Monday, December 24, 2012
Find out how to recycle your Christmas tree in Oakland County.
Christmas is officially here, and if you had a real tree this year, you may be scratching your head wondering what to do with it now. Oakland County will accept your Christmas trees at its self-serve Christmas tree recycling locations. Christmas tree recycling is available at 11 Oakland County Parks from Dec. 26 through Jan. 13, 2013, seven days a week, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. All decorations must be removed from the tree. Extended collection dates are available at Independence Oaks in Clarkston and Orion Oaks in Orion Township, which will accept Christmas trees until Jan. 27, 2013. The trees will be processed to make compost and wood chips that will be available to the public free of charge at Orion Oaks County Park in 2013. Additionally, if…
Although government, mail and trash service providers take the day off on Tuesday, there are some businesses which stay open.
Christmas is Tuesday, and while the snow is freshly fallen and the trees are lit up, you still may need to get out and around West Bloomfield Township. Here's what you need to know about what's open and closed.
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CVS Pharmacy
6070 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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CVS Pharmacy
7498 Haggerty Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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West Bloomfield Township Public Library
4600 Walnut Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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West Bloomfield Westacres Library
7321 Commerce Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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West Bloomfield Town Hall
4550 Walnut Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Efros Drug Company
6427 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Hiller's Market
6433 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Whole Foods Market
7350 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Golden Phoenix
6257 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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The Shangri-La Chinese Restaurant
6407 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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United States Post Office
6725 Daly Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Busch's Fresh Food Market
33300 W 14 Mile Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Plum Market
6565 Orchard Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Each family member of slain local man receives refrigerator-sized boxes filled with winter gear, clothing, toys and other age appropriate items
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Monday, December 17, 2012
For many, the holidays are a time of good cheer and family togetherness. However, for kids who have lost a parent, the holidays can be a harsh reminder of the one special person who is missing. Yatooma’s Foundation For The Kids, in partnership with Art Van Furniture, will made a very special holiday visit on Saturday to the West Bloomfield home of the Hannawa family, who are facing their first holiday season after the death of a parent. Samir Hannawa, 49, was gunned down while working in Detroit Nov. 7. The case is yet unsolved, while Hannawa leaves behind a wife and seven children, ages 2-to-18 — five of whom are in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District. Led by "Santa Claus" (also known around Metro Detroit as attorney and …
World peace, good health, an iPad—tell Santa what's on your wish list!
Did you miss talking to Santa when he visited the Greater West Bloomfield area this year? Don't chase him down in a crowded, noisy mall. This year, you can tell Patch's virtual Old Saint Nick what you (or your kids) would like to see under your Christmas tree. Whether it's peace on Earth or a day at the spa, Santa is online (it's 2012, after all) and ready to listen. Post a comment below and tell us what you want for Christmas!
The North American Aerospace Defense Command has a website that now offers a Santa tracker mobile app to follow the jolly man's magical flight.
They sent him their wish lists, sat on his lap, and left cookies and milk for his arrival. Now the only thing left for children to do is track Santa's progress as he delivers gifts around the world on Christmas Eve.k Thanks to the folks behind the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) website, families worldwide can now follow Santa's Christmas journey in real time. The tradition started in 1955 after an advertisement for Sears Roebuck & Co. misprinted a telephone number for a special "Santa hotline." Instead of reaching Kris Kringle, the number put kids through to the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Commander-in-Chief’s operations, according to a description on the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page, which has more than …
Friday, December 14, 2012
The 'festival of lights' enters its final weekend. See how the West Bloomfield area celebrated.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
The fun started with the Chanukah Wonderland experience at Orchard Mall Shopping Center this week. The offered a warm welcome to the community on Tuesday The lighting of a 12-ft. candelabrum, called a menorah, by Dave Kresch, a West Bloomfield resident who survived the Holocaust, highlighted three days of food and fun Bais Chabad Torah Center sponsored the three-day tribute between Dec. 9-12 to the annual, eight-day Jewish holiday, which is one of the most widely-celebrated holidays and a favorite amongst children. Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) takes place this year from sunset Dec. 8 until the evening of Dec. 16. In addition to the traditional ceremony, several hundred who attended Tuesday were entertained. A 21-child cast of children …
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Santa Claus paid a special visit to several hundred local children in Keego Harbor.
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" has been a popular refrain in Keego Harbor this week in anticipation of the big guy's scheduled to town. It was no surprise, then, that visitors to the annual tree lighting event were in the midst of song when Santa Claus arrived to Keego. Several hundred children packed in the Keego DPW building Friday night to tell Santa what they wanted for the holiday, partake in karaoke machine carols and have fun thanks to area volunteers and sponsors.
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Keego Harbor City Hall
2025 Beechmont St, Keego Harbor, MI
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Here are five things you probably never knew about the Advent season, which starts Dec. 2 and runs through Christmas.
The Christmas season officially starts in many churches in the Greater West Bloomfield area this weekend with the beginning of Advent. Here are a few things to know about the season. 1. Advent has a different start date each year In 2012, Advent starts Sunday, Dec. 2. Despite the fact that most people associate the beginning of the Advent season with Dec. 1, the official dates of the season actually change each year. An anticipatory recognition of the “second coming of Christ,” in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Moravian, Presbyterian and Methodist traditions; Advent is the period of time preceding Christmas, beginning on whatever Sunday is nearest to Nov. 30. Because start dates vary, so does the length of each Advent season. This…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right around the corner, so now’s the time to get your …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The jolly old elf will arrive this Friday. Here are the days and hours he'll be available this season.
Ho, ho, ho! Santa Claus is coming to town – or, more specifically, to The Somerset Collection in Troy. Here's what you need to know about Santa's arrival and extended visit to the upscale mall this season. Santa will arrive in Troy at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 16 in front of Somerset Collection North between J Alexander’s and Capital Grille. There will be stilt walkers, jugglers, a caroling quartet and townspeople handing out roasted almonds to guests. At 7 p.m., the Dearborn Marching Band will begin marching and playing a holiday tune from Nordstrom’s to the center doors. They will play as Santa arrives in a horse-drawn carriage with Princess Celeste. Once inside, the Dearborn Jazz Band will play while Santa visits with all his guests…
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The Somerset Collection
2800 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy, MI
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Kenia Moreno
7:26 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Dear Santa, I would like an ipod touch 4g,an ipad, or a wii please. Whatever is easy for you! more ›