5 days ago
Attention needed – now – to employee study
In his successful 2024 election campaign, newly-installed Bloomfield Township Supervisor Mike McCready emphasized that the township was...
5 days ago
Ongoing state fight involving local control
They say all politics are local. That is especially true when decisions are being made to dig gravel mines essentially in someone's...
Sep 20
Our recommendations for November ballot
Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township voters will be deciding in the November 5 general election a variety of...
Aug 29
Strategic plan needs more than a rush job
A strategic plan is an organization's process of defining its strategy or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to...
Aug 29
Thumbs down on a 20-year county parks tax
We have long been a supporter of the Oakland County parks system which is funded for the most part by annual taxes paid by county...
Jun 27
Our endorsements for August primary
Voters in Birmingham, Bloomfield Township and Bloomfield Hills will be determining the fate of primary candidates in the Tuesday, August...
Jun 27
Respond firmly to beatdown at Village Fair
For 59 years residents of the Birmingham and Bloomfield area, and their children, as well as those from surrounding communities, have...
Jun 27
Move quicker on Triangle District ordinances
For a couple of decades now, the city of Birmingham has been frustrated in its attempts in making the area just east of Woodward, south...
May 29
Don’t rush on decisions for new home of Next
All of Birmingham and its neighboring communities rejoiced last June when it was announced that the city had purchased the YMCA building...
May 29
Safeguarding our aquifers and groundwater
As we learn in this month's cover story, groundwater supplies 38 percent of the drinking water in the United States and half of the...