Wixom police are investigating a trio of larcenies that occurred at businesses around the city over the last few weeks. Two incidents occurred on Friday, Nov. 18. Police were dispatched to Gen Power, located at 29905 Anthony, where a commercial generator and trailer were stolen. The generator was valued at $45,000. A surveillance video showed a white pickup truck backing up toward the generator. Police are trying to obtain additional surveillance camera footage. The case [...]

Two gas carts were stolen from the Union Lake Golf Course in Commerce Township on the night of Saturday, Nov. 19. The following Monday morning, the owner of the golf course, John Schlicht, noticed that the security cables had been cut and the gas-powered carts were missing. Somehow the culprits were able to get the carts started and drove out of the golf course on Golf Lane. Each of the carts costs between $2,000 and [...]

The Oakland County Board of Commissioners has approved the appointment of Pecky Lewis, Commissioner Gary McGillivray (D-Madison Heights), and Robert Kostin to the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission. The commission’s purpose is to preserve park land and to create recreational, leisure, and learning experiences for county residents. The 10 members of the commission include a county road commissioner, the county’s water resources commissioner, a member of the regional planning agency, and seven members appointed [...]

 Working outside in the fresh air, getting exercise during the holiday season, and contributing to the protection and restoration of Michigan’s state parks are all benefits enjoyed by volunteers participating in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) volunteer stewardship days. The Highland Recreation Area will be holding one of these volunteer stewardship days from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Volunteers will be helping to restore the Highland Recreational Area [...]

The White Lake Township Board of Trustees has adopted the township’s budget for the 2012 fiscal year. All six board members in attendance opted to approve the budget. Trustee Mike Powell was absent. White Lake is projecting to have total revenue of $3.86 million for 2012. The top two sources of cash for the township are expected to be state shared revenue at approximately $2 million and from property taxes at $960,000. The board approved [...]

The Milford Township Board of Trustees voted Wednesday, Nov. 16 to extend the township’s moratorium on medical marijuana establishments and activities for another six months. The moratorium was first enacted by the township board on May 19, 2010 for six months. The board extended the moratorium for another six months on Nov. 17, 2010 and another six months back on May 18. The moratorium denies any use of land in the township for marijuana cultivation [...]

The Wixom City Council has opted to reprogram past years’ Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in tandem with allocating 2012′s grant disbursement following a public hearing earlier this month. The federal CDBG program provides funds to benefit low- and moderate-income residents through renovating older housing, revitalizing neighborhoods, providing human services, and rebuilding community infrastructure. Projects beneficial to an individual or family are judge based on income and projects beneficial to the community in general [...]

The Milford Village Council has rejected a $641 buyout payment for village employees that chose to obtain coverage on their spouse’s health insurance plan. Village Manager Arthur Shufflebarger said there were several reasons why the buyout increase was turned down on Monday, Nov. 21, but one of them was a bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder back in September requiring public employees of schools and local governments to pay more for their own [...]

Students at Sarah Banks Middle School in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District will bring a beloved Disney classic to life as they perform “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.” The musical is a shorter version of the full-length musical, running about 75 minutes. According to Marjorie Marks, one of the teachers supervising the production, the students have been working on the play — which is geared toward all age groups — since late September. “It is [...]

A controversial severance package was brought up at the West Bloomfield Schools Board of Education meeting on Monday, Nov. 28, and will be further discussed at the board’s December meeting. Trustee Matt Chase presented a motion calling to cease all payments under the school district’s Voluntary Severance Incentive (VSI) program to the district’s former assistant superintendent for human resources, Anthony Marasco, but the board voted to table the issue until the board’s next meeting on [...]