Friday, November 30, 2012
Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge residents are invited to learn about and discuss the ongoing Woodward Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis Study during an open house Wednesday, Dec. 12 at the Ferndale Public Library.
Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge residents who would like to help shape the future of public transit along the Woodward Avenue corridor are invited to participate in an open house Dec. 12 at the Ferndale Public Library. Representatives from the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments and participating communities will explain the ongoing $2 million Woodward Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis Study during the event from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12. The study seeks to develop a transportation plan along 27 miles of Woodward Avenue from Detroit to Pontiac. The 11 communities involved are Detroit, Highland Park, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Huntington Woods, Royal Oak, Berkley, Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills and Pontiac. …
Monday, October 15, 2012
Residents are invited to get involved in the program, which is meeting for the first time in at least 25 years.
Pleasant Ridge is bringing back its Neighborhood Watch program and residents are invited to get involved. Pleasant Ridge Police Officer Robert Ried said the program is meeting for the first time in at least 25 years. The kick-off meeting for the Pleasant Ridge Neighborhood Watch will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Pleasant Ridge Community Center located at 4 Ridge Road. Residents will have an opportunity to sign up for the emergency notification service, which will allow police to update residents "fast and effectively by phone, text, and email services" when there are incidents in and around the community, according to a press release from the Pleasant Ridge Police Department. Examples include lost child alerts, updates on …
Monday, February 13, 2012
Council members unanimously approve the agreement, saying they are glad to maintain the 90-year relationship.
Ferndale City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve the continuation of a contract with Pleasant Ridge for shared fire and ambulance services. Ferndale Mayor Dave Coulter said he is “very happy” the city will continue its 90-year relationship with Pleasant Ridge and thanked city staff for their hard work on the contract. "It was always our hope that they would stay with Ferndale and I'm delighted that they did," Coulter said after the meeting. The total cost to Pleasant Ridge in 2012 was $265,000. Starting in 2014, the cost will be $250,000 with a rate increase based on the Inflationary Rate Multiplier, which is set by the state. "Nobody took a big hit," Ferndale council member Mike Lenon said. On June 15, Pleasant Ridge …
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Ferndale City Hall
300 E 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Officials will consider a request to approve the continuation of a contract with Pleasant Ridge for shared fire and ambulance services. The Pleasant Ridge City Commission will vote on the agreement Tuesday.
Ferndale City Council will vote Monday on a request to approve the continuation of a contract with Pleasant Ridge for shared fire and ambulance services. Ferndale City Manager April McGrath said not much has changed about the contract, but renewing it was an opportunity to discuss the partnership with Pleasant Ridge. "It just was an opportunity for us to kind of sit down and talk with them and make sure they were happy with our services," she said. Ferndale has provided fire services for Pleasant Ridge for the past 90 years, she said. “We are excited to continue our 90-year fire service partnership with Pleasant Ridge,” Ferndale Mayor Dave Coulter said in a press release from the Ferndale city manager's office. "Resolving this agreement …
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Ferndale City Hall
300 E 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Woman reportedly stopped her vehicle in turnaround and leapt onto busy underpass lane.
11:00 p.m.: The Detroit News reports a woman who jumped onto the Woodward Avenue underpass was a 40-year-old Oakland County resident. She was taken to Beaumont Hospital in critical condition and later died. About 1:30 p.m.: A woman jumped from a bridge onto the southbound underpass lane of Woodward Avenue just south of the Interstate 696 service drive early Saturday afternoon, police confirmed. Michael Flener of Pleasant Ridge was driving by near the Detroit Zoo when he saw a woman stop her vehicle on the turnaround bridge. “She was out of her car and up on the rail,” Flener said. “My first thought when I was driving by was ‘uh-oh’.” Flener said he didn’t see much after that. Sgt. Michael Bunting of the Pleasant Ridge Police confirmed a …
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Woodward Ave & W 10 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The City Commission unanimously approved termination of its fire protection contract with Ferndale and will continue negotiating a public safety merger with Berkley.
Ferndale officials received another letter Wednesday morning from Pleasant Ridge, notifying them that its 88-year fire protection contract would be terminated as of July 1, 2013. This decision came Tuesday night at Pleasant Ridge's City Commission meeting. Ferndale received a similar letter last week before this decision had a chance to go in front of the public governing body of Pleasant Ridge. Pleasant Ridge officials said the city attorney, who wrote the letter, sent the earlier letter accidentally. "Our city attorney screwed up," Pleasant Ridge Mayor Ralph Castelli Jr. said at the meeting Tuesday. The City Commission made the termination of its fire protection agreement with Ferndale official Tuesday night after a lengthy, passionate …
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4 Ridge Rd, Pleasant Ridge, MI
Pleasant Ridge Communtiy Center
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Ferndale Fire Dept Headquarters
1635 Livernois St, Ferndale, MI
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2395 12 Mile Rd, Berkley, MI
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
City manager apologizes for 'mix-up,' says officials are exploring options for fire protection that may not include Ferndale.
On June 6, the City of Ferndale received a letter from the City of Pleasant Ridge giving it notice it will terminate its 88-year fire contract in 2013, as the current contract requires it to give a two-year notice. On June 7, Ferndale received a second letter, rescinding the first. "I'm not exactly sure what's going on," Ferndale Councilman Scott Galloway said during Monday's City Council meeting after bringing up the letters. Pleasant Ridge City Manager Sherry Ball said it was a mix-up. "The city attorney was asked to draft a letter – somehow there was a mix-up in his office – and it was sent to Ferndale," she said Tuesday afternoon. "It was a great embarrassment. We contacted Ferndale's city manager and apologized. "There is an item on …
Kimberley A. Solo
9:59 am on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
If they can use our fire Dept, Why cant us Ferndale residents use Pleasant Ridges Club house?! ummmm... more ›