The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, October 27, approved the 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application.

Baldwin Public Library Director Rebekah Craft has been named Librarian of the Year by the Michigan Library Association. Craft has been the director of the Baldwin Public Library since January 2021 and prior to that time had been the associate director since July 2015. She had previously been with the Rochester Hills Public Library. Craft was nominated for the annual award for her work this past year securing agreement with Birmingham officials that the Baldwin Public Library

Longtime Japanese restaurant Sushi Japan, at 176 S Old Woodward in downtown Birmingham, is preparing for a new start after Birmingham City Commissioners approved the transfer of ownership and liquor licenses Monday, October 27, for the new restaurant concept, Kaishin Izakaya.

One of Birmingham’s iconic businesses – Hunter House Hamburgers – will soon be moving from its original location at 35075 Woodward Avenue to the former home of a KFC at 33900 Woodward. The move was announced this past week in a release from co-owner Kelly Cobb, who said that Friday, October 31 will be the last day at the original location. According to Cobb, Hunter House hamburgers will begin operations at its new locale on November 1. The new location, Cobb said will provide

By Grace Lovins The Birmingham Planning Board gave its unanimous support during the Wednesday, October 22, meeting to a proposal for a new three-story office building at 36977 Woodward Avenue, recommending approval of the special land use permit on top of approval of the final site plan and design review. The site, a vacant lot on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Quarton Road, sits adjacent to the recently completed Gasow Veterinary Hospital, and will serve as the office of

Several noted national retailers are making plans to join the downtown Birmingham shopping district, according to an announcement from Cindy Ciura, principal of CC Consulting. The national retailers include rag & bone, long represented in the state by retailers such as Saks and Neiman Marcus, which will open its first standalone Michigan store at 110 S. Old Woodward Ave. in a two-level, lofted retail space currently under construction which will deliver a modern, elevated sho

By Dana Casdei Last April the Bloomfield Township Road Advisory Committee – made up primarily of volunteer residents – held their inaugural meeting and this week they brought their first update to the board to present all they had found out about township’s roads during the last six months.  “We won’t be hearing solutions tonight, this is simply fact finding,” said chairman Jeff Salz.  The overall verdict is that Bloomfield Township roads are in poor condition, with over 80 p

After a 7-0 vote from the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees in favor of the new site plan, the existing Bloomfield Car Wash at 4025 Telegraph Road in the township is on its way to becoming an improved Jax Kar Warsh.

Several long-awaited updates to the Birmingham police station inside city hall at 151 Martin Street are on the horizon after Birmingham City Commissioners approved the selection of MCD Architects to begin designing a new and improved police garage, interview room and dispatch center, along with a new sally port, during the Monday, October 6, meeting.

Baldwin Public Library officials and officials from the City of Birmingham are continuing discussions started this past spring about the...