The board of directors of the City of Birmingham Community House Foundation made a couple of decisions on Thursday, July 23, to continue with organization of the community center, including creating committees of the board, and determining the future of the Early Childhood Center(ECC). According the information released by the board, the foundation considered several proposals for continuing with the ECC and decided to commit to a lease of the space to the Birmingham Public

Birmingham city staff reported three new rental code violations during the Monday, July 27, city commission meeting, outlining the city’s recent enforcement of rental property violations and briefly discussing the planning board’s progress on developing ordinance language that limits short-term rentals.

A proposed 10 cent sustainability fee on parking transactions in Birmingham was again set aside by the city commission during the Monday, July 27, meeting, after commissioners remained divided over whether the proposal meant residents were being overburdened with offsetting carbon emissions.

Finalizing a plan of action and next steps for the Bloomfield Township Police Department space needs continued at the board of trustees meeting on Monday, July 27, with treasurer Michael Schostak bringing adjusted proposals and estimated operations costs to the board.

Discussions around Bloomfield Township’s financial position began to get heated before the board even presented anything, with residents expressing their thoughts during the public comment section of the board of trustees’ meeting on Monday, July 27.

Multiple fights reportedly broke out in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 19, both inside and outside a Birmingham bar, located at the 200 block of S. Old Woodward. According to the police report, a man from Dearborn Heights was being escorted out of the nearby bar after fighting with different people inside. The man allegedly started fighting other people outside the bar once he had been kicked out, which, per the police report, was confirmed by witnesses. Birmingham

Bloomfield Township police on Friday, July 24, were dispatched at about 7 p.m. to Target, located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road, for a man masturbating while seated in his vehicle. Officers arrived on scene and quickly located the suspect, later identified as James Brian Walsh, a 59-year-old Bloomfield Township resident, inside his vehicle. During their investigation, officers observed lotion on Walsh's hands and steering wheel, as well as a container of lotion within the vehicl

Two men allegedly assaulted another man after he walked into a bar in the 100 block of Willits Street around 1 a.m. on Sunday, July 19, leading him to head to the police department to file a report. The victim claimed he knew one of the men and had ongoing issues with him. He said as soon as he walked into the bar, the man hit his drink out of his hand and restrained him while a man he didn’t know punched him. Birmingham police report an investigation is ongoing. The name o

A heavily intoxicated man was reported and caught urinating on a tree in the 100 block of Willits the night of Saturday, July 18, leading to his arrest. Birmingham police reported that a woman at a restaurant nearby saw the man urinating and called it in. They report the man was heavily intoxicated when they found him and incoherent, unable to answer the officers’ questions. He was reportedly placed under arrest and cited for urinating in public.

Three individuals were arrested by Detroit Police the evening of Tuesday, July 13, after allegedly stealing several items from a Birmingham grocery store located on the 600 block of E. Maple. The theft was reported to Birmingham police by an individual who claimed a man walked into the store, put several bottles of alcohol into his cart along with other items, then left the store without paying. Later on, Detroit police were making a traffic stop when they found the man with