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Lake Express to begin selling tickets for 2012 season; High-speed ferry also hiring for Milwaukee and Muskegon positions

Spring is in the air, which means preparations for the 2012 Lake Express sailing season are underway in both Milwaukee and Muskegon as ticket agents help customers make travel plans and crews ready Lake Michigan’s fast ferry for a ninth season of service. Passengers can begin buying tickets for …

Social Notes

Is Ferndale America's Most Interesting Town?

  • Mar 15, 2012

Reader’s Digest wants to know: what makes your town the Most Interesting Town in America? From now until May 31, residents are invited to log on to www.readersdigest.com/america to share their personal stories and images that illustrate what makes their town special. The author of the winning story…

Social Notes

Lifeguards Wanted for Oakland County Waterparks, Beaches

  • Mar 15, 2012

Oakland County Parks and Recreation is accepting applications for seasonal lifeguards for a limited time. Hurry! Trainings fill quickly.  Lifeguards ensure guest safety at either two waterparks or three beaches by supervising swimming areas, enforcing rules, performing first aid and responding to …

Government

MDOT Seeks Comments on Transportation Plan

  • Mar 15, 2012

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is seeking comments by Monday, April 30, on a public involvement plan for revising the state's long-range transportation plan. The public involvement plan describes various opportunities the public will have over the next six months to help shape the…

Volunteers Needed

Safe Night Volunteers

Safe Night is a semi-annual event co-hosted with the Ferndal Youth Assistance and Ferndale Middle School to provide a safe and fun place for youth to spend a Friday evening.  For the ucoming Safe Night all 6th, 7th and 8th graders in the district will be invited to FHS for a short educational …

Social Notes

Baconfest Michigan Tickets Now On Sale

  • Mar 13, 2012

Let there be bacon! On Saturday, June 2 from 6 - 10 p.m., Baconfest Michigan 2012 will take over the Royal Oak Farmers Market to celebrate the most magical of meats – bacon.  Salted, smoked, cured or candied, bacon is undoubtedly America’s most favorite meat. Nothing else has the power to invoke …

Local Connections

Tickets Going Fast for Honor Flight Michigan's 'Jukebox Saturday Night' Fundraiser

Tickets are going fast  for the Honor Flight Michigan Legacy, Inc., "Jukebox Saturday Night" fundraiser to be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Madison Place at the UFCW hall, 876 Horace Brown Dr., Madison Heights. The fundraiser will benefit a planned state-wide World War II memorial to …

Social Notes

The Food Trucks are Back

  • Mar 12, 2012

The Michigan Mobile Food Vendors Association (MMFVA) will host its second indoor food truck roundup, Street Eats Wednesday, Wednesday from 5-9 p.m. inside the Royal Oak Farmers Market at 316 E. 11 Mile Rd. in downtown Royal Oak.  The trucks will then move to Ferndale on Wednesday, March 21 from 4-9…

Social Notes

Top 50 Junior Tour Launches 2012 Schedule

  • Mar 11, 2012

The Top50 Junior Tour has announced the following: The Top 50 Junior Tour, partnered with the National Golf Scholarship Association, has officially released the 2012 Junior Tour schedule. Over the course of the upcoming golf season more than 500 Junior Golfers will compete across the state of …

Awareness

D1 Sports Coming To Bloomfield!

D1 Detroit, co-owned by Detroit Lions Ndamukong Suh and Tony Scheffler, is scheduled to open this spring, north of downtown Detroit, in Bloomfield Township. D1 Detroit will provide custom, small-group training programs for both kids and adults, all in a motivating, high-energy environment. Everyone…

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