The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the specifics behind both a renewal and an increase in the township’s public safety millage to be placed on a Nov. 8 election ballot to support the township’s public safety departments. The board’s decision came at its Monday, June 27 meeting. The township will ask its residents to renew the township’s existing public safety millage at its current rate of 3.1378 mills for 10 years, [...]

The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees has approved forming a task force to explore shared service or intergovernmental agreements to provide non-public safety services such as assessing, building permits and code enforcement to the cities of Sylvan Lake, Orchard Lake and Keego Harbor. The board’s decision came during a Monday, July 11 meeting. Township Supervisor Michele Economou Ureste said she has been working on this for several months and that she, Community Development Director [...]

The West Bloomfield School District is planning on initiating Pre-AP training for the district’s middle school teachers beginning in the 2011-12 school year. Pre-AP training is provided by The College Board, a non-profit organization headquartered in New York City with regional offices across the country that runs the ACT college entrance exam. “We are planning to bring The College Board in,” said Dr. Robert Martin, the school district’s assistant superintendent for instruction. “We firmly agree [...]

The West Bloomfield Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team put its skills to the test during live training exercises that took place at a township water tower on Commerce Road Tuesday, June 28 and Wednesday, June 29. “This was the culmination of events that the rescue team has been participating in. They’ve been around for about eight to nine years and they train throughout the year,” said West Bloomfield Fire Chief Jay Wiseman. “We have 16 [...]

The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees voted Monday, June 27 to approve a proposal from the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) to have a roundabout constructed at Orchard Lake and 14 Mile roads and a four-lane boulevard constructed along Orchard Lake Road from 14 Mile Road to Maple Road. The board’s approval was a major step in negotiations between the township and the RCOC since late 2008. According to the proposal, the total [...]

The West Bloomfield Educational Foundation (WBEF) is giving Harry Potter fans the chance to see the final chapter in the Harry Potter movie series a day before it’s released. The WBEF is hosting a special screening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II” at the Emagine Theater in Novi on Thursday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m. There are only a limited number of tickets available and the deadline to apply for tickets is [...]

West Bloomfield Township will soon be home to a new Islamic youth center after the Farmington School Board approved the purchase of the former Eagle Elementary School in West Bloomfield for $1.1 million by the Islamic Cultural Association, now located in Franklin. The purchase came before the district’s Board of Education at its Tuesday, June 14 meeting, which brought a vocal, passionate crowd, with many arguing against the purchase. Diane Bauman, school and community relations [...]

The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees has approved a change order with Energy Sciences for the replacement of high-energy light fixtures with low-energy fixtures at the township’s municipal facilities. According to a memo from Township Purchasing Agent Cindy Victor, the change order will not exceed a total, revised cost of $165,000 and will take into account new fixture upcharges, plus additions and deletions from the inventory. Victor stated in the memo that after a [...]

Katherine Sheiko is approaching the end of a storied tenure as the principal of Green Elementary School in the West Bloomfield School District. Sheiko, 63, will retire at the end of the 2010-11 school year from Green, where she has spent the last 26 years at the helm, bringing in her passion for children and education and leaving a legacy of her own. One of her major initiatives was school themes, including Green’s recent theme [...]

The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees has unanimously approved placing both a renewal and an increase in the township’s public safety millage on a Nov. 8 ballot to support the township’s public safety departments. The Board of Trustees’ action came on Monday, June 6. Township Trustee Steve Kaplan said the township board didn’t decide on the actual ballot language, the duration of the proposed renewal or the amount of the proposed millage increase. Those [...]