Waterford News

In an effort to condense space and usher in a new anchor retailer, managers of the Summit Place Mall in Waterford Township are asking existing mall stores to relocate to the tail ends of the mall by Aug.

New Cobo Center legislation awaits the governor's signature, as legislators worked last week in a conference committee on provisions to lease the facility to a regional authority and place a deadline on Detroit officials to approve the deal or see tax money transferred to an Oakland County convention center.

The Milford Historical Society will host the annual Fourth of July parade on Saturday, July 4 in downtown Milford beginning at 11 a.m. The annual parade will begin at 11 a.m. at Commerce and Main and will move south to Atlantic/General Motors Road.

Waterford Police are looking for the driver of a white Chevrolet Lumina who hit a 3-year-old child and fled the Meijer parking lot Monday.

Moving to different locations in Michigan presents new challenges for all of the students involved in this year's summer theatre.

Keego Harbor's appeal of the state Department of Natural Resources' denial of special watercraft controls for a Cass Lake sandbar will be heard by the state's Natural Resources Commission on Thursday, July 9 at 2 p.m. in Lansing.

While there have been pockets of development in the lakes area over the last 18 months, it hasn't been immune from a countywide slowdown in residential and commercial building activity, according to Oakland County planners and a pair of new Southeast Michigan Council of Governments reports on 2008 developments.

Waterford Township will be moving forward to refinance 1998 and 1999 bonds to secure a lower interest rate and - in the process - save the township money.

The Star Spangled Southfield Fireworks display is to be Wednesday. The event is to be held on the front lawn of the Southfield municipal complex, 26000 Evergreen, starting at 7 p.m. with a police dog demonstration.

Public Relations Strategic Planning Seminar and Workshop: Learn how to develop a successful strategic communications plan from conception to implementation June 23-25 at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center.

A White Lake Township man sustained multiple first- and second-degree burns in a Tuesday, June 9 explosion at A&R Sealcoating & Trucking, located on Pontiac Lake Road in Waterford Township.

Waterford Township police are investigating an apparent road rage incident in which a motorist allegedly was threatened by another driver with a hand-gun on Sunday, June 14 at the intersection of Dixie Highway and Walton Boulevard.

Waterford Township is applying for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant as part of the federal stimulus program.

Waterford Township, in conjunction with the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner's Office, has approved sewer treatment rates for 2009-10 based on projections handed down by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department , which provides sewage treatment services to the township.

For years, parents at Pine Lake Elementary School in West Bloomfield have thrown a carnival to celebrate the end of the school year.

Oakland County Commissioners finally settled on hiring a lobbyist to represent them in Lansing.

A policy has been approved by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to provide for appeals related to permit or local watercraft control decisions made by the state Department of Natural Resources .

A cut in funding for Oakland County beach monitoring has resulted in a drastic decline in the number of beaches to be tested for water tainted by bacteria during the 2009 season.

The Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission has essentially nixed a long-standing practice of providing free Oakland County Parks and Recreation passes and facility use to certain county officials.

A chemical explosion Tuesday at a Waterford plant injured a 52-year-old White Lake man.