Physical fights at Village Fair Friday evening
The annual Village Fair in Birmingham on Friday evening, May 30, ran into problems with two physical altercations between teenagers, and five teenagers, two boys and three girls, were taken into custody and another girl was taken to a local hospital.
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Planners approve Cafe Origins dining platform
Following a postponement from an April meeting of the Birmingham Planning Board, Cafe Origins got the green-light from planning board members during the Wednesday, May 28, meeting to continue on to the city commission for approval of an outdoor dining platform.
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Village Fair in Birmingham through Sunday
The popular Birmingham Village Fair, now in its 60th year, has arrived in downtown Birmingham and will be operating on the streets surrounding Shain Park through this Sunday.
Intoxicated woman arrested for assault at bar
Early in the morning of Sunday, May 25, a Bloomfield Hills woman was arrested at a Birmingham bar in the 200 block of S. Old Woodward after allegedly assaulting another bar patron in the bathroom.
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Juveniles suspected of committing break-in
Birmingham police are investigating an alleged burglary of a home that took place during the night of Sunday, May 25, in the 100 block of Puritan Avenue.
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Man reported for stealing from donation bins
A Romulus man was allegedly found taking items from a donation bin during the night of Monday, May 26, on the 700 block of S. Adams in Birmingham.
Added concerns over biosolids and farming
In the early 1990s farmers across the nation, was well as in Michigan, began applying biosolids – fertilizer sludge produced from human waste processed at wastewater treatment facilities – to farmland where produce for humans and animals were grown.
The race to succeed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Oakland County) for the 11th congressional district is officially on. First to the starting blocks is state Senator Jeremy Moss (D- Southfield, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Auburn Hills, Lake Angelus, Lathrup Village, Pontiac, parts of Detroit, Waterford and Southfield Township), who currently serves as Michigan Senate President Pro Tempore and has spent his tenure in the state legislature tackling the biggest issues facing Michiganders, and noted that in 2023, when the Democrats controlled the state House, Senate and governor, he had the most bills signed in the Senate.
