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Birmingham losing major dispatching contract
The city of Birmingham has lost a contract worth several hundred thousands of dollars for providing police and fire dispatch services with neighboring Beverly Hills which decided two months ago to sign a new contract with Berkley for dispatching starting next February.
Foundation hires Community House director
The City of Birmingham Community House Foundation has hired Megan Callewaert McAdow as the executive director of the Community House.
Thieves hired for estate sale work arrested
Three persons hired to help stage a house in Bloomfield Township for an estate sale have been arrested for stealing items from the home.
$10,000 necklaces showed up missing at Lifetime
A member at Lifetime Fitness at 4106 Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township is now without two necklaces valued at $10,000 after initially forgetting them in a locker after a workout.
Men arrested for illegal cannabis delivery, sale
A Clinton Township man and an Eastpointe man were arrested together in Birmingham the afternoon of Friday, October 16, and charged with unlawful delivery/sale of marijuana.
Woman caught fleeing after retail theft
A Detroit woman was apprehended in Birmingham on Saturday, October 17, after allegedly committing first-degree retail fraud at a store in the 100 block of S. Old Woodward.
Man arrested with drug paraphernalia in park
A Farmington Hills man was arrested in St. James Park in Birmingham the night of Thursday, October 15, receiving a citation for controlled substance paraphernalia and a miscellaneous misdemeanor.
Suspect arrested following man around town
A West Bloomfield man was arrested in Birmingham the night of Wednesday, October 14, after allegedly following another man around town, running a red light and making an illegal turn to catch up.
Two cars stolen from driveway overnight
Two cars parked in the driveway of a residence in the 500 block of Ridgedale Avenue in Birmingham were stolen during the night of Friday, October 16, according to the car owners.
Driver runs from Smart Bus shelter crash
Birmingham police cited a 25-year-old Warren man for leaving the scene of a property damage accident in the early morning hours of Monday, October 19, after failing to stop after hitting the Smart Bus shelter and several signs at East Maple and Coolidge Highway.
Police search for construction materials thief
Birmingham police reported they are investigating the theft of building materials from a gated area in the 1000 block of Graefield Road.
Construction trailer stolen in township
Bloomfield Township police are investigating the theft of a construction trailer on Tuesday, October 20, from a construction site on North Berkshire Drive.
Dick’s hit for $570 in stolen goods by woman
A heavy-set Black female with pink/red hair stole nearly $600 in merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Bloomfield Township on Tuesday, October 20.
Woman accused of hit-run in parking garage
After parking his vehicle in the Pierce Street parking structure on Wednesday, October 14, a man came back to find someone had hit his car, leaving scuff marks on it along with broken parts from another car on the ground.
Intoxicated woman arrested in downtown
A reportedly intoxicated Northville woman was arrested in the 200 block of S. Old Woodward in Birmingham the night of Saturday, October 17, after being reported to police.
Driver without car license plate stopped
After speeding by a Birmingham police car on Frank Street the night of Saturday, October 17, both the driver and passenger of a car without a license plate were cited for different issues.
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?
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.
