The City of Birmingham on Monday, July 6, closed on the $5.2 million purchase of The Community House building and property at 380 S. Bates Street in the downtown area, putting to rest a nearly nine-month issue surrounding the iconic community center that was announced for sale last November. Initially the closing on the sale was supposed to happen by the end of June but creditors to The Community House Association, which has been in bankruptcy court, agreed to an extension. O

The Birmingham Baldwin Public Library (BPL) has announced receipt of a donation of a bronze cast Otter sculpture made by renowned artist Marshall M. Fredericks, donated in June by Dr. Franziska Schoenfeld. The sculpture, purchased directly from Fredericks in 1993 by Drs. Robert and Franziska Schoenfeld, was affectionately known as “Otto” by their family. Dr. Schoenfeld chose BPL as the recipient of this gift with the hope that library visitors would enjoy seeing the sculpture

The Bloomfield Township Public Library will be presenting a program on Michigan Bald Eagles with Dr. Carl Palazzolo on Tuesday, July 21. During the hour-long program, wildlife veterinarian and author Dr. Palazzolo will share insights and photos from his nearly 50 years of caring for bald eagles. Program participants will also have the opportunity to take a photo with a bald eagle from Michigan Avian Experience and to purchase Dr. Palazzolo’s book, The Comeback of Our National

During a traffic stop for speeding near Woodward Avenue and Manor Road the night of Friday, June 26, Birmingham police officers found a bag of cocaine on a driver actively being arrested for warrants out of Troy. According to the police report, the officers pulled the 28-year-old over for speeding and discovered the warrants during the traffic stop. They said he was placed under arrest and transferred to the Troy Police Department.

A Birmingham woman’s credit card was stolen from her car and used shortly after in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 28, after parking her car in her driveway in the 700 block of Chesterfield. The woman told Birmingham police officers that she parked her car the afternoon before and went inside without locking it. She noticed in the morning that her credit card had been used at a gas station around 3 a.m., which would align with witness statements that police reported.

A 26-year-old Detroit man was arrested during a traffic stop near E. 14 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue in Birmingham the night of Tuesday, June 23, after failing to give police his driver’s license. Birmingham police reported that he had been stopped for running a red light and said he didn’t have his ID on him when asked but gave officers a fake name, phone number and date of birth. Police said he was arrested for obstructing police and failure to provide a valid driver’s l

Bloomfield Township police were dispatched to Kroger, located at 4099 Telegraph Road, for a retail fraud in progress on Sunday, July 5, and a suspect was arrested. Officers arrived on scene at approximately 8 p.m. and located the suspect and the stolen merchandise in the adjacent gas station parking lot. The recovered merchandise included 33 different food items totaling $307.77. Ebony Monea-Evette Haden, 35-year-old female, was placed under arrest for retail fraud first degr

On Thursday, July 2, at approximately 5 p.m., the Bloomfield Township Police Department was dispatched to Aldi, located at 1962 South Telegraph Road, for a retail fraud in progress. Officers were advised that the suspect had pushed a shopping cart of unpaid groceries out of the front door of the store. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect or groceries, according to the police report. The suspect is described as a black male, medium build, wearing d

Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow (D- Royal Oak) announced this afternoon (Sunday, July 5) that she was formally suspending her campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate seat now held by Democrat Gary Peters who announced last year he would not be seeking reelection. She first took office in the Michigan Senate in January of 2019 and gained statewide and national attention in April of 2022 when she responded from the Senate floor to accusations by another l

During a staff report on short-term rentals given at the end of the Monday, June 22, Birmingham City Commission meeting, city staff said they were actively looking into software to assist in the regulation of rental properties.