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MARCH 5, 2025 Vol. 22, No. 5
ON 8A SPOTLIGHT ON FINANCE STARTS
Detroit Red Wings Alumni charity game set for March 15 BY SCOTT BENTLEY sbentley@candgnews.com
WEST BLOOMFIELD — The annual MI-UCP Skating to Close the Disability Divide Charity Hockey event with the Detroit Red Wings Alumni team will take place March 15 at St. Mary’s Arena in West Bloomfield. For the 23rd time, the Red Wings Alumni will face off against the MI-UCP Pucksters, which is a team composed of amateur supporters of the Michigan United Cerebral Palsy organization. The annual sled hockey game between the MI-UCP Sledsters and a sled hockey program representing Belle Tire will also take place during the event, prior to the game between the Red Wings Alumni and the Pucksters. See HOCKEY on page 13A
File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
A city planner recently presented results from a master plan survey at a West Bloomfield Township Planning Commission meeting.
CITY PLANNER PRESENTS MASTER PLAN SURVEY RESULTS BY GENA JOHNSON
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WEST BLOOMFIELD — Information gathered from a master plan survey was presented to the West Bloomfield Planning Commission at a meeting Feb. 11. A master plan serves as a “road map” for future
growth, development, and sustainability of a community by establishing clear goals, strategies and policies, according to the township’s website. Brian Keesey, who is the senior principal planner for McKenna, a city planning firm, presented the findings of the master plan survey. According to Keesey, 335 people responded to See MASTER PLAN on page 16A
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Former Detroit Red Wings player and current broadcaster Mickey Redmond faces off against Rich Sommers of the MI-UCP Pucksters, with Steve Lyons, an MI-UCP board member, dropping the puck before a charity hockey event in 2023. This year’s event is set to take place at St. Mary’s Arena.