Many incumbents to face challengers in August
Many Oakland County incumbents, from Congress to local legislators, will face challengers in the primary election on Tuesday, August 6, including Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens. >>>
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Public safety millage renewal on August ballot
Bloomfield Township trustees unanimously approved placing a millage renewal for public safety on the August 6 primary ballot at their meeting on Wednesday, April 24, for an expiring public safety millage of .6474 mills. >>>
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Township to appeal DNR ruling for five lakes
At the township board of trustees meeting on Wednesday, April 24, a unanimous decision was reached to appeal the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) finding on local watercraft control, where they determined that the township's 10 lakes can have slow no-wake lake ordinances, but not no motorboats, as has been followed by the lakes since 1970. >>>
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Senior/rec center open house Monday, April 29
The public is invited to attend a community open house at Birmingham's future senior/recreation center at the former YMCA at 400 E. Lincoln on Monday, April 29, from 6-8 p.m. to tour the facility, view interactive displays, hear from subject matter experts on plans for the facility and enjoy light refreshments. >>>
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Square Lake rebuilt between Woodward and I-75
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has begun a $15 million project in Bloomfield Township rebuilding Square Lake Road between I-75 and Woodward Avenue. >>>
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Township to provide all Franklin dispatch services
Beginning Thursday, April 25, all dispatch services for both Franklin police and fire will be performed by Bloomfield Township's dispatch, following unanimous approval by the Bloomfield Township board of trustees at their meeting on Wednesday, April 24, to take over over the dispatch services for Franklin's fire from Oakland County Sheriff's Department. >>>
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City Hall to host underground railroad exhibit
A four-panel exhibit highlighting local underground railroad history will be shown at Birmingham City Hall throughout May and June. >>>
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Great Lakes Chamber for K-5 at township library
The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival for Musical Elements, the first installment of their family programming mini-series, will take place at the Bloomfield Township Public Library on Sunday, April 28, at 1 p.m. >>>
BHS superintendent candidates narrowed to two
After a first round of interviews to find a new superintendent for Bloomfield Hills Schools, the board of education narrowed it down to two finalists, Billy Shellenbarger and Rick West, at a special meeting on Friday, April 19. >>>
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Woman caught using stolen ID and credit cards
A woman using the drive-thru of a Birmingham bank located on the 2400 block of W. Maple Road was nearly caught on Monday, April 15, after the bank teller noticed she was trying to use a stranger’s ID to take money out of a flagged account. >>>
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A couple of 12-packs and wipes stolen at CVS
A woman is suspected of loading several cases of beer and a pack of Huggies baby wipes into a cart at the CVS located at 6510 Telegraph Road at Maple in Bloomfield Township and walking out the door without paying. >>>
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Oakland County landfill concerns
Michigan for decades has been the garbage receptacle of the Midwest. That has left Michigan with about a quarter century of space left in its landfills which are regarded by environmental officials as “super emitters” of methane, a seldom mentioned greenhouse gas that is being approached by a new set of state laws that look to harness the gas for energy instead of releasing it into the atmosphere.>>>
During a ballot recount on December 15 of the Royal Oak ballot proposal for ranked choice voting as part of the November 2023 election, Oakland County’s top election official, Joe Rozell, received a threat to his life – and Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald definitely didn’t think it was a joke. >>>
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