The Morrie, a casual restaurant offering live music which is being proposed for 250 and 260 N. Old Woodward in Birmingham, in the former Arther Ave. and Au Cochon locations, will come before the Birmingham Planning Board for a special land use permit and final site plan and design review on Wednesday, March 28. The Morrie, which is a successful operation in Royal Oak at 511 S. Main Street for comfort food, drinks and entertainment in a family-friendly atmosphere, is owned by

A proposed five-story mixed use development for the former Peabody Restaurant site on Woodward received final site plan and design review approvals from the Birmingham Planning Board at their meeting on Wednesday, February 28. The building, at 34965 Woodward Avenue, will be developed by Matt Shiffman of Alden Development, also includes the site of the former Art & Frame Shop on Peabody Street. The site is a total of .597 acres, and the building will be 161,910 square feet. “T

A woman who arrived at Martinizing Dry Cleaning in Birmingham after it closed on Saturday, March 3, was so angry she couldn't get her clothes that she shoved an employee and then got in her vehicle and drove off. Employees at the dry cleaners, located at 34000 Woodward Avenue, informed Birmingham police that just after they closed the business at 5 p.m., an unknown woman came to the door and started pounding on it. Employees told her it was after 5 p.m. and the store was clos

Rochester City Council on Wednesday, March 7, granted the city manager additional authority to address the potential trial or settlement of a lawsuit filed against the city by the owner of a planned dental clinic on Main Street. The case, Lilly Investments, LLC et al versus City of Rochester, stems from a dental clinic proposed in 2011 that led to a case filed against the city in 2014. An effort by the city to have the case thrown out failed in January 2017, when a federal co

Concerns about a potential increase of traffic along some residential streets from a proposed 29,000 square-foot expansion of St. John's Lutheran Church, at W. University Drive and Helen Avenue in Rochester, will be addressed by the city and church officials before final plans for the project are approved. The Rochester Planning Commission on Monday, March 5, approved a preliminary site plan approval and special exception for the project, which includes a major expansion of t

The Rochester Historical Commission on Sunday, March 11, will host a Founder's Day celebration at the Calf Barn at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm. The event, which is scheduled for 2 p.m., commemorates the arrival of James Graham and his sons on March 17, 1817, to the area now known as Rochester, Michigan. Graham and his sons were pioneer settlers who established Rochester as the first settlement in Oakland County. In 1823, the Lemuel Taylor clan came from New

A Rochester Hills resident on Thursday, March 1, told authorities that an unknown person used his credit card information to purchase more than $300 in goods and services without his permission. The victim told a deputy at the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Rochester Hills substation that he received a notification the previous day that there was suspicious activity on a credit card account he maintains. The man was told the activity included a charge of $6.98 from Comcast,

A Rochester Hills resident on Monday, March 5, told authorities an unknown driver drove onto his lawn in the 500 block of Placid Court and caused minor damage to his grass. The victim told Oakland County Sheriff's deputies he was at home about 9:15 p.m. when he noticed headlights coming toward his home. The victim said he was looking out the window when a sports utility vehicle accelerated toward the house and drove onto his lawn. The vehicle then sped away and headed onto Sh

Birmingham Education Foundation Unabashed BASH All but one of the 18 annual BASH fundraisers have been held at the Townsend but only one, this year’s, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the foundation. And speakers – foundation president Patrick Liebler, BPS superintendent Dan Nerad, Groves High School performing arts head John Rutherford, Seaholm seniors Ebony Johnson and Grant Davis – all paid tribute to the wide ranging enrichment activities funded by foundation grants. Tw

With a combined number of 52,591 rounds of golf at Birmingham's two municipal golf courses, junior golf a success and revenues up slightly in food and beverage consumption, pro Jackie Brito presented a successful golf report on the 2017 season to Birmingham city commissioners at their meeting on Monday, February 26, with plans for more updates for this golf season. The city of Birmingham owns and operates two municipal nine-hole golf courses. Lincoln Hills is located at 2666