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Birmingham to conduct professional survey
At the request of the city commission, Birmingham will begin looking at contracting a research firm to conduct a resident survey.
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Non-union city employees get wage increase
Non-union employees of the city of Birmingham are set to receive wage and merit increases after city commissioners approved the adjustments during the Monday, August 25, meeting.
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Andrews Reading Library dedication Sunday
Family, friends, neighbors and involved community members in Birmingham this Sunday, August 30, will be formally dedicating the Patricia Andrews Reading Library in honor of a longtime teacher and historian who passed away in September of 2021 just shy of her 100th birthday.
Dream Cruise cannabis vendor closed by police
A cannabis vendor with tents along Woodward in Birmingham during the Saturday, August 15, Woodward Dream Cruise had his operation shutdown by local police after not heeding warnings that giving away samples of marijuana and related products was not allowed.
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Six people allegedly involved in retail fraud
In the early afternoon of Monday, August 25, a clothing store on the 100 block of S. Old Woodward in Birmingham was allegedly hit by six thieves who stole merchandise.
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Damaged building, tree, lamppost, with weapon
Birmingham police officers on Saturday, August 16, at approximately 2 a.m. observed a vehicle dragging an unknown object and conducted a traffic stop, determining the object to be a portion of a city lamppost.
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Intoxicated driver crashes car into street light
On Monday, August 25, at approximately 4 a.m., Birmingham officers were dispatched to North Old Woodward and Harmon, where a car crashed into a streetlight, leaving it leaning slightly.
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Cocaine found during drunk driving incident
A Birmingham police officer conducting a routine check of the public parking structure in the 300 block of North Old Woodward on Friday, August 22, around midnight, observed a truck unsuccessfully attempting to exit through a private delivery gate.
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Traffic stop ends up with driver warrant arrest
A Sterling Heights man was placed under arrest for a Nevada warrant when Birmingham police made a traffic stop on Monday, August 18.
Detroit and Michigan have a shadowy history of surveillance and spying on activists that traces back to the 1940s. That is when the Michigan State Police was in its infancy and the Detroit police and the state formed what are often referred to as the Red Squad. It was a unit that specialized in political surveillance and operated during the Civil Rights and Vietnam War eras. Undercover operatives attended meetings, surveilled offices and meetings of certain organizations, and gathered information on demonstrations and protests. The Red Squad investigated and documented most civil rights organizations, from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to Black power organizations such as the Black Panthers, as well as leaders from labor, antiwar and other such groups.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, running for Michigan governor in 2026 as an independent, is sucking out all of the air in the room with his recent fundraising haul and polling numbers. A recent Glengariff poll has him at 36 percent versus Democrat Jocelyn Benson at 33 percent and Republican Congressman John James from Macomb at 24 percent – in the metro Detroit area.
