Legal fees greatly inflate cost of TCH purchase
While the City of Birmingham finalized the purchase of The Community House (TCH) in early July for $5.2 million, the actual cost to city taxpayers was considerably higher thanks to legal fees of over $400,000 paid by the city to the law firm handling court matters related to the community building.
Bloomfield planners nix development support
The room seemed to be waiting with bated breath as the roll call played out for whether or not the Bloomfield Township Planning Commission was going to give their recommendation for the Hamlet at Bloomfield Manor development to move forward to the board of trustees, which they ultimately did not.
Downtown Birmingham Cruise event August 15
The Birmingham Shopping District's (BSD) Birmingham Cruise Event returns to South Old Woodward Avenue in the heart of downtown Birmingham on Saturday, August 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the Woodward Dream Cruise.
Jewelry, cash stolen during store break-in
A Birmingham clothing store located at the 33000 block of Woodward was robbed overnight on Saturday, August 1, and jewelry and cash were found missing.
Jewelry taken without paying after repair
After repairing three pieces of jewelry for a Bloomfield Hills woman, a Birmingham jeweler located in the 200 block of Pierce is left without the $320 payment.
Scammers pose as Apple tech support
Scammers impersonating employees of Apple tech support scammed a Birmingham resident with a pop-up ad that showed up on her tablet’s web browser.
Teen’s e-bike stolen from at local gas station
While a 14-year-old Birmingham resident was inside a gas station at the 1000 block of E. Maple on Monday, July 20, his e-bike had been stolen, allegedly by a man from Clinton Township.
Man arrested after stealing alcohol from store
A Warren man was arrested in Birmingham the afternoon of Sunday, July 26, at a grocery store in the 600 block of E. Maple after allegedly stealing four-packs of alcohol.
Wallet stolen from unlocked car overnight
A man had his wallet stolen from inside the car during the night of Monday, July 27, which was parked near the 1000 block of Graefield Road in Birmingham.
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.
