No credible threat found at Pierce Elementary
Following a bomb threat made to Pierce Elementary School which closed the school on Monday, March 18, authorities determined there was no credible threat to the Pierce school community. >>>
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City moves ahead with master plan prioritization
Birmingham Planning Board members continued their review of key actions to tackle from the recently adopted 2040 Master Plan during their Wednesday, March 13, meeting, finishing the list of key actions and preparing for a joint meeting with the city commission in June. >>>
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Bloomfield Alerts launched by township police
Bloomfield Township, as of March 11, now has an emergency notification system – Bloomfield Alerts – that will notify residents of emergencies happening in their area. >>>
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ARPA funds provide Microsoft 365 purchase
The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, March 11, approved the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) expenditure to purchase the license and implementation of Office 365, Exchange Online, and Microsoft Entra ID.>>>
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Cape seal contract awarded for road repairs
The 2024 cape seal contract was unanimously awarded to Highway Maintenance & Construction Co. on Monday, March 11, at the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting. >>>
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39th annual OUR TOWN Art Show/Sale at TCH
The Community House in downtown Birmingham is presenting the 39th annual OUR TOWN Art Show & Sale, Thursday March 21, through Friday, March 29. >>>
Drug dealer charged in Birmingham teen’s death
Detectives with the Birmingham Police Department on Tuesday, March 12, made an arrest of a Detroit resident accused of providing in September of 2021 a fatal drug dose of fentanyl to Birmingham teenager Jack McCarthy, grandson of noted radio personality JP McCarthy. >>>
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Trio allegedly stealing from city retail business
Birmingham police are investigating a group of females and one male who are believed to have stolen roughly $14,000 worth of merchandise from a store on the 300 block of E. Maple in Birmingham. >>>
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Homeschooling: The numbers keep increasing
Where have all the children gone? That’s a question demographers and public school districts are wondering, especially those in Michigan who depend on “count days” to determine how many dollars a school district will receive from state per-student funding in order to determine annual budgets. >>>
Third-term Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-11th District) appears to be getting the lion’s share of blowback from the crowd pushing for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Mideast. Stevens district, which sprawls from Royal Oak through Troy, Auburn Hills and Pontiac into the West Oakland lakes communities, includes Birmingham, Bloomfield Township and Bloomfield Hills, where a sizable share of the Jewish population resides in the state. >>>
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