Longtime metro Detroit restaurateur Sameer Eid, the founder of Phoenicia in downtown Birmingham, passed away on Friday at the age of 85,...

Birmingham City Commissioners voted against placing a roughly $36.6 million bond proposal on the November ballot that would have asked residents to fund the construction of a new community and senior center at 400 E. Lincoln, the location of the YMCA that the city purchased two years ago for $2 million as the new home for the Next senior services group which contributed $500,000 toward total acquisition costs.

The SmithGroup was approved by the Bloomfield Board of Trustees to serve as the consultant to the township to oversee the campus master plan of the township’s municipal complex.

Meeting compensation increases for trustees were approved at the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, Aug. 11.

In a unanimous vote during the Monday, August 11, Birmingham City Commission meeting, commissioners voted to return the Birmingham Towers project, currently under construction at 479 .S Old Woodward, back to the city’s planning board for further review after the developer sought to modify the building's approved floor plan, altering parking requirements.

The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, Aug. 25 has been cancelled due to lack of agenda items. Township Supervisor...

The fate of a proposed Birmingham Community and Senior Center will likely be decided next Monday, August 11, when the city commission meets.