You gotta do what you gotta do, right?! Trying to get an appointment through the MI-time app was…read moreproving difficult at any of the more convenient locations for me, so I drifted to Oak Park and found an appointment 4 days earlier whereas the Livonia center was literally booking out two weeks in advance. Oak Park was about a week. BTW, here's a tip...if you need your license renewed you'll now need your birth certificate so bring it with you the first time. Besides the fact that SOS has gotten far more advanced with their processes it's still a cattle call. The Oak Park office was actually really efficient and the gentleman that took care of me was quick and the whole thing was painless once I got to the counter. My advice...make an appointment online and only show up 5 minutes before your appointment so you don't have to spend any more time in the waiting room than needed.

the secretary of State 1270 Pontiac Rd in Auburn Hill Michigan is the worst place to visit . It's…read morethe 2 black lady's in there who is always rude and disrespectful every time . and I'm not the frist person to say this. this was all over fb how rude and very unprofessional they are to people. I could not get my tags for my vehicle. I had to reschedule for another appointment somewhere else out in Rochester Michigan. Something needs to be done about these ladies.if I could give no star I would.

My experience in getting birth certificate was nice. I found them to be organized and welcoming…read more Keep up the good work

Back to double check that the winter taxes were paid, since it was ad paid on the 10th, yet I…read morereceived another statement to pay the past due payment. Found out that they sent out the late payment on the 8th to make sure they were sent out. Phew. Taxes have been paid, all good to go.

A Gem In the city of Ferndale…read more love it in fact I need to get up there and see what they've got going on currey

This is a review of the fitness room…read more.. For me, the most important thing about a gym is convenience, and living 2 seconds away from here sure is convenient. The "gym" is just fine, and well suited to me and the regulars (elderly ladies). There are 4 treadmills, some ellipticals, and some bikes for cardio. There are a few weight machines, exercise balls, a bench-press and a bunch of free weights. I'm very curious as to who's using the 75 lb dumbbells (maybe the old ladies have some serious guns?) It is never too crowded, and when local miscreants sneak in, they are usually kicked out pretty quickly. I'm happy to pay into the community center. There are also quite a few senior citizen excursions listed on the bulletin boards, which made me jealous. My only complaint is that the office hours are economy-limited. So, in order to sign up for a membership, you have to somehow be there between 10-3. And no one is there on Fridays. The fitness room itself is open 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. most days.

I just recently joined this smaller town Chamber. I am a resident, and also business owner here…read more I also represent Welcome Wagon. I just had a wonderful meeting with the interim Director Carol this week. I am impressed with the Chamber's goals, support of the local cities of Ferndale and Oak Park. I highly recommending stopping in to familiarize yourself with these great communities!

Love the library but wish I could take out more than 8 on hoopla. Can't even watch a full season…read moreof anything.

I love Royal oak library multiple levels an outside sitting area. Located right by The theater…read more Coming here to rent books or buy books for me and my son is thee absolute best. This place also always has an event going on mostly free and open to the public . Great library to buy books to take home to start your own kids home library or your very own adult library at home. They also have vinyls you can rent . Which I think is so cool.

Oh my local library how I love thee. Free thirty minute parking in certain spots, private rooms to…read morestudy, comfy chairs to skim books or read zines, friendly and helpful staff, book clubs, rotating book displays, huge media collection, seed library and library of things to borrow. They can get books you request in a pretty timely matter, are linked to other libraries to fill requests for popular or difficult to find titles. I visit at least a couple times a month and am in two book clubs. They also host making events and artists. Can't say enough good things. Love this place.

I'm always on the hunt for new study spots in Southfield Michigan and I'm so grateful to have…read morestumbled upon the Ferndale Public Library! What I really love about this library is that it's an a suer convenient location that is waking distance from a lot of great bakeries and restaurants in Ferndale. The library itself is quiet but not to a deafening degree. There's some light chatter and it gets a lot of sunlight which is also a plus. The staff is super friendly and there are plenty of computers and seating available. They also have a kids corner with books, games, and other activities to keep kids occupied. I also love that there's a lot of different seating options with spacious countertops for work and individual seating if you want to study alone. Highly recommend getting some work done here or just stopping by to dig into a good book !

During large snowfalls each year in Southeast Michigan I am reminded of the one and only…read moreinteraction I had with the Ferndale Police Department during the five years my wife and I called the city home. We lived in a flat where we had no access to the home's driveway, meaning we were always forced to street park. During 'Snow Emergencies' as called by the city, residents were supposed to move their vehicles to designated parking areas off the roads to ease the efforts of snow plows. After a few years of the process, we continued to move our vehicles in Snow Emergencies despite the number of vehicles that remained parked on the street, and snow plows often not arriving until extremely late in the day, following days, or sometimes at all. Our street was not a major thruway and was tucked away so that never seemed unjust. One late night while visiting family a 'Snow Emergency' was called and as we made it home we parked our vehicle in the designated lot a few blocks a way. Trudging through the snow back home we noticed a plow had already done work on our street, effectively plowing our other car as well as several others into where it was parked. Given the time, evidence of a plow already coming by, and the impossible state of my vehicle locked into place we went to bed with the intention of moving the vehicle in the morning if the 'emergency' had not yet been lifted. Heading out the next morning I found as you may have guessed - a ticket from the FPD for not moving the vehicle in a 'Snow Emergency'. Did I break that law? Absolutely. That was never a point I took issue with. What was really the problem for me was as I walked back from finally freeing my vehicle and moving it to the lot, I noticed the block next to ours had no tickets on the clearly never-moved vehicles. The streets next to ours? Also no tickets. As was the style at the time I posed a question around the enforcement of this law to the FPD on Twitter, constructing a logical layout for my concerns. Their response was to essentially make a mockery of the situation, my concern, and ended with a demand to just pay the ticket. I did not expect any response at all. Really it was my hope the fine people of the Ferndale Police Department had more important things to do than cruise Twitter. There are 1000 ways a response could have been handled that were not trying to score internet points on a citizen. Some of my motivation to take this to Twitter was to release the frustration of the situation, but I genuinely was interested in the why behind the inconsistent enforcement of the law. I will always defer to the idea there is probably a good reason for something operational I do not understand. But I did not get a good reason - I got a ticket and a bad interaction. I always felt very safe in Ferndale and so many wonderful events occur in the city with the assistance of the department. It is a shame this will be my lasting impression of them.

Horrible service like when they were on Vandkye and 8 Mile. You speak with one person and get one…read moreanswer and talk with another and get something different. I believe they are incompetent and I am calling the state on them to get clarity on what they lied about. Speaking nice doesn't make it right if the system hasn't changed and you been processing the same deals for years. Horrible service, but I really want to say they racist.

I don't know who's bright idea it was at the sos to make the only ways to replace ids and enhanced…read morelicenses is via an online appt when the nearest ones are months in advance and you can't call anyone I have to drive around without my license as a black man. This is terrible why in 2021 can I not replace my enhanced driver license over the internet It's LITERALLY the same document minus some stupid star. PLEASE OPEN THE OFFICES THIS APPOINTMENT SHIT IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!

Horrible employees. I try to stay apolitical, but I'm starting to think there's something behind…read morethis anti-diversity hire movement. If you're too lazy to work, then don't get a job. Don't take it out on customers that just want to mail things through the postal service. If you go to the Ferndale Post Office expecting ANY kind of help from the employees there, you can FORGET IT. I recommend you go to Royal Oak.

Tried sending a package twice in the same day and nobody was there. I came at noon and there was a…read moresign "on a break, will return in 15 minutes" so I waited 30 minutes for someone to come and nobody did. I drove back at 4pm today to send the same package and again nobody is here.