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People honors their beloved veterans at Great Lakes National Cemetery
People honor veterans on Memorial Day at Great Lakes National Cemetery. Kevin Love and his wife, Debbie Love, visit the site of Love’s father, Alexander M. Love, U.S. Navy, during Memorial Day at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly on Monday, May 27, 2024. Alexander M. Love passed away on June 4, 2020.Get Photo.
Great Lakes National Cemetery hosts annual Memorial Day ceremony
HOLLY, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - The Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly held its 19th annual Memorial Day ceremony on Sunday to honor those who lost their lives fighting for our freedom.Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer family fun, but those who visit the Great Lakes National Cemetery around this time each year are reconnecting with family members who gave their lives for the rest of us.Thousands of flags placed at the headstones of American soldiers at the Great Lakes National Cemetery signify the freedom we all enjoy today at the cost of their sacrifice.While hundreds listened to...
Aug 6 Ballot – Highland Township Police Services Millage
Aug 6 Ballot – Highland Township Police Services Millage. Highland Township, MI – Shall the previously authorized police services millage on all taxable property within the Charter Township of Highland, established at 3.4319 mills ($3.4319 per $1,000 of taxable value) and reduced by the required millage rollbacks, be renewed at the reduced amount of 3.3162 mills ($3.3162 per $1,000 of taxable value) for a period of six (6) years, 2024 through 2029, inclusive, to provide funding for police services in the 2025 through 2030 calendar years, inclusive, and shall the Township be authorized to levy this millage on all taxable property in the Township raising an estimated $3,507,330 in the first year of the levy?
Navy ship named after Oakland County man
Friends and family of a longtime Farmington Hills resident gathered in San Diego in early May for the christening of a U.S. Navy ship named in his honor. The USS Robert E. Simanek bears the name of a former Marine who threw himself on a grenade during the Korean War to protect his fellow servicemen.
Genesee County spends Memorial Day honoring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice
GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Memorial Day is a day of reflection and remembrance of those who died while serving in the U.S. military. Throughout mid-Michigan, service members, their families, and the community gathered at ceremonies, parades and more on Monday, honoring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. In...
Newest Genesee County Harbor Freight announces opening date
BURTON, MI - Harbor Freight has announced an opening date for its new Burton store. Officials with th California-based tool store chain announced the new store, located at 4155 E. Court St. at the Courtyard Shopping Center, will open to customers at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 8. If you purchase...
Aug 6 Ballot – White Lake Township Park and Recreation Millage Renewal
Aug 6 Ballot – White Lake Township Park and Recreation Millage Renewal. White Lake Township, MI – Shall the previously authorized increase in the tax limitations on all taxable property within the Charter Township of White Lake, established at 0.30 mills ($0.30 per $1,000 of taxable value) and reduced by the required millage rollbacks, be renewed at the reduced amount of 0.2845 mills ($0.2845 per $1,000 of taxable value) and, to restore lost millage, be increased by the amount of 0.0155 mills ($0.0155 per $1,000 of taxable value) both for ten (10) years, 2024 through 2033, inclusive, to provide funds for all park and recreational uses permitted by law, including but not limited to maintaining, improving, purchasing, constructing or acquiring property, property interests, trails, pathways and facilities for park and recreational purposes, and shall the township be authorized to levy this millage on all taxable property in the township raising an estimated $474,920 in the first year of the levy?
Aug 6 Ballot – Almont Community Schools Bond Proposal
Aug 6 Ballot – Almont Community Schools Bond Proposal. Shall Almont Community Schools, Lapeer, St. Clair, Macomb and Oakland Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty- Two Million Six Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($22,680,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing and equipping additions to the high school building; remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing and equipping and re-equipping school buildings; and erecting, preparing, developing, improving and equipping playgrounds, athletic fields, facilities and structures and sites?
Aug 6 Ballot – Pontiac City Charter
Pontiac, MI – Pontiac Ballot Question Shall the 2024 City Charter proposed by the Pontiac Charter Revision Commission be adopted?. Several communities have proposals on the ballot. For the full list and more election information visit the Oakland County Clerk’s website.
Grand Blanc Schools hosts ribbon cutting for new outdoor fields
GRAND BLANC, Mich.— The new outdoor fields will provide a new space for the schools' sports teams. In the final phase of a $44 million, Grand Blanc Schools unveiled a new baseball, softball, track, and soccer fields. The money for the project came from a 2020 grant that the...
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