The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is gearing up to complete the Telegraph Road corridor project that became a source of headaches for motorists, residents and businesses last year. The scope of the lengthy and massive $52-million project is to repair, reconstruct and resurface 16 miles of the major north-south artery between Eight Mile and Square Lake roads, a stretch used by 60,000 to 80,000 vehicles a day. The project impacts Southfield, Bingham Farms, Franklin [...]

The Huron Valley Schools Heroes of Tomorrow (HOT) Robotics Team earned a state championship last weekend and will be heading to the World Robotics Championship in St. Louis, Mo. beginning Wednesday, April 27. “Our team was the most effective group playing the game designed by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology),” said team mentor and Milford High School Teacher Lori Gleason. “I’ve learned in my experience that one person can’t win it [...]

Lakes area residents need not look beyond the boundaries of their own communities to help feed the hungry. To meet this need, the Hospitality House Food Pantry is hosting its largest fundraiser of the year on Saturday, April 30. “The money raised is used for purchasing food for local families in need that can be bought for just under 35 cents a pound,” said Hospitality House Director Kristy Hutson. The 5th annual “Millionaires Party and [...]

Orchard Lake officials introduced and swore in a new police chief, Joe George, at the City Council’s Monday, April 18 meeting. The city’s governing body conducted eight back-to-back police chief candidate interviews at special meetings held last week. The council came to a consensus at the conclusion of the Tuesday, April 12 meeting and authorized Mayor Bruce McIntyre and the personnel committee to negotiate and execute a contract. George will take over Police Chief Fred [...]

The Commerce Township Board of Trustees unanimously voted at their Tuesday, April 12 meeting to use Tri-party funds to add a right-turn lane at the westbound Oakley Park Road intersection with South Commerce Road. Adding a right-turn lane at an intersection has a general cost of $100,000 per approach. Commerce has received a 2011 Tri-party program allotment of $125,204 for this year and is responsible for contributing $41,735. The Tri-party program allows local communities to [...]

The Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce, Waterford Township and Waterford Cultural Council are hosting a business recognition event to honor the bevy of enterprises that enhance the community. The event, sponsored by Best Source Credit Union, will be held on the Highland Lakes Campus of Oakland Community College, located at 7350 Cooley Lake Road in Waterford, from 7:15 to 9 a.m. on May 5. Oakland County Parks Executive Officer Daniel Stencil will be this year’s [...]

The West Bloomfield High School Performing Arts Program will present its spring production of “Fiddler on the Roof” next week at the West Bloomfield High School Auditorium. Show times are scheduled for Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, April 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online until Sunday, April 24 by going to the web site at showtix4u.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the [...]

White Lake and Waterford residents will have the opportunity to grow their own fresh vegetables this summer in a community garden at Hess-Hathaway Park, located on the Waterford Township side of Williams Lake Road between Elizabeth Lake and Cooley Lake roads. The Citizens Farm Project at Hess-Hathaway seeks to educate and encourage residents to grow their own organic produce, resulting in little or none of the carbon emissions associated with commercial farming. The project involves [...]

Doug Bourgeois was appointed to the Highland Township Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board by the township Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 13. Bourgeois, who is currently a fire marshal with the Highland Township Fire Department, will be finishing out the term of Doreen Kosieracki, who stepped down earlier this year. Kosieracki’s term is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2012. Township Supervisor Triscia Pilchowski said she believes Bourgeois will be “really good addition” to [...]

From Hannah Provence Donigan, Commerce Township: Some of the newly-elected Taxed Enough Already members of Congress are spilling the tea. The “no to everything Obama” representatives and senators are proving to be the moderning “Know Nothing” party of the mid-19th century. (This group rebelled against the increased rate of immigration and promoted nativism. It was formed to combat “foreign” influences and uphold “American” views.) While stressing and quoting the Constitution and the Bible and waving [...]