Voters to decide on public safety building issues
Bloomfield Township voters in the November 3 general election this year will be deciding the fate of a proposed bond issue for construction of a new police station and rebuilding fire station number 3 on Maple Road, bringing to a close discussions and study by township officials and contracted building experts since the fall of 2023 to address public safety needs in the township.
City decides on spending for park improvements
Updates are coming soon to three city parks after Birmingham City Commissioners approved a plan for parks and recreation bond spending during the Monday, August 12, commission meeting.
Planners in search of pickleball sound solution
With an increase in pickleball courts there has also been an increase in concern from Bloomfield Township residents about the popular game, with the noise being many people’s major complaint, as township planners were reminded last week on Wednesday August 5.
Paraphernalia, credit cards found in arrest
Birmingham police arrested a Detroit woman the afternoon of Thursday, August 13, at a grocery store in the 600 block of E. Maple after allegedly pushing a cart of stolen items into the parking lot and walking away towards Maple Road.
Vandal of car in Park Street structure caught
A Madison Heights woman was caught and cited for malicious destruction of property after taking a marker to another woman’s car the morning of Tuesday, August 11, inside the Park Street parking structure in Birmingham.
Liquor thief caught, arrested at bus stop
After stealing over $200 worth of liquor from a Birmingham grocery store in the 600 block of E. Maple the night of Tuesday, August 4, a man was arrested and handed off to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office on an outstanding warrant.
Backpack stolen from car in grocery store lot
After leaving her car unlocked and unattended for about a half hour, a Birmingham woman’s backpack with her laptop inside had been stolen from the interior of her car.
Driver arrested on warrant during traffic stop
An Oak Park woman driving through Birmingham the morning of Friday, August 7, was stopped for speeding and ultimately arrested after city police officers found she had an outstanding warrant from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.
Two arrested for stealing items at Target store
The Bloomfield Township Police Department at 4:51 p.m. on Thursday, August 13, was dispatched to a retail fraud in progress at Target, located at 2400 S Telegraph Road, and two people were arrested in the process.
Warrants, restricted license trip up driver
While being pulled over for a traffic stop, an Auburn Hills man was arrested in Birmingham the night of Monday, August 10, after officers found out he was driving under a restricted license and had active warrants for his arrest.
Unlocked auto hit for wallet with credit card
An unlocked automobile in the 500 block of Wooddale Road in Bloomfield Township became a theft target during the overnight hours on Sunday, August 16.
Watershed issues: addressing poor ratings, solutions
Michigan lakes, streams, and rivers get their life from the watersheds that feed them, and the health of those watersheds is crucial to the life of those waterbodies. With 63 major watersheds in Michigan that break into another 267 sub-watersheds, these networks of lakes and streams eventually make their way to the Great Lakes. To dive deeper into efforts to maintain the health of watersheds, five Southeast Michigan Watersheds, including the Clinton River, Rouge River, Huron River, Detroit River, and River Raisin, received a Report Card from the University of Maryland’s Environmental Science Center (UMCES). The project began in 2021 and included multiple partners and stakeholders. The nearly three-year project cost in excess of $500,000 and was funded by the Erb Family Foundation which introduced the idea of the report card to the watershed groups.
OVERLOOKED RACE
What was once one of Michigan’s most visible – and vital – congressional districts has seemingly disappeared from political conversation as politicians, politicos and pollsters wrangle to debate and predetermine the outcome of the U.S. Senate, gubernatorial, and congressional races in the 10th and 7th districts. Yet there is nary a whisper about the candidates running in MI-11 to replace Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) in the covetable Oakland County district.
