Regional approach needed on water quality
F or decades, officials in Macomb County have pointed their fingers at Oakland County communities upstream of the Clinton River as the...
May 22, 2018
Welcoming hotels to city’s downtown mix
Birmingham, like many cities in the midst of a growth spurt, has both proponents of its development, who are excited to see new...
May 22, 2018
Governments role in vapor contamination
A long-buried chemical tank discovered in April beneath a Franklin Village dry cleaner, suspected of leaking harmful vapors into nearby...
Apr 24, 2018
Reluctant 'yes' on sinking fund tax issue
We ran the following editorial opinion in our April issue to capture absentee voters who might have been casting ballot before the...
Apr 24, 2018
Schools get safer, but not safe enough
You are sadly mistaken, if you don’t think this can happen at your school - those are words spoken by J. Scott Mills, superintendent for...
Mar 27, 2018
Bloomfield Hills sinking fund millage vote
Voters living in the Bloomfield Hills School district are being asked on Tuesday, May 8, to approve a six year, $2.5-million a year...
Mar 27, 2018
Wrong message on a mass transit plan
Nearly 16 months after Oakland County voters rejected a $4.6 billion regional transit plan that would leave much of the county without...
Feb 20, 2018
Stay the course on Bloomfield land fight
Bloomfield Township had a lawsuit filed against it in federal court by a developer who wanted to subdivide three lots into eight...
Feb 20, 2018
Keeping bad cops from getting hired
A new state law that went into effect on Monday, January 15, requiring law enforcement agencies to share a record of an officer's...
Jan 23, 2018
Wise move with liquor license changes
The dining and entertainment scene in Birmingham has changed over the last few years, as it has in the local region overall. A decade...
Jan 23, 2018







