From Robert Katz, West Bloomfield Township: The issues are familiar: Greedy bankers, unemployment, college debt, lopsided income distribution, political gridlock, etc. Currently there is passion without focus at the occupations. To get things done, let’s do what the Tea Party did: Emphasize our numbers and hold the re-elections of our politicians hostage to our votes. Politicians respond to fear. Scare them with passion, our numbers and our intention to vote.

West Bloomfield Township police arrested a 50-year-old male resident last week for domestic assault after he allegedly assaulted his wife. Officers were dispatched to the corner of Greer and Lockhaven roads for a 48-year-old woman who allegedly was a victim in the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 14. The victim told police that her husband was drinking. She said they had gotten into an argument and that eventually he grabbed her by the shirt, [...]

Owners of a residence on Haggerty Road in West Bloomfield Township returned home from vacation on Monday, Oct. 17 to find the interior of their home vandalized. The homeowners came to their house and couldn’t get in the front door because the second bolt was deadlocked and they didn’t have a key for it, saying that they don’t usually lock it. They then walked around to the rear and saw the basement windows broken and [...]

 West Bloomfield traveled to Romulus High School on Saturday, Oct. 22 for the “Dig Pink” Volleyball Tournament and came away with the championship. The Lakers (15-17-2) defeated Port Huron, 25-18, 25-17, in the tournament final. “This was a great outing for us,” said Lakers Head Coach Julian Wargo. “I have seen a lot of growth in the girls since the start of the season and I hope that it will continue through November.” West [...]

West Bloomfield Township will ask its residents to vote during the township’s Tuesday, Nov. 8 election on a 10-year renewal of the township’s existing public safety millage at its current rate of 3.1378 mills, as well as an 11-year increase of 2.85 mills, in two separate ballot questions. A mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value. The owner of a township property with a taxable value of $100,000 ($200,000 [...]

A 37-year-old female West Bloomfield Township resident has been sentenced to serve eight to 50 years in prison after firing a handgun at a West Bloomfield police officer three years ago. Lashawn Hicks pleaded no contest to assault with intent to murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in front of Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Rae Lee Chabot on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Hicks was involved in an incident on [...]

West Bloomfield Township police officers responded to a report of a home invasion at a residence on Walnut Lake Road on Thursday, Sept. 29. The burglary occurred sometime between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. that day, according to a West Bloomfield Police Department report. When the residents came home, they found the door-wall had been smashed. Items taken from the home reportedly included $800 worth of clothing, $30,000 in cash, two generators, a 9-millimeter semi-automatic [...]

The West Bloomfield Schools Board of Education approved an audit report by Plante & Moran for the 2010-11 school year, which was presented at the Monday, Sept. 26 school board meeting. According to the report, the district’s general fund balance, which was previously in a deficit, increased by about $2.3 million to its balance of $551,562 as of June 30. Plante & Moran reported that this was accomplished due to budget reductions and cost-cutting measures [...]

The West Bloomfield Township Parks and Recreation Commission at its Thursday, Sept. 22 meeting was given a presentation by Wade-Trim regarding the preliminary design and schedule for a 2.7-mile trail extension from Arrowhead Road to Haggerty Road — and the public will soon have its turn. Another presentation of the project will be made at a public input meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Building, located [...]

The West Bloomfield School District Board of Education voted Monday, Sept. 26 to approve the district’s entrance into an intergovernmental agreement with Oakland Schools for the Widening Advancements for Youth (WAY) online program that allows students who can’t physically attend school to take online classes to graduate. The WAY program is described by the district as “an online, project-based alternative high school where students earn credits through completion of rigorous projects which meet all state [...]