West Bloomfield Township News

West Bloomfield Township residents are invited to attend a free health fair held May 15, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Township Hall Main Conference Room, 4550 Walnut Lake Road.

Aaron Schwartz and his family, like many other Metro Detroit Jews, plan to stay up late tonight for the two-day Shavuot holiday.

It's Monday, and that means we've put together this list of things going on in West Bloomfield to help make your week a little brighter, easier and more fun.

Berkley High School students made history Tuesday night when the performed the world premiere of "My Name is Anne Frank: A Cantata." By doing so, they, too, became a part of history.

West Bloomfield Township residents are invited to attend a free health fair held May 15, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Township Hall Main Conference Room, 4550 Walnut Lake Road.

Two men were carted off to jail this morning after police discovered almost 40 stolen shopping carts in the back of their U-Haul truck.

Not a single person remained in their seat Tuesday night when the Berkley High School orchestra and a capella choir finished their performance of the world-premiere of My Name is Anne Frank: A Cantata.

Members of the Livonia Police Department fire a 21-gun salute Monday during the 20th annual Michigan Peace Officers' Candlelight Memorial Service at the state Capitol.

A thunderous standing ovation rewarded Berkley High School orchestra and a cappella choir students Tuesday evening for their world premiere performance of "My Name is Anne Frank: A Cantata." Composer Volker Blumenthaler and lyricist Alexander Gruber, both from Germany, joined Holocaust survivors, parents and officials representing Berkley and ... (more)

West Bloomfield Public Schools voters in West Bloomfield Township, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake and Sylvan Lake go to the polls today to decide the fate of a 14-year, 1.25-mill levy proposal.

Not even the stormy April showers could take the attention away from the luminous beauty of the designer tables at Pine Lake Country Club in West Bloomfield Township, where people gather each year for a good cause.

Professional well-driller Joe Curry of Holly has been speaking out against the expansion of fracking in Michigan.

West Bloomfield Township voters in Precinct 9 will be among those asked to decide a $222 million Farmington Public Schools bond issue Aug.

West Bloomfield Public Schools voters will decide whether to approve a 14-year, 1.25-mill levy proposal in a May 7 special election.

Patrick O'Rourke of Tyrone Township was killed last September after responding to a domestic-violence call.

West Bloomfield Township isn't the only Oakland County community working to draw businesses "downtown". The Oakland Press reports that the township's effort to re-do zoning in the area of Orchard Lake Road between 14 Mile and Pinehurst Court, near Maple, is one of more than a half dozen downtown revitalization projects underway in communities ... (more)

West Bloomfield Township officials voted on Monday to look at hiring a consultant who would help make changes to the township's Downtown Overlay District.