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Pontiac, MI 48341
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Lyon Oaks County Park gets new features, including accessible pickleball courts
In addition to the Lyon Oaks County Park in Lyon Township and Wixom project, the Oakland County Parks Healthy Communities Park and Outdoor Recreation Investment Plan is funding improvements at parks in Hazel Park, Royal Oak Township, Madison Heights, Oak Park, Pontiac, Southfield and Waterford.
06/26/2024
New SMART route connects Auburn Hills, Pontiac, Waterford and White Lake
Oakland County’s transit ad hoc committee will meet at 11 a.m. Monday, June 24, in the Commissioners’ Conference Room at 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Building 12E in Pontiac. The agenda includes presentations on SMART ridership numbers and a proposed competitive grant to improve access to SMART vehicles.
06/22/2024
Oakland County celebrates Juneteenth
Hundreds of people gathered at the Oakland County Courthouse on June 12 for the second annual Juneteenth celebration, which included raising the Juneteenth flag, live entertainment, storytelling focusing on the Underground Railroad and more.
06/20/2024
Historians seek to add Pontiac cemetery to Underground Railroad Network for Freedom sites
A coalition of Oakland County historians is working to nominate Pontiac's Oak Hill Cemetery, thought to contain the unmarked graves of at least eight freedom seekers and early abolitionists, to the National Parks Underground Railroad Network for Freedom.
06/19/2024
Gun buyback events planned before Saturday’s three mass shootings
Each of the six gun buyback events this year costs $30,000. The Oakland County commission approved a $10,000 grant.
06/19/2024
As parks improve all over, riverfront group says scandal won't hurt Detroit's new Wilson park
Thanks to fresh federal and foundation cash, we've entered an era of epic, once-in-a-lifetime parks and rec expansion. Nowhere is park expansion more welcome than in Pontiac.
06/17/2024
Oakland County community calendar June 16 and beyond
“Blessing of the Chop Saws,” gun buyback and demonstration of gun destruction using chop saws, is at noon, June 18, on the back lawn of St. David’s Episcopal Church, 16200 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield, with area clergy and Oakland County Commissioner Marcia Gershenson.
06/16/2024
Arts, Beats & Eats organizers promising excitement for 2024 festival
The four-day event will be returning to downtown Royal Oak on Labor Day weekend from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.
06/15/2024
180 bands, cannabis sales, consumption set for Arts, Beats and Eats
David Woodward, chairman of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners and a Royal Oak resident, said the event has been good for the city, region and charitable groups.
06/12/2024
Royal Oak OK’s controversial plan for low-cost apartments as residents rally against it
In Oakland County alone, there's a need for at least 12,000 affordable housing units by the end of the decade, said Oakland County Commissioner Dave Woodward, D-Royal Oak.
06/11/2024