I have been curious about the Occupy protests going on lately. When “Occupy Detroit” first started out a few weeks back, my friend and I, finding us a little bored on a freak Friday night (that I actually had off from shooting a football game), decided to head down to Grand Circus Park to check out what was going on. We were very excited to head down, and we geared up with cameras and video, [...]

As the cooler Michigan weather begins to settle in, things are heating up in lakes area high schools as theater departments begin putting on their fall productions — both plays and musicals ranging from humorous murder mysteries to modernized interpretations of Shakespeare, and from serious to slapstick. And it’s not just high school students getting in on the act. Area schools are also utilizing younger talent from elementary and middle schools to make their plays [...]

After years of hope that the shuttered Ford Motor Co. Wixom assembly plant site would be occupied and thriving with green technology companies coming to roost in short order, Ford Land Development must contend with yet another setback. One of the two renewable energy companies previously interested in the site, Xtreme Power, officially backed out of pursuing a lease agreement on the property, leaving only shades of hope that Clairvoyant Energy will remain on board. [...]

Waterford Township officials are currently in discussions with the city of Pontiac to possibly merge the two communities’ fire department services in an effort spearheaded by Pontiac officials to save the city money. According to Waterford Township Supervisor Carl Solden, Pontiac officials approached him about considering a fire service contract between the two communities as long as it was amenable to both parties. Discussions have been taking place for five weeks now. “We’re the biggest [...]

It will be up to Orchard Lake voters to decide during the Tuesday, Nov. 8 general election whether the city should vacate a portion of city property on Willow Lane. The property is located on the west shore of Orchard Lake on Willow Lane, off of Old Orchard Trail near Birchway, and juts out where Willow Lane dead-ends. According to the Orchard Lake City Charter, before the City Council disburses, vacates or abolishes any city [...]

 Downtown Milford will be celebrating Halloween a couple of days early with a special event just for children. The village will host its “Boo Bash” downtown at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29. During the event, children can walk in their Halloween costumes and area businesses will be giving out candy, as Main Street is closed down to traffic for about an hour. “This is a way for the Milford Business Association to give [...]

Walled Lake City Manager L. Dennis Whitt has been manning multiple city administrative positions almost single-handedly for months after several department heads moved on or retired. Now Whitt, with the Walled Lake City Council’s approval, has decided it’s time to post advertisements to fill the vacancies. The city is seeking a Department of Public Works (DPW) director; a city clerk; a city treasurer; and a finance director. Former DPW Director Loyd Cureton retired in mid-June. [...]

Help provide holiday dinners for those in need while getting a head start on burning all the calories you will consume this holiday season by participating in Grace Church’s first Outrun Hunger 5K run event beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Commerce Commons Pathway right outside of the Township Hall. There will also be a 1 mile run/walk for children. The church is partnering with Hospitality House in Walled Lake and the [...]

Five students from the Walled Lake Consolidated School District have qualified as National Merit Scholar or National Achievement Scholar semi-finalists. The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships which is entered by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and by meeting the program participation requirements. Over 1.5 million students take the test each year with around 16,000 achieving semi-finalist status. The National Achievement Scholarship Program is an [...]

The leaves have changed color and fallen. The temperatures have turned colder, and the days have grown shorter. It’s only a matter of time before the first snowfall and before the lakes begin to freeze — which means it’s time for boating piers to be removed from west Oakland’s public access lakes. The state parks and recreation areas that operate some of the boating access sites will be removing boat ramp piers within the first [...]