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Hunter House takes burger opponent to court
The iconic Birmingham business Hunter House Hamburgers, originally located at 35075 Woodward Avenue until it recently moved to the former KFC a mile further down the road, has filed a lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court against a hamburger business, Better Burgers, that has moved into the original location for Hunter House, and the judge sided with the owners of Hunter House.
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Upscale grocery market coming to township
An upscale grocery market, Nourish Western Market, to take the space of a former Right Aid drug store at 42931 Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Township that has been vacant for the past two years was approved by township trustees at the board meeting on Monday, February 23.
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Birmingham finalizes lease agreement for Next
Marking the finale to the years-long saga to find a home for Next senior services, Birmingham City Commissioners approved a 30-year lease agreement between the city and Next during the Monday, February 23, meeting for the former YMCA building located at 400 E. Lincoln.
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Tamar Mediterranean will be replacing Zao Jun
Tamar Mediterranean, a restaurant offering a variety of food from the Mediterranean region, will be opening to replace the Zao Jun restaurant that used to be in the Bloomfield Plaza Shopping Center at Maple and Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township after the township board of trustees gave unanimous approval to its plans on Monday, February 23.
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Proposed road assessment district approved
During the Monday, February 23, meeting, Birmingham City Commissioners voted to declare necessity and approve the formation of a special assessment district for this year’s cape seal program.
Pair arrested for thefts at multiple stores
Two women were reportedly arrested by Birmingham police following an alleged retail theft that took place the night of Thursday, February 12, at a store on the 100 block of S. Old Woodward.
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Packages stolen from inside home mailbox
After leaving mail and a couple packages inside her mailbox while she was at work, a Birmingham resident living at the 1000 block of Southfield in Birmingham came home to find all her mail had been stolen from inside the box.
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Dicks Sporting Goods hit with theft of items
Bloomfield Township police on Thursday, February 19, at approximately 8 p.m., were dispatched to Dicks Sporting Goods located at 2105 S. Telegraph Road for a retail fraud that had just occurred.
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Woman arrested for retail theft in Birmingham
A Detroit woman was arrested in Birmingham the night of Thursday, February 12, after allegedly stealing items from a store at the 600 block of E. Maple by hiding them in her purse.
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Driver caught with open alcohol drinks in car
A Bloomfield Hills woman was arrested near the 600 block of E. Maple Road in Birmingham the afternoon of Thursday, February 19, after being caught drinking alcohol drinks inside her car.
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Police searching for grocery store liquor thief
Birmingham police are currently investigating the theft of several liquor bottles from a city grocery store the night of Monday, February 16, at the 600 block of E. Maple Road.
Anti-vax push from inside of the government
The United States of America was built on rugged individualism and free thinking. That being said, this country has always had its share of vaccine-hesitant or anti-vaccination movements. They stretch back to the time when British scientist Edward Jenner discovered the antidote for smallpox in 1721.
A prominent Democratic fundraiser, with significant ties to several local candidates running for state office in 2026, has been revealed to have had a grandfather who served in the Nazi regime’s Army in World War II. According to numerous publications, Kelly Neumann, a trial attorney from Traverse City and principal of Neumann Law Group who is serving as co-chair of the finance committees of Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson, posted on Facebook and Instagram on November 11, 2024 – Veteran’s Day – honoring veterans, notably her grandfather, who was featured in the since-deleted posts, in several photos in full Nazi regalia, according to Jewish Insider, Fox News and MSN – including one in what appears to be an officer’s uniform.
