Pause and take a look at new center project
The proposed community and senior center project in the city of Birmingham that has been on the drawing board for the past two years...
Apr 22, 2025
Time to finally settle library millage question
The time has long passed for the city of Birmingham to settle once and for all the decades long argument over who truly has the authority...
Apr 22, 2025
State, communities lead on climate change
Late last fall Downtown Newsmagazine checked with local municipalities and neighboring communities to see what officials were doing in...
Mar 26, 2025
Providing a home for the Next organization
The Birmingham City Commission, city workers, the Ad Hoc Senior/Recreation Center Committee and officials with the Next organization and...
Mar 26, 2025
The price of growth, increased safety needs
Anyone who reads the news, whether national or local, can recognize that over the last several years there have been changes in the ways...
Feb 25, 2025
Opening the door to financial transparency
In recent months, both Bloomfield Township and Birmingham have created portals on their websites which provide financial transparency for...
Feb 25, 2025
November best choice for center bond vote
In June 2023, Birmingham residents were delightfully surprised to discover that after eight years of seriously searching for a permanent...
Jan 30, 2025
Paid parental leave policy a good first step
Listening is always a good way to lead. Bloomfield Township Supervisor Mike McCready spent his first couple of months in office on a...
Jan 30, 2025


Modify hours, boost security at Village Fair
Communities across the metro area are being faced with decisions they never expected to have to make – closing long-established events...
Jan 1, 2025


Money grab by Democrats on county board
As the clock was running out in December, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners took it upon themselves to give themselves an...
Jan 1, 2025







