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Andy Kozlowski

C&G Staff Reporter – Madison-Park News

Staff Writer Andy Kozlowski covers Madison Heights, Hazel Park, Madison District Public Schools, Lamphere Public Schools and Hazel Park Public Schools for the Madison-Park News.

Published April 23, 2019

Madison - Park News

Page students learn STEM concepts in High Altitude Balloon Club

MADISON HEIGHTS — Many after-school clubs challenge their students to “reach higher,” but the High Altitude Balloon Club at John Page Middle School gives literal meaning to the phrase.

Published April 23, 2019

Madison - Park News

Early childhood educator in Hazel Park recognized with award

HAZEL PARK — Laura Mohamed, a teacher at Webster Early Childhood Center in Hazel Park, likes to keep things lively in the classroom.

Published April 23, 2019

Madison - Park News

Self-defense class to help women stay safe

MADISON HEIGHTS — Last fall, Madison Heights City Councilwoman Roslyn Grafstein took a self-defense class presented by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, and she was so impressed by what she learned that she worked to bring the same course to Madison Heights.

Published April 18, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

Voters in Walled Lake Schools to decide $316M bond

WALLED LAKE — Between aging infrastructure and outdated amenities, the 22 buildings in the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools district are in need of an upgrade.

Published April 15, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Students go green around Macomb County

MACOMB COUNTY — For the 11th year, members of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners, in conjunction with the Macomb Intermediate School District, joined together to highlight the environmentally friendly efforts of students, teachers and staff at 122 schools throughout the county.

Published April 12, 2019

Madison - Park News

Grants to make Hazel Park schools safer, add courses

HAZEL PARK — The Hazel Park Public Schools district is among the recipients of a state grant aimed at improving security at schools. The district also received a grant that will add new computer courses for the 2019-20 school year.

Published April 12, 2019

Madison - Park News

Madison District Public Schools prepares for spring carnival

MADISON HEIGHTS — For four days, leading through the last weekend of April, the parking lot of Madison High School will be transformed into a bustling carnival. The Madison Family Spring Carnival, now in its fourth year, is a collaboration between Madison District Public Schools and the Skerbeck Entertainment Group.

Published April 12, 2019

Madison - Park News

Spring cleanups planned at Red Oaks Nature Center, along John R

MADISON HEIGHTS — Volunteers in Madison Heights are getting ready to give the city a good cleaning. The community effort will take place at multiple sites on Saturday, April 27.

Published April 12, 2019

Madison - Park News

Wild Wings to hold workshops on saving birds

HAZEL PARK/MADISON HEIGHTS — With spring in full swing, baby birds will be hatching, and some may fall from their nests. What do you do if you come across such a helpless creature? Wild Wings — the only songbird-specific rehabilitation center in Oakland County — will be holding two discussions on this very topic. The presentations are titled “Flying Free Again.”

Published April 11, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

Volunteers needed for West Bloomfield’s spring cleanup

WEST BLOOMFIELD — It’s time to tidy up the township.

Published April 5, 2019

Madison - Park News

Special Investigations Unit busts human trafficking operation

MADISON HEIGHTS — The Madison Heights Special Investigations Unit has completed its second human trafficking bust this year, showing rapid results since it was reinstated in January. The announcement came late last month with the March 25 arrest of Donald Beauchamp, 31, at the Rodeway Inn Hotel, 32703 Stephenson Highway in Madison Heights.

Published April 5, 2019

Madison - Park News

Benefit to help fund planetarium for summer reading program

HAZEL PARK — For the kickoff of the Hazel Park District Library’s summer reading program this year, attendees will enter an inflatable dome, 36 feet across, and look to the dome’s ceiling to see a star-filled sky that recreates the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere, exactly as they appear the day of the presentation.

Published April 5, 2019

Madison - Park News

Workshops collect feedback to update Hazel Park’s master plan

HAZEL PARK — A recent three-day series of public workshops by Hazel Park Parks and Recreation saw residents discussing topics related to updating the city’s master plan — the document that guides the future development of the community.

Published April 5, 2019

Madison - Park News

Madison Heights City Council applies for state grant to improve Edison Park

MADISON HEIGHTS — This past winter, the playscape at Edison Park in Madison Heights was removed due to its dilapidated condition and the liability this posed for the city. But the City Council is hoping that the state will award Madison Heights a grant to help fund a replacement for the playscape — one that will be built with accessibility in mind.

Provision Living is one of numerous senior living facilities in West Bloomfield. Provision Living representatives said more modern senior living options were needed in the area.

Published April 4, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

Study: West Bloomfield oversaturated with senior housing

WEST BLOOMFIELD — A housing market study finalized in March reveals that the township of West Bloomfield has become oversaturated with senior living facilities.