The Facebook “threat” that emptied a Farmington Hills middle school has gotten attention from a parenting columnist for the Washington Post. Stacey Garfinkel tied the local story to recent studies that show while teens are more connected than ever, they’re posting things on-line that could hurt their chances of getting a job or being admitted [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Farmington Hills MI’
December 31, 2008
Goodbye 2008, hello 2009
I like a lot of what happened in 2008, but there are a few things I wish would not return in 2009. The vacancies in Downtown Farmington, for instance - we could get rid of those next year. Any and all unsolved crimes fall into the “solved” category, I’m happy. Home foreclosures, those could go. [...]
November 4, 2008
Farmington Precinct 1: An hour, start to finish
We were voters #96 and #101 at Farmington City Hall around 8:30 this morning. Waited a little over 45 minutes to get a ballot in line with some of the nicest people I’ve never met.
And what voter number were YOU?
October 4, 2008
Football history made in Farmington
At last night’s Harvest Moon Dance, carloads of kids drove through the parking lot honking horns and shouting. This morning, we learned they had a pretty good reason.
The Farmington Falcons made local football history last night, beating powerhouse cross-town rival Harrison for the first time in more than 30 years. The game was a squeaker, [...]
September 19, 2008
Hills mysteries solved - or so I think
Overheard, but not yet verified, a Walgreen’s may be going into the southwest corner of 13 Mile and Orchard Lake, where they tore down a gas station not too long ago.
At tonight’s Farmington HIlls Planning Commission meeting, Christopher McRae mentioned something that explained all the heavy machinery I’ve seen around the old Staples building on Orchard [...]
