It’s awards season in movie land. Just last week the Academy announced the nominees for best picture. I look forward to this as a way to find out about quality movies that I might have missed over the year. I try to make it a point to see as many movies that are nominated for best picture as possible. Usually I don’t succeed in seeing them all before the award show actually happens, but I [...]

Prior to the recent descent into more wintry temperatures, west Oakland County had been experiencing unseasonably warm weather for the month of January, meaning that snow has not been a common sight this winter and the white stuff that has accumulated has had a short lifespan — not exactly the weather conditions to bring to mind cozy ski lodges and hitting the slopes. However, a lack of natural snowfall hasn’t been a problem for local [...]

When Maleena Hill was born in November, her parents, Jeff and Natalie, showered her with kisses, teddy bears, and their love. They reveled in the miracle of being blessed with a second child, and life was good. All too soon, their lives were upended. At first, Maleena began spiking a fever and was given to fits of fussiness. After a brief trip to the emergency room, she was given a clean bill of health and [...]

A 23-year-old West Bloomfield Township man died from injuries he sustained after a tree fell on his vehicle in White Lake Township on Saturday, Jan. 21. Kerry Benjamin Schultz was driving westbound on Pontiac Lake Road west of Margie Drive and west of Fisk Road on Saturday around 3 p.m. when witnesses say a tree fell on his car. The tree fell on the driver’s side of the vehicle, an SUV, which then veered into [...]

Treasurer Judy Kiley won’t be the only face missing at Highland Township Board of Trustees meetings next year. Supervisor Triscia Pilchowski has also opted against running for re-election this November. “I’ve decided it’s time to take a break and step back for a bit,” she said. “It was never my intention to become a career politician. As a politician, I feel very strongly that you serve and then move on. I’ve done my bit of [...]

A 22-year-old Commerce Township man has been arrested in connection with a Dec. 27 shooting at a house party in the 2000 block of Nacona in Commerce. According to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Department press release, Robert Michael Lanzilotti was arrested Monday, Jan. 23 and was expected to be charged yesterday, Tuesday, Jan. 24 with assault with a dangerous weapon-felony (maximum four-year prison term), two counts of felony possession of a firearm in the commission [...]

Oakland County Commissioner David Potts (R-Birmingham) is running for a newly-drawn state House of Representatives district seat that will represent a part of west Oakland County. Potts, an attorney and the husband of Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Wendy Potts, announced his candidacy yesterday, Tuesday, Jan. 24, for the new 40th state House District, which includes the eastern portion of West Bloomfield Township, in addition to Birmingham, Bloomfield Township and Bloomfield Hills. “I am proud [...]

Waterford Township officials will be tweaking language in a proposed oil and gas lease agreement submitted by Jordan Development Company, LLC, in order to execute an agreement for exploratory purposes on township property. Jordan Development has been seeking the mineral rights on commercial and private properties in the township over the past several months. “They are trying to approach (the owners of) larger tracts of private property, along with the schools and the township,” said [...]

Highland Township Treasurer Judy Kiley has decided not to run for re-election this year. “It’s been something my husband and I have talked about the last couple years,” she said. “We felt it was time for me to pursue other interests and be able to spend time together and travel.” She also hopes to spend more time with her three children and six grand-children. Kiley began working for the township part-time in 1996. In the [...]

Huron Valley Youth Assistance (HVYA) will be holding its 8th annual Huron Valley Taste of the Valley event on Thursday, Feb. 9, beginning at 5 p.m. HVYA — an organization committed to the mission of community involvement to prevent juvenile delinquency, neglect, and the abuse of children — provides confidential, professional casework services and community programs to meet the needs of children and families within the Huron Valley School District. According to Highland Township Supervisor [...]