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Detroit Animal Care waives adoption fees through mid-May for ‘Empty the Shelters’ event
Read full article: Detroit Animal Care waives adoption fees through mid-May for ‘Empty the Shelters’ eventAdoption fees are being waived for nearly two weeks at Detroit Animal Care as part of an “Empty the Shelters” program.
‘Cramming’ bills scam: What it is and what you can do to protect yourself
Read full article: ‘Cramming’ bills scam: What it is and what you can do to protect yourselfAutomatically paying bills means that, chances are, you might never actually open them -- which means you may not even know what you’re paying for.
West Bloomfield police issue scam alert on fake Amazon employees
Read full article: West Bloomfield police issue scam alert on fake Amazon employeesThe West Bloomfield Police Department issued a scam alert over the weekend about people posing as Amazon employees and requesting payments or fees to keep accounts active.
Plymouth-Canton schools offer to fill parent’s FOIA request for $222K
Read full article: Plymouth-Canton schools offer to fill parent’s FOIA request for $222KPLYMOUTH, Mich. – A curious parent requesting information from Plymouth-Canton Community Schools received a bill charging him nearly a quarter of a million dollars for the documents. “I wanted to know why the decision was made, what science and what facts were used and are continuing to be used,” Parrelley said. The father received a letter from the district saying that the cost of Plymouth-Canton Community School district records is $222,458.50 and requires paying half up front. “I checked the lottery numbers and I have not come through on them yet, which is my next best deal.”The school district told Local 4 that it “takes every Freedom of Information request it receives seriously. In this particular matter, the request captured an extremely broad range of potential keyword searches and covered an unbounded timeframe.