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Anthony Long resigns from city commission
Birmingham City Commissioner Anthony Long, elected in November of 2023, has submitted a letter of resignation, effective April 13, due to the fact that he is moving from the city.
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Baldwin Library Board adopts new budget
The Birmingham Baldwin Library Board on Monday, March 16, adopted its budget for the 2026-2027 period and set an operating millage of 1.2665 mills, essentially the same tax as the current year.
Suspect in series of home invasions arrested
Bloomfield Township police, working in conjunction with the Troy Police Department Special Investigations Unit, have arrested a suspect for a recent home invasion on Chisholm Trail in the township who was under investigation for a number of other home invasions.
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Townsend manager attacks former employee
The manager of The Townsend Hotel’s restaurant, Rugby Grille, located at 100 Townsend Street in Birmingham, allegedly attacked a former employee on Tuesday, March 3, while forcing him out of the hotel’s restaurant.
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Local minister scammed by congregation poser
A local Birmingham minister was scammed out of roughly $600 after someone posing as a person affiliated with the church texted him asking for money.
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Pair nabbed after theft of items at Target
The Bloomfield Township Police Department on Monday, March 9, responded to Target, located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road, for a retail fraud that just occurred and shortly after arrested two suspects.
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.
