LIVONIA, Michigan  – Co-op Services encourages credit union members who are graduating high school seniors in the class of 2013 to apply for its annual scholarship program. The scholarships, ranging from $500 to $4,000 each, honor seven of Co-op Services’ longtime leaders and volunteers.  Since the scholarship program was initiated in 1995, Co-op Services … [Read more...]

DEARBORN, Michigan - Jane and Phil Button, new residents at Oakwood Common in Dearborn, are already prepared to answer neighbors’ questions about why they recently moved from Tennessee to Michigan. There are more than 15 precious reasons, including children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. The Buttons, Illinois natives, had lived in Memphis for … [Read more...]

DEARBORN, Michigan - It wasn’t easy, but with $1 million at stake, the Dearborn Board of Education made the very tough decision to open the district’s classrooms to students living outside its boundaries. The district will hold open enrollment for "School of Choice" for Nowlin Elementary, 23600 Penn, Dearborn 48124, for six kindergarten seats … [Read more...]

ANN ARBOR, MI – On December 7, dozens of University of Michigan faculty, staff and students gathered at the University of Michigan’s Palmer Commons to call for “equal pay for equal work” and to ending the unfair disparities between what tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty are paid to teach. The Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO), which represents … [Read more...]