Our choices for the August ballot
TCH sale to city gets federal judge approval
Federal Bankruptcy Judge Thomas J. Tucker has ruled that The Community House on Bates Street in downtown Birmingham can be sold to the city, rejecting a competing offer from the Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation.
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Talks continue on short-term rental regulations
Birmingham City Commissioners and Planning Board members continued a lengthy discussion on regulations for short-term rentals throughout the city during the Monday, June 15, joint workshop which at first was dominated by the issue of an out-of-control pool party at a rental home the prior weekend.
Rowdy pool party forced to close by police
Birmingham police were forced to close down a pool party in the 300 block of Westchester Street in the city on Saturday, June 13, after mounting complaints were phoned in to the department over noise, neighborhood streets jammed with cars and lewd public behavior by partygoers.
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Man scammed with fake arrest warrant
A Birmingham man was scammed out of nearly $4,000 after falling victim to a phone scammer claiming he had an outstanding arrest warrant.
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Woman arrested in home invasion attempt
A Detroit woman was arrested in Birmingham the morning of Monday, June 8, as a suspect in an attempted home invasion that took place in the 1000 block of Stanley.
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Counterfeit bills used at hotel restaurant
Birmingham police are investigating a report of counterfeit money after the manager of a downtown hotel reported someone had used two counterfeit $100 bills on Wednesday, June 3, at the hotel’s restaurant.
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Teen caught damaging parking garage
The Park Street parking structure in the 300 block of Park Street in Birmingham was damaged the night of Monday, June 8, after a 16-year-old from Rochester hit the structure equipment with his car.
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Statue, decorative rocks taken from yard
Over a month after an incident during which a statue was taken from her yard and dumped in a neighbor’s yard, a Birmingham woman living in the 1000 block of Haynes Street again finds items missing from her property.
School digital curriculum has its detractors
Mark, a veteran English and journalism teacher in an Oakland County school district, has just about had it. In his 18 years of teaching, he has witnessed the ever-increasing reliance on curriculum delivered digitally and its impact on teaching in classrooms where every student has their own device. Technology has become a barrier between his lessons on writing, literature, grammar, and sentence structure and the students who need to learn them.
PUNCHING POLLSTERS
The polls for the marquee races for August’s primary are coming in fast and furious, often with conflicting determinations on who could prevail to be the party’s candidate heading into the November general election for senate and governor. Twiddling the numbers is especially notable amongst the three Democrats fighting to be the standard bearer to replace retiring U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township). Depending on the day and the poll, any of the three running – Congresswoman Haley Stevens, state Senator Mallory McMorrow or Abdul El-Sayed – are leading in the polls.
