By Dana Casadei 
James Gallagher, Bloomfield Township Police Chief, was back before the board of trustees at the Monday, April 13, meeting to further discuss the police department’s space needs. 
The township had paid for a full space needs analysis from RedStone. Gallagher focused on more specific recommendations for the future police department and highlights from an earlier space needs analysis. The space needs analysis was paid for through the ARPA funds Bloomfield Townsh

Following lengthy deliberations, the appointment of a new Birmingham city commissioner during the Monday, April 13, meeting ended in a stalemate between two candidates.

By Grace Lovins In a letter from Parrish Underwood, president and CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit, included in the Monday, April 13, Birmingham City Commission meeting packet, the YMCA reiterated its intent to exit the city as well as its inability to remain at 400 E. Lincoln as an operator of the building’s swimming pool. The letter, addressed to city manager Jana Ecker, says that YMCA staff has carefully considered the possibility of serving as the pool operator, bu

The Birmingham Police Department is one step closer to getting much-needed upgrades after city commissioners approved the awarding of a construction manager contract during the Monday, April 13, meeting, to Sachse Construction.

The water and sewer rates for 2026-2027 were presented at the Monday, April 13, Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting.

A new fresh sushi restaurant called No. 28 is set to fill the vacant first-floor tenant space located at 211 Hamilton Row in Birmingham after city commissioners approved the special land use permit and final site plan and design during the Monday, April 13, meeting in a unanimous vote.

Three 18-year-old males were arrested, charged and arraigned on 29 felony counts on Saturday, April 11, after a Birmingham house party went wrong. According to the Birmingham police report, the department got several calls the morning of April 11, reporting gunshots in the 1400 block of E. Lincoln. The officer found out that a party was going on, advertised through social media, at a rental home. Birmingham police reported that witnesses heard an argument, followed by the gu

An employee of a Birmingham auto service shop located on the 33300 block of Woodward Avenue was arrested and cited for assault and battery the afternoon of Saturday, April 4, after he reportedly grabbed another employee by the throat, forcing him to the ground. The report from Birmingham police says the victim was showing other employees a video of the suspect, causing him to get angry and grab the victim, forcing him to the ground before a different employee stepped in.

A suspect was arrested on Monday, April 6, by Bloomfield Township police for theft of cigarettes from the Speedway, 4890 W. Maple Road, and was also later linked to the theft of lottery tickets days earlier at the same location. Originally police were dispatched to Speedway for a retail fraud that just occurred. Witnesses at the store reported that a white male entered the store and walked into the back-storage room that is off limits for customers, selected two cartons of ci

Two gold necklaces, worth a total of $1,050, were allegedly stolen from a 94-year-old resident of a senior living facility at the 2400 block of E. Lincoln in Birmingham. The woman reported the jewelry missing to police the afternoon of Thursday, April 2, but no timeline is provided in the police report of when the necklaces could have been stolen. Birmingham police say an investigation is ongoing.