said Americans hear about those warnings from the U.S. State Department and think all of Mexico is not a safe place to visit. “Millions of Americans [...]
BY ALANA HARTLEY OU News Bureau It’s no secret that the Internet has changed the way information spreads. Now, virtually anyone can post their ideas and creations on the web for all to see. Kevin Allocca, the trends manager for YouTube, gave a TED talk in November 2011 that was posted on NPR’s Tumblr site. [...]
BY DANIELLE KOPACKI OU News Bureau About one in ten people in Michigan is deaf or hard of hearing, making students taking American Sign Language more in demand than ever. There are as many as 1 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people in Michigan, according to the Department of Civil Rights section of Michigan.gov. Once the [...]
BY ALYSSA McMILLAN OU News Bureau Abandoned psychiatric hospitals have become the amusement attraction to urban explorers and ghost seekers. Psychiatric hospitals have a stereotype of being haunted because of the depiction of mentally ill patients in movies such as “Gothika,” “House on a Haunted Hill” and “The Ring.” State cutbacks during in recent years [...]
BY RACHEL ZYNEL OU News Bureau Gateway to the Great Lakes. The Leisure Boat Capital of the World. These are just a few of the nicknames St. Clair Shores has earned, with its docks, harbors and waterfront parks stretching up and down the city. City Manager Ben Hughes says features such as these make St. [...]