The votes are in for local commissions, library
Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills voters cast their ballots in the Tuesday, November 4, election to decide the outcome of city commissions, three positions on the Baldwin Public Library Board and residents in the Bloomfield Hills Schools district weighed in on a proposed sinking fund millage.
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Community House to be replaced by foundation
The Community House in Birmingham this week announced plans to evolve into the Birmingham Area Community Foundation to carry on the original mission of the iconic community group, and the closure and sale of its building on 380 Bates Street in the city effective July 1 of 2026.
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Bloomfield Village millage rate approved
After Bloomfield Township Trustee Mark Antakli asked for the annual millage rates for Bloomfield Village’s police and volunteer fire services to be removed from the evening’s consent agenda – when routine and non-controversial items are approved with a single vote – the board of trustees went on to approve the millage rates 7-0 at their meeting on Monday, October 27.
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Village Fair returning to Birmingham in 2026
The annual Village Fair hosted by the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce is returning to Birmingham for spring 2026, after city commissioners approved the special event application during the Monday, October 27, meeting.
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Elm Street building condemned to demolition
A deteriorating structure at 611 Elm Street in Birmingham was declared condemned and ordered for demolition by the city commission during the Monday, October 27, meeting, despite the property owner’s insistence that the building, while in need of repairs, was structurally sound.
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City reviews proposals for ordinance updates
Continuing the preparation work for a zoning ordinance overhaul, Birmingham’s Planning Board on Wednesday, October 22, conducted evaluations of the responses to the request for proposals (RFP) for hiring a firm to complete the work and narrowed the applicants down to four firms to bring in for interviews.
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Community development block grant okayed
The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, October 27, approved the 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application.
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Baldwin Director named Librarian of the Year
Baldwin Public Library Director Rebekah Craft has been named Librarian of the Year by the Michigan Library Association.
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New owners for Former Japanese restaurant
Longtime Japanese restaurant Sushi Japan, at 176 S Old Woodward in downtown Birmingham, is preparing for a new start after Birmingham City Commissioners approved the transfer of ownership and liquor licenses Monday, October 27, for the new restaurant concept, Kaishin Izakaya.
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Scuffle at 220 Merrill Street bar in city
A 32-year-old Lincoln Park man was arrested in Birmingham around midnight on Saturday, October 18, at 220 Merrill after becoming aggressive with security guards and causing a scuffle.
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Man arrested at restaurant for assault/battery
A verbal argument at a Birmingham restaurant on the 33700 block of Woodward Avenue on Saturday, October 18, ended with a Waterford man being arrested for assault and battery.
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Four malicious destruction of property cases
Bloomfield Township police recently responded to four incidents of destruction of property.
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NY resident nabbed for possible ID theft
After opening several fraudulent business bank accounts at various Michigan bank branches, a Bronx, New York resident was arrested on Saturday, October 18, in Birmingham.
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Sephora hit with theft of over $1,800 in goods
Employees at Sephora, 6520 Telegraph Road, in Bloomfield Township have reported that two unknown females entered the store and stole several items by concealing them in purses and on their person on Tuesday, October 21.
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Items stolen from Birmingham gym lobby
Birmingham police are investigating a theft at a Birmingham gym, located at the 400 block of E Brown, after a man and woman were reported for stealing a water bottle and article of clothing from the front lobby of the building.
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Dick’s customer walks out without paying
On Monday, October 20, at approximately 4:45 p.m., the Bloomfield Township Police Department responded to a retail fraud that just occurred at Dick’s Sporting Goods located at 2105 S Telegraph Road.
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Car damaged at Peabody parking deck
After parking in the Peabody Street parking structure on Thursday, October 16, a woman returned to her car to find someone had keyed it, cracked her windshield and left a note questioning her parking skills under the windshield wiper. Birmingham police report they are investigating the incident.
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Attempted break-in at Pleasant Ave home
Birmingham police are investigating a potential breaking and entering of a home on the 700 block of Pleasant Avenue.
Ohio’s Cuyahoga River, which flows into Lake Erie, was so polluted with toxic chemicals dumped from nearby industrial plants that it caught on fire in 1969. Shortly thereafter, the oil-fouled Rouge River in Detroit also caught fire. Those events prompted the creation of one of the nation’s greatest federal institutions — the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Decades of bipartisan policies and regulations were passed, giving Americans certainty that the water they drank and swam in and the air they breathed would be cleaner than in previous generations and protected for generations to come.
State Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak, Birmingham, Detroit), who is running for the Democratic nod for U.S. Senator, is the darling of Instagram and MSNBC, where she asserts she is “closer to the ground” and Michigan constituents than her fellow candidates, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Oakland County) and former Wayne County Health Director Abdul El-Sayed
