Bloomfield Township News

General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group stepped up their lobbying Thursday against bills in the U.S. House that would reverse their cuts in dealerships, arguing the moves threaten their survival out of bankruptcy.

Work is expected to begin this week to install pedestrian crossing signals especially designed to accommodate disabled residents at the Maple/Drake Road roundabout in West Bloomfield Township.

Exchanging a garbage can for a recycling bin could earn Clio residents rewards from local businesses under a plan being considered by the Clio Commission.

The Bloomfield Township Public Library is to offer a Computer Basics 1 class from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the library, 1099 Lone Pine Road.

Sylvia Schwartz Granader, then 22, flew over Detroit in 1942 as a young pilot. 'This is as close as you can get to heaven without dying,' the Beverly Hills woman, now 89, recalls thinking.

The West Bloomfield Township Personnel Committee has approved a recommendation to reorganize the structure of the township's Building and Planning departments.

On the surface, HBO's raunchy and fun dramatic comedy "Hung" is a new series about a desperate, divorced history teacher who eventually prostitutes himself to make his financial ends meet.

Two men accused of breaking into homes in Bloomfield Township, West Bloomfield and Troy appeared in Oakland County Circuit Court recently on charges of second-degree home invasion.

When John Levin returned to his home in Bloomfield Township on July 22, 2008, he noticed two suspicious men in a Dodge Durango pulling out of his driveway.

Home invasion 1 A homeowner on the 100 block of Alice arrived home and found the rear door to the house standing open and her bike missing from the living room.

Eight people were charged with conspiring to distribute OxyContin and other drugs in what authorities called possibly the largest painkiller distribution ring bust in Warren County history.

After the West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees initially approved Segment 7 of the township's ongoing safety path construction initiative - a segment located along Inkster Road - Trustee Steve Kaplan reconsidered his support and voted against proceeding with that segment during the township board's Monday, June 22 special meeting, when ...

General Motors should consider the impact of auto restructuring on Michigan's battered economy as it decides where to produce a new small car, the state's Michigan delegation says in a letter sent to GM CEO Fritz Henderson on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Gary Peters is trying to drum up community support to encourage General Motors to build a new subcompact model in Orion Township.

Walled Lake officials have completed a proposed budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year, but a forecasted deficit that exceeded $200,000 resulted in Councilmen Casey Ambrose and Larry Fox voting against the proposed budget during a special meeting held on Monday, June 8. ... more>> City Council revises candidate filing deadline The Orchard Lake City ...

Depositions are ongoing in a lawsuit filed by a pair of West Bloomfield Township parents against 25 defendants - including West Bloomfield Township, the West Bloomfield Police Department, the city of Walled Lake, the Walled Lake School District, and former Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca - after charges involving the alleged rape and abuse ...

When Suzie Meklir approaches the pharmacy counter at Sav-On Drugs in Bloomfield Township with a request for syrup to unblock her daughter's stuffy nose, the druggist takes her through the aisles and identifies the best product.

Green advocates are planning to turn out in large numbers at tonight's Bloomfield Township Council meeting.

Liz Piggott admits she was a bit dumbfounded the first time she heard the name of HBO's edgy new comedy, part of which was filmed at a cabin across the street from her house on Middle Straits Lake.

The were drawn between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. the night of June 9. Sidewalk chalk was used to make the drawings and the images were removed easily.