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Rochester News

Local news for Rochester, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

4 hrs ago | Westland Observer

Rochester: Construction could snarl Art & Apples festival traffic

This weekend's Art & Apples and Spotlights festivals are likely to bring more than 100,000 visitors to downtown Rochester.

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14 hrs ago | Hometown Life

Disease likely culprit in deer deaths

Twenty to 25 deer that have died in the past two and a half weeks along the Clinton River in Rochester Hills may have been infected with a disease spread by biting gnats.

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Related Topix: Shelby, MI, Rochester Hills, MI

Wed Sep 03, 2008

C & G Newspapers

The apple of Rochester's eye

For anyone who lives in Rochester, Labor Day can only mean one thing: It's Art & Apples time once again.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI

ABC12.com

Crim runners up the ante for Brooksie Way

The Crim Festival of Races may be over, but a group of Mid-Michigan runners are now gearing up for another big run -- the first-ever Brooksie Way Half Marathon.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI, Fenton, MI, Swartz Creek, MI, Oakland County, MI

Mon Sep 01, 2008

Oxford Leader

Welcome to Sherman Publications

Welcome our interactive calendar of events. We welcome you to add your special events to our calendar .

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Related Topix: Ypsilanti, MI, Imlay City, MI, Home Gardening, Home

Sun Aug 31, 2008

Suburban Lifestyles

One last gift of love

Carole von Wellsheim was always a caring woman, so when she died at age 31 her family made a decision on her behalf that demonstrated her loving spirit.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI

Hometown Life

Spirit of the West marks Rochester Symphony Guild celebration

Grab your boots and cowboy hats, there's a hoedown on the horizon. A benefit for the Rochester Symphony Guild, the fun begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

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Related Topix: Celtic, Spirit of the West, Rochester Hills, MI

Fri Aug 29, 2008

Oakland Press

Administrators, teachers work on new plan for Rochester math curriculum

Parents of Rochester Community Schools eighth-graders will soon be receiving letters in the mail with what district administrators hope will be a solution to a math curriculum problem.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Mathematics, Science

State of Michigan

Further Tests Required to Determine Cause of Death in Oakland County Deer

Tissue samples from a group of deer that recently died along the Clinton River in southeast Michigan have been sent to the Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health at Michigan State University to ...

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Related Topix: Oakland County, MI, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

Detroit Free Press

DNR still searching for cause of dead deer along Clinton River

While kayakers and canoeists have found about 20 dead dear along a six-mile stretch of the Clinton River centered on Bloomer Park in Rochester, DNR officials said Thursday that the animals were not infected ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Thursday, Southfield, MI

Thu Aug 28, 2008

C & G Newspapers

High levels of lead, copper found in water at two Rochester schools

Rochester Community Schools district officials are taking precautions after high levels of lead and copper were found in the water of three separate rooms at Van Hoosen and Reuther middle schools.

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Hometown Life

Rochester teachers fund scholarships

A trio of 2008 Rochester Community Schools graduates were awarded $1,000 scholarships from the Rochester Education Association Benefit Fund.

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Related Topix: Oakland University

Hometown Life

'Two for Tuz' campaign aims to help Rochester Hills' sister city

Making a difference. Being the wife of a politician, I have heard that line in more speeches, including Bryan's, than I care to remember.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI, Education Etc., Rochester College

Detroit Free Press

Rochester to fix up historic footbridge

A tiny and picturesque bridge that spans Paint Creek in downtown Rochester will get a face-lift and some structural reinforcement this fall after the City Council approved the work.

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Wed Aug 27, 2008

Spinal Column Newsweekly

Armed robbery suspect arrested

West Bloomfield Township police, in conjunction with other police officials in the area, have arrested a man in connection with a strong armed robbery which occurred Thursday, Aug.

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Related Topix: West Bloomfield Township, MI, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Bloomfield Township, MI

Hometown Life

Teamwork saves remnant of township's natural past

A mere $1.8 million will get you an 8,500-square-foot abode in Goodison Place, an Oakland Township development with a mini-mansion on just about every lot.

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Related Topix: Oakland, MI, Oakland County, MI

Mon Aug 25, 2008

Suburban Lifestyles

A handicap-accessible marina was built last fall at The Spencer Park.

Rochester, Rochester Hills, and Oakland Township More time for fun at Spencer Park Although summer is starting to wane, rowboats and pedal boats can still be rented at Spencer Park through Labor Day.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI

Sun Aug 24, 2008

Hometown Life

Wiesel's words weigh on Rochester crowd

"Good questions are better than good answers. Good questions have no answers." That's how Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel eased into a much-anticipated lecture Thursday night in Rochester Hills.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI, Rochester College

Suburban Lifestyles

Help cleanup the water

Rochester, Rochester Hills, and Oakland Township Help cleanup the water Planning is underway for this year's Clinton Clean Up.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI

Sat Aug 23, 2008

Suburban Lifestyles

One-woman show at PCCA

Rochester, Rochester Hills, and Oakland Township One-woman show at PCCA Paint Creek Center for the Arts is presenting a one-woman show of paintings by Melissa Partin of Troy from Aug.

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Related Topix: Rochester Hills, MI, Oakland University, Arts, Painting

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Rochester, Michigan is located in Oakland County and is part of the Detroit Metro Area. Zip codes in Rochester, MI include 48307, 48306, and 48308.

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