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Cultural Council 2025 Cultural Arts Awards
The Cultural Council Birmingham Bloomfield, now in its 30th year, has announced the 2025 winners of the Cultural Arts Awards.
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Union medical coverage change approved
The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, August 11, voted 7-0 in favor of making adjustments to eight labor unions’ medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance for 2026.
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The Maple five-story project to change plan
Developers of a five-story building, The Maple, set to be constructed at 35001 Woodward Avenue in Birmingham is looking to adjust the floor plan which was previewed by the city’s planning board during their Wednesday, August 13, meeting, with the developers planning to eliminate one of two underground parking levels.
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Open space ordinance updates approved
Following years of study and drafting between Birmingham city planners and the city’s planning board, an amendment to open space standards of the city’s zoning ordinance was approved by commissioners during the Monday, August 11, meeting.
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Business group looking for input on downtown
The Birmingham Shopping District (BSD) is in the process of surveying local residents and visitors to the city to determine what they would like to see added to the business mix in the downtown area.
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Designs okayed for Chester parking garage
After a second review by the Birmingham City Commission, schematic designs for interior and exterior updates to the Chester Street parking garage were approved by commissioners during the Monday, August 11, meeting.
Stolen Birmingham vehicle crashed in Oak Park
A car belonging to a Birmingham woman, traveling out of the country at the time, was found totaled with the keys inside on Saturday, August 16, by Oak Park police.
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Four teens suspected of clothing store theft
Four Detroit teens are being investigated by Birmingham police following a retail theft on Friday, August 8, at a city clothing store on the 100 block of S. Old Woodward Avenue.
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Car stolen from driveway in Birmingham
While out of town on the night of Thursday, August 14, a Birmingham resident’s car was stolen from his driveway on the 1000 block of Birmingham Blvd. overnight after his nephew used it and left the key fob inside.
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Detachable roof panels stolen from Ford Bronco
A Bloomfield Township resident had two top detachable panels from his Ford Bronco stolen overnight on Sunday, August 10.
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Pierce Street home site of stolen vehicle
During the night of Monday, August 18, a car was stolen from the driveway of a home on the 700 block of Pierce Street in Birmingham.
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Backpack with laptop stolen from unlocked vehicle
A backpack containing a work laptop was taken from what appears to have been an unlocked vehicle in the 600 block of E. Fox hills Drive in Bloomfield Township.
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Traffic stop reveals Nevada felony warrant
After running a stop sign while driving southbound on Old Woodward the night of Monday, August 18, a driver was pulled over by Birmingham police and ultimately placed under arrest due to a felony fraud warrant.
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City resident victim of identity theft at banks
Birmingham police are investigating a reported case of identity theft after the risk manager of a local bank told a resident on Tuesday, August 12, that his identity had been stolen.
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Intoxicated man threatens people with hammer
After stopping at a gas station on the 30000 block of Woodward Avenue and threatening people with a hammer on the night of Monday, August 11, a Royal Oak man was arrested in Birmingham and cited for operating a vehicle under the influence.
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Teen being investigated in liquor theft
An 18-year-old from Warren is being investigated by Birmingham police after allegedly stealing a bottle of liquor from a city gas station on the 30000 block of Woodward Avenue on Saturday, August 9.
Agriculture gains pose aquatic life concerns
Land and water harmonize to compose Michigan into an outdoorsman’s paradise with lakes and streams and rivers bordered by four of the Great Lakes – Superior, Huron, Erie and Michigan. Much like a Lennon and McCartney masterpiece, land and water create the paradise but contaminants from residential, industry and agriculture threaten to break up that harmony.
Financial disclosures for money raised in the second quarter of the year have just been released, with some senatorial candidates crowing in joy, and others not quite blasting their horn. On the Democratic side, state Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak, Birmingham, Detroit) announced in a video, along with her preschool-aged daughter, grinning and wearing heart-shaped sunglasses, “This is unbelievable. We just closed the first quarter of our campaign since launching in April and we have raised more than $2.1 million… And you know what I’m most proud of? We got donations from all 83 counties in Michigan.”
