

New center design, name, costs to be reviewed
By Grace Lovins During the Monday, April 21, Birmingham City Commission meeting, commissioners continued their review of a schematic...
Apr 25


Second confab set to debate library millage rate
Birmingham City Manager Jana Ecker and Baldwin Public Library Director Rebekah Craft, along with legal counsel for both organizations, will be holding a second meeting on Thursday, May 8, in hopes of resolving a long-standing dispute about which organization has legal authority to set the annual tax millage rate for the library.
Apr 25


Social Kitchen pulls dining renovation plans
By Grace Lovin After being denied a variance request by the Birmingham Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), Social Kitchen & Bar, 225 E. Maple,...
Apr 25


Commission okays two bistros to pursue license
Two new Birmingham restaurants were given the green light by the city commission during the Monday, April 21, meeting to pursue the two bistro liquor licenses available.
Apr 25


Man arrested in city after breaking into car
A White Lake man was arrested in Birmingham on Monday, April 21, after allegedly breaking into a car parked in a resident’s driveway. The...
Apr 25


Pedestrian breaks car windshield at crosswalk
While driving along the 200 block of S. Old Woodward around 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, a Bloomfield Hills man alleged a pedestrian...
Apr 25


Vehicle stolen from Birmingham home driveway
During the night of Tuesday, April 8, a car parked in a Birmingham resident’s driveway on the 1200 block of Chesterfield was stolen,...
Apr 25


Pollinators’ threat of chemical over-use
By Stacy Gittleman With the heralding of summer comes the pressure to have the greenest, most weed and pest-free lawn in the...
Apr 22
May 2025
The strength of the social safety net has always been a top personal concern of mine, which has less to do with political leanings and...
Apr 22
Endless Twilight Zone
Thank you for (David Hohendorf’s) concise and factual column (April/Downtown) While living in an endless Twilight Zone episode, it is...
Apr 22












