The Makeup Lab, a new luxury beauty salon, has opened at 2406 Franklin Road in Bloomfield Township. The salon is owned by local makeup artist Chanel Yono, who brings more than 10 years of industry experience to the business. Yono began her career at Red Salon in Birmingham before opening a private salon suite. As her clientele grew, she sought a larger space and found the ideal location on Franklin Road, allowing her to conveniently serve clients throughout Bloomfield Townshi

The Little Gym of Bloomfield Hills will celebrate its grand opening Saturday, August 1, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a free family event which will give parents and children an opportunity to tour the new facility, meet the instructors and learn more about programs. The Little Gym, located at 43239 Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Hills in the Kingswood Square Shopping Center, is designed for children ages four months to 12 years. The gymnastics-based programs combine movement, l

A Second Home Pat was never the loudest voice in the room, never one to work a crowd. But she had a way about her. Over the years, one conversation at a time, Pat became someone I always looked forward to seeing. Without any fanfare, she was one of the people who made Next feel like a second home. Pat passed away unexpectedly this month. I lost a friend, and Next, a special member. I don’t normally write about a specific member, but I am making an exception this time. I hope

Birmingham’s Lincoln Yard and its casual takeout restaurant Little Yard will close July 29 after a little more than two years in business.

The Birmingham homeowner who rented out his home on Westchester Way in mid-June where an advertised pool party drew a couple hundred persons is now facing six misdemeanor charges in district court, along with the person who rented the home and organized the party who is facing two charges. The homeowner, Alexander Simpson, age 42, was charged in 48th district court with disturbing the peace, violating the city noise ordinance, creating a public nuisance, gathering of disorder

General election voters in the Bloomfield Hills Schools and the Birmingham Schools districts will be facing a ballot in which school board candidates have no opposition this November. In the Bloomfield Hills Schools district only four candidates filed by the July 21 deadline for four seats open on the board. Candidates for the four-year terms include incumbents Paul Kolin of West Bloomfield and Tareq Falah of Bloomfield Hills, along with Brynn Stevenson and Ryan Walker, both

A group of eight males and females hit Dick’s Sporting Goods, 2105 S. Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township, on Sunday, July 19, making off with stolen merchandise from the store. At approximately 6:30 p.m., the Bloomfield Township Police Department was dispatched to Dick’s Sporting Goods for a retail fraud in progress. It was reported that a group of eight males and females, 17 to 25 years-old, were running around the store stealing miscellaneous merchandise. The suspects r

Bloomfield Township police are reporting several larcenies from vehicles on Saturday, July 18. In all incidents the vehicles had been left unlocked and wallets were stolen. A Glock 19 handgun was also stolen from one of the vehicles. The Bloomfield Township Police Department issued a reminder to always lock vehicles and remove anything of value. These cases were turned over to the Bloomfield Township Investigations Unit and are currently under investigation.

Parkers in Birmingham may experience a small fee in the future as city commissioners took up discussions during the Monday, July 13, meeting, on a proposed 10 cent sustainability fee on parking transactions within the city’s parking system to generate funding for projects to offset vehicle-related carbon emissions.

After multiple meetings with the board of trustees over the last few months – both internally and at their monthly meetings – James Gallagher, Bloomfield Township Police Chief, once again came before the board to discuss the police department’s space needs on Monday, July 13.