Return to original Next plan; nix new vote
The city of Birmingham and its two-year effort to develop a community center is at a critical juncture. In simple terms, what started out...
May 29
Farmland testing essential with biosolids
Treated wastewater sludge, also known as biosolids under the Clean Water Act, is the byproduct of thousands of municipal wastewater...
May 29


City agrees library can set its own millage rate
It appears that a longstanding question of who sets the millage rate for the Birmingham Baldwin Public Library has been resolved in favor...
May 23
New ownership and new name for Sprazzo
Sprazzo, located at 115 Willits in Birmingham, will be replaced by a new fine-dining Italian restaurant called e Fiore after city commissioners approved the ownership change during the Monday, May 19, meeting, marking the second ownership change over the last year\ for the business.
May 23


Birmingham gets major grant for S. Eton project
Birmingham has been awarded a $2.23 million grant to fund a major portion of a S. Eton Road bike lanes project in the Rail District of...
May 23


City budget, water rates okayed for 2025-2026
Birmingham City Commissioners approved the 2025-2026 fiscal year budget and water and sewer rates during the Monday, May 19, meeting, giving the green light for the roughly $53.8 million budget to begin on July 1, 2025, for the fiscal year.
May 23


Argument leads to assault at Merrill Street bar
While at a bar on the 200 block of E. Merrill in Birmingham around 1 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, a group of men got into an argument which...
May 23


Teen being investigated for alleged assault
While a group of teenagers were hanging out in Birmingham, a 14-year-old from Bloomfield Hills allegedly punched another 14-year-old girl...
May 23


Woman suspected of drug use in changing room
A woman from Detroit was reported to Birmingham police on Monday, May 19, after an employee of the clothing store she was in thought she...
May 23


Store employee accused of embezzlement scheme
A former employee of a Birmingham store on the 100 block of S, Old Woodward Avenue is being investigated for embezzlement after another...
May 23












