The Troy Community Chorus Presents: Comfort and Joy

The Troy Community Chorus is presenting a holiday concert, Comfort and Joy, on Dec.17, at 8 P.M. at Athens High School Auditorium, 4333 John R Road, Troy. The 85-member Chorus, under the direction of Royal Oak resident, Mimi Gass and accompanied by Troy resident, Min Sook Chung, will perform delightful holiday songs such as Joy …

Rochester Community Schools Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment is for students residing in the Rochester Community Schools attendance area. Rochester Schools does not accept out of district students. Under the Open Enrollment Policy, a student can apply to attend a school other than the school assigned to their home attendance area. North Hill Elementary and Hart Middle School are closed for …

Paul Simon Taught Me About the Children’s Health Fund

Yesterday I got the wonderful opportunity to learn how Paul Simon and doctor Irwin Redlener co founded the Children’s Health Fund and have brought their vision to the children of Detroit.  Mr. Simon and Dr. Redlener spoke about their commitment to the children of Detroit to provide a place for families to go for their …

Story Time With Santa

Take a moment to enjoy the season with story time at the Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve. December 11th and 12th starting at 11 a.m. the children listen to a nature related story, make a holiday craft, have a treat and talk with Santa. Then there is an optional snowman treasure hunt and a visit to …

HexBug Nano Starter Set Review

My son LOVED the HexBug Nano!  He has had it for four days and still plays with it the minute he gets home from school. The first day he laughed and laughed at it – he kept saying it was so quick.    First he put the habitat together (which clicked together really easily) and then …

Review: EZ Sox make dressing easier

A few weeks ago, two pairs of EZ Sox were delivered to me for this review. I thought my three-year-old daughter had putting on her socks down. She would struggle for a while but eventually get them on. Then I handed her a pair of EZ Sox and showed her how to use the tabs to pull them up. Now, they are the only socks she wants to wear.