Next building renovations work set to start
Renovations to the former YMCA building located at 400 E. Lincoln in Birmingham are one step closer to becoming reality after the city commission approved a design/build agreement with DMC Group during the Monday, August 24, meeting.
Cultural Council selects 2026 award honorees
The Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Council has announced this year’s honorees for the 2026 Cultural Arts Awards.
Two new bagel shops coming to Birmingham
The city of Birmingham’s food choices will now include two new bagel shops.
Oakland County emergency notice agreement
In a 6-1 vote, the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees approved the motion to enter into an interlocal agreement with Oakland County to have limited access to their emergency notification system which will send out emergency notices to those within the township.
Birmingham backs adding court magistrate
A new magistrate may be added to the docket at the 48th District Court after Birmingham City Commissioners offered their approval during the Monday, August 24, meeting.
Fourth district court magistrate approved
The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, August 24, voted unanimously to approve a fourth magistrate be put into the rotating schedule for the 48th District Court.
Sanitary sewer rehabilitation contract award
Pipeline Management Company was awarded the 2026 sanitary sewer rehabilitation program at the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, August 24, but not before some heated words were exchanged between trustees.
Parents complain about new smartphone policy
Board of education members in the Birmingham Public Schools received a number of complaints, and a few comments of support, this week during the public comment portion of the board’s meeting on Tuesday, August 25, about the “bell-to-bell” school policy banning smartphones and other wireless devices starting with the new school year.
Car stolen from driveway, crashed by suspect
Birmingham police are reportedly investigating a car theft that resulted in an injured suspect after he allegedly got into a collision with another car.
Pair caught using bullhorn at parking garage
A 19-year-old man and 18-year-old man were caught and given citations for disorderly conduct in Birmingham the night of Sunday, August 16, for using a bullhorn on top of a parking structure near the 300 block of N. Old Woodward.
Credit card taken from unlocked automobile
A credit card taken from an unlocked vehicle on Wooddale Road in Bloomfield Township on Sunday, August 16, was put to use at a gas station outside the community.
Two arrested with stolen Target merchandise
Bloomfield Township police Thursday, August 13, were dispatched to a retail fraud in progress at Target, located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road, and two persons were arrested with stolen merchandise.
Au pairs provide more than just childcare
Doctors Jennifer Blitz Sobol and Louis Sobol are practicing physicians who live in West Bloomfield. About 20 years ago, three months after launching her medical practice, Sobol’s twin boys were born nine weeks ahead of her due date.
LOOKING AHEAD
With the August primary now in the rear view mirror, Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens has to recalibrate her future route. While committing to help Democrats win in November, including her primary opponent Abdul El-Sayed, telling CBS News she was moving on and “their differences were aired out...It’s a big tent party.” After catching her breath after the bruising less-than one point loss, Stevens told Oakland Confidential, “Right now I’m focused on finishing off my congressional term that ends January 2, 2027, and being there for Michiganders and my constituents through the end of the term.”
