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Results from 2026 vote; Senate race decided

The so-called Blue Wave that was expected to propel Democrats nation-wide in the November 3 general election appeared to be present in Oakland County on Tuesday, in a majority of contests.

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municipal

BirminghamBURGER winners announced

The Birmingham Shopping District (BSD) has announced the winners from
the third annual BirminghamBURGER competition which wrapped up on October 31.

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Baldwin Library wins new state LEAD award

The Baldwin Public Library in downtown Birmingham at 300 W. Merrill Street was recently honored by the Michigan Library Association (MLA) as the inaugural winner of the Library Excellence In Access And Diversity (LEAD) award.

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Holiday events in downtown Birmingham

The holiday season is coming to downtown Birmingham, from the return of Birmingham’s Winter Markt and annual Holiday Tree Lighting to Santa visits, carriage rides and complimentary seasonal treats, presented by the Birmingham Shopping District (BSD).

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public safety

Woman caught streaking through hotel hallway

A Detroit woman was restrained inside a Birmingham hotel located in the 200 block of S. Old Woodward the afternoon of Saturday, October 24, after she was caught running naked through the hallway. 

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Package with iPhone taken from porch

The Bloomfield Township Police Department is now investigating a report of a stolen package containing an Apple iPhone in the 300 block of Concord Place.

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Police investigating fight involving hammer

A fight between two men in the area of 1000 Melton in Birmingham is currently being investigated by city police after one of the men pulled a hammer on the other. 

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Owner of off-leash dog pepper sprayed

Birmingham police are searching for a suspect who allegedly took rule enforcement into her own hands by allegedly pepper spraying a woman with an off-leash dog at a local park. 

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Man arrested on outstanding multiple warrants

While Birmingham police officers were conducting traffic enforcement near Woodward Avenue and E. Maple the afternoon of Thursday, October 22, they located and arrested a suspect with multiple outstanding arrest warrants. 

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Man wanted for leaving bar tab unpaid

Birmingham police are investigating a Clarkston man for allegedly leaving a restaurant in the 500 block of S. Eton Street the afternoon of Sunday, October 25, without paying for his drinks. 

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Man arrested for trespassing at apartments

A Sylvan Lake man was arrested at a Birmingham apartment complex in the 700 block of South Worth Street for trespassing after having been previously warned. 

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Signs damaged while posted in yard

Two signs, one political and one promoting a school open house, were reportedly damaged while they were posted in the yard of a home in the 500 block of Larchlea Drive in Birmingham. 

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Far below Michigan waters operates a disposal system

The trucks arrived in Michigan carrying liquid waste from another state’s disaster – the 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Their destination was an industrial site in Romulus, where pumps could send the cargo more than half a mile underground. The shipments were legal, tracked by hazardous-waste manifests and bound for a permitted facility. Yet they surprised many state and local officials, exposing a contradiction that turned an obscure disposal system into a public question – when waste vanishes beneath Michigan, what keeps it there?

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OVER AND OUT?

With time running out until Election Day, Republican gubernatorial candidate John James has lost national funding support and has been focusing on building “word of mouth” support at campaign stops and social media to get his message out. Along with that messaging comes numerous reports that James, who currently represents the U.S. House district for southern Macomb County, along with Rochester and Rochester Hills, but chose not to run again to aim for the governor’s mansion, has scrubbed a lot of his website and socials of any signs of President Donald Trump, including a picture of the prez on the website home page.

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