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Court has still not ruled on TCH sale request
Birmingham officials at the close of the day on Thursday, December 4, were still awaiting a decision by the Oakland County Circuit Court on a November 25 request by the city for a temporary restraining order on the possible sale of The Community House (TCH) on Bates Street in the downtown area of the city.
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Birmingham commission okays court budget
The 2026 budget for the 48th district court was approved by Birmingham City Commissioners during their Monday, December 1, meeting.
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City drops talks of AI use for meeting minutes
Talks of potentially using artificial intelligence (AI) by the city of Birmingham to generate board and commission meeting minutes were dropped during the Monday, December 1, city commission meeting, after commissioner Brad Host’s attempt to bring the item forward as a formal agenda item failed to garner support.
Cash reported missing from shopper’s purse
A woman has filed a Bloomfield Township police report on Friday, November 28, of the theft of $1,551 from her purse while she was shopping at Hollywood Market at 1525 Opdyke Road in the township.
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Potential scam caller posed as court staff
Birmingham woman, worrying she was getting scammed, reported calls she received from a court in another district asking her to make multiple small payments on behalf of a relative.
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Ford Bronco taken from driveway over night
Bloomfield Township police took a report on Sunday, November 30, of the theft of a vehicle in the 4000 block of Lincoln Drive in the township.
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Car stolen from home driveway overnight
A Birmingham resident living on the 1000 block of S. Bates St woke up to a surprise on Wednesday, November 19, after someone had stolen his car from his driveway overnight.
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Police looking for trio of clothing thieves
Three female suspects are wanted for allegedly stealing roughly $1,042 worth of merchandise on Sunday, November 23, from a Birmingham clothing store at the 100 block of S. Old Woodward.
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Duo wanted for grocery store liquor theft
Birmingham police are investigating a theft that reportedly took place the morning of Tuesday, November 18, at a grocery store on the 600 block of E. Maple by a man and woman.
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One arrested after city clothing store theft
Two individuals, one being a 16-year-old from Detroit, were stopped by police in Birmingham on Wednesday, November 19, after allegedly stealing merchandise from a clothing store on the 100 block of S. Old Woodward.
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Solicitor cited for not having city permit
A man trying to sell magazines door-to-door near the area of Yorkshire and Adams Road the afternoon of Monday, November 24, was issued a citation by Birmingham police for soliciting without a permit.
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Man being investigated for alleged retail theft
A Detroit man, currently being monitored by the Troy Police Department, is being investigated by Birmingham police for an alleged theft on Monday, November 24, from a clothing store at the 100 block of S. Old Woodward.
The new American Gold Rush – cannabis. The Wild West arrived in the Midwest through cannabis sales, with Michigan leading the way in legalizing recreational use in 2018. A decade earlier, medicinal use had been legalized in November 2008, and by 2019, there were approximately 450 medical provisioning centers, serving 283,000 registered patients – one of the largest in the United States. The number of licensed facilities for growing, processing, and compliance for the medical market was in the hundreds as well. In October of 2019, Michigan began accepting applications for its first recreational marijuana businesses, with sales beginning on December 1, 2019. The initial licenses were awarded in November 2019, primarily to existing medical license holders who could meet the conversion criteria. By the end of 2019 and into early January 2020, there were 27 active adult-use licenses across the state.
When U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens announced for the U.S. Senate this year, and state Senator Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) announced for her House seat, some political observers speculated that his entry into the Democratic primary would not necessarily clear the field of other contenders but would limit the number of candidates for this congressional district that includes most of Oakland County. Lots of luck with that theory.
