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Anthony Long resigns from city commission
Birmingham City Commissioner Anthony Long, elected in November of 2023, has submitted a letter of resignation, effective April 13, due to the fact that he is moving from the city.
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Baldwin Library Board adopts new budget
The Birmingham Baldwin Library Board on Monday, March 16, adopted its budget for the 2026-2027 period and set an operating millage of 1.2665 mills, essentially the same tax as the current year.
School custodian fired over soliciting charges
The Birmingham Public Schools announced on Saturday, March 21, the firing of a Seaholm High School custodian employee who has been arrested and charged with using a computer to solicit a minor.
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Police take barricaded gunman into custody
Bloomfield Township police, in cooperation with the Oakland Sheriff’s Department Swat unit, were able Thursday, March 19, to resolve a barricaded gunman situation in the township as they took the suspect into custody around 10 p.m.
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Suspect in series of home invasions arrested
Bloomfield Township police, working in conjunction with the Troy Police Department Special Investigations Unit, have arrested a suspect for a recent home invasion on Chisholm Trail in the township who was under investigation for a number of other home invasions.​
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Local minister scammed by congregation poser
A local Birmingham minister was scammed out of roughly $600 after someone posing as a person affiliated with the church texted him asking for money.
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Pair nabbed after theft of items at Target
The Bloomfield Township Police Department on Monday, March 9, responded to Target, located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road, for a retail fraud that just occurred and shortly after arrested two suspects.
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CORRECTION TO PUBLIC SAFETY STORY:
In a brief online posting on Friday, March 20, Downtown posted a story in error that identified an altercation at the Rugby Grill of the Townsend Hotel when the fight actually took place at the Bella Piatti restaurant, 167 Townsend, across the street from the hotel. We apologize for the error and will be providing further information on the Bella Piatti incident later this week.
Ice comes to Oakland which raises concern
The violent actions of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers that led to the deaths of American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are still vivid in the memories of people living in Southeast Michigan.
There’s campaign money, boots on the ground and positions on issues but a key and often overlooked ingredient in any election is also endorsements. A number of studies have shown announced public support from others can mean as much as 13-15 percent when it comes to influencing voters – at least in primary contests in which dedicated party voters cast ballots.
