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Variety’s A Star is Born
There was a fun, Parisian spin on Variety’s gala fundraiser hosted by Paul and Mary Glantz at their Emagine Theatre in Royal Oak late in April. Mimes, street artists and music makers (Renni Kaufmann and his daughter Esther), a flower market and décor by Gerych’s Graziella accented the atrium lobby. Many of the 400 guests devoured their selections from the gourmet buffet (crab claws, shrimp, raw oysters, beef tenderloin, chicken Florentine) at French café tables. But the star of the evening, television journalist Bob Woodruff, who was inducted into Variety’s Michigan Celebrity Hall of Fame at the theatre, seemed to be most impressed that he was “...back in Royal Oak.” The Bloomfield native noted that he was born at Royal Oak’s Beaumont Hospital and recalled his parents’ report that he slept for 12 straight hours the first night they took him home. Woodruff’s celebrity is rooted in his amazing recovery from a bomb he took in Iraq in January 2006 |
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Antonino "Nino" Cutraro, the new partner at the revamped Bella Piatti restaurant in Birmingham, was denied a liquor license at a May 1 meeting of the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) but an appeal of the ruling has been filed....more> |
The establishment of a subcommittee, which includes commissioners Mike Dul and Stuart Sherr, to review dispatch service options was approved at the Bloomfield Hills City Commission meeting on Tuesday, May 14, by a vote of 3-1, with mayor Sarah McClure dissenting and commissioner Mike Zambricki not present for the discussion or vote....more> |
Jonathan Goldstein, the owner of the Maple Theaters in Bloomfield Township, came before the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, May 13 to request that they lift the restrictions on the theater's liquor license, but, by a vote of 6-1, with trustee Brian Kepes dissenting, the trustees tabled the request until Tuesday, May 28, pending a review by township attorney Bill Hampton....more> |
Bloomfield Township trustees unanimously approved a bid for the 2013 safety path program, but a request by township engineering and environmental director Wayne Domine to create an additional safety path in a median of Telegraph Road between E. Quarton and W. Quarton was shot down by trustees, who were concerned over pedestrian safety....more> |
Chance, Bloomfield Hills' canine officer, is "not measuring up" to the tasks he has been asked to perform, Interim Police Chief Terrance McDonnell told Bloomfield Hills city commissioners at their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 14....more> |
The weather is supposed to be glorious this Sunday, May 19, for the annual Celebrate Birmingham Hometown Parade....more> |
Bloomfield Township trustees unanimously adopted a revised resolution for the poverty exemption for paying homestead property taxes at their regular meeting on Monday, May 13. Bloomfield Township Assessor Bill Griffin explained that the previous guidelines for the homestead property amendment, expired in 2011, featured a detailed formula for determining whether a homeowner met the poverty exemption. Instead, Griffin said, the new resolution will base it on 3.5 percent of a person's actual income in order to qualify for a poverty exemption....more> |
Birmingham's efforts to develop Woodward Avenue as a Complete Street – a road that is safe and usable for all users, is taking another step in its development as it seeks recommendations from the community on how they see it taking shape as a livable roadway....more> |
A woman who claimed she had been mugged on the evening of Saturday, May 4, in the alley behind Bella Piatti restaurant in downtown Birmingham, actually filed a false police report, according to Birmingham Police Chief Don Studt....more> |
A Roseville woman working as a babysitter for a Pleasant Ridge family was killed when she was pinned between two vehicles while attempting to exit the N. Old Woodward parking lot at 333 N. Old Woodward in Birmingham on Monday, May 13....more> |
A man working in his yard in the 4000 block of School Bell Lane in Bloomfield Township discovered a woman stealing jewelry inside his house, and when he confronted her, she pulled a screwdriver on him and threatened to kill him....more> |
A Bloomfield Township homeowner returned home on Wednesday, May 15, and discovered that his house had been broken into and numerous jewelry pieces had been taken....more> |
Expensive copper piping was cut off the exterior of the Chase Bank at 1116 W. Long Lake Road in Bloomfield Township sometime between May 1 and May 10, bank employees reported to Bloomfield Township police....more> |
The Subway sandwich shop in Bloomfield Township received a counterfeit $100 bill on Wednesday, May 8....more> |
A bicycle which was locked to the fence at a home in the 1000 block of Trailwood Path in Bloomfield Township was reported stolen on Wednesday, May 15....more> |
Whether or not we were great students in our 8th grade civics class, most of us have somewhat of an idea of what the President of the United States does, regardless of his party affiliation....more> |
It's the morning rush at the Sykes home, and the girls and their mom rev up for the day ahead, dividing attention between homework, breakfast and the Today Show....more> |
It's a joke as old as paved roads. If you've lived in Michigan for even a short while, you've not only heard it, you've lived it. You know the question - What are all of the seasons in Michigan? Winter, spring, summer, fall and road construction. And now, along with welcoming spring, we've launched head first into that dreaded warm weather season, road construction, along with orange barrels, narrowed roadways and traffic congestion....more> |
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