Renovations to the former YMCA building located at 400 E. Lincoln in Birmingham are one step closer to becoming reality after the city commission approved a design/build agreement with DMC Group during the Monday, August 24, meeting.

The Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Council has announced this year’s honorees for the 2026 Cultural Arts Awards.

The city of Birmingham’s food choices will now include two new bagel shops Bev’s Bagels, the organic sourdough bagel shop that opened in Detroit’s Core City last summer, is expanding to Birmingham at 283 Hamilton Row. The shop will open a second location at 283 Hamilton Row in September, bringing chef-owner Max Sussman back to his Oakland County roots.

In a 6-1 vote, the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees approved the motion to enter into an interlocal agreement with Oakland County to have limited access to their emergency notification system which will send out emergency notices to those within the township.

A new magistrate may be added to the docket at the 48th District Court after Birmingham City Commissioners offered their approval during the Monday, August 24, meeting.

The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, August 24, voted unanimously to approve a fourth magistrate be put into the rotating schedule for the 48th District Court.

Pipeline Management Company was awarded the 2026 sanitary sewer rehabilitation program at the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, August 24, but not before some heated words were exchanged between trustees.

Bloomfield Township voters in the November 3 general election this year will be deciding the fate of a proposed bond issue for construction of a new police station and rebuilding fire station number 3 on Maple Road, bringing to a close discussions and study by township officials and contracted building experts since the fall of 2023 to address public safety needs in the township.

Birmingham police captain Ryan Kearny was tapped to be the city’s next police chief during the Monday, August 12, city commission meeting.

Linda Solomon, a member of the newly formed City of Birmingham Community House Foundation Board, established a little less than two months ago, has resigned.