

Police provide rundown of Village Fair incidents
The Birmingham Police Department has issued a memorandum to city officials outlining “incidents of significance” related to the annual...
Jun 6, 2025


North Adams Road project work gets underway
The North Adams Road project in the city Birmingham has now started. This project includes minor sewer repairs and a full water main...
Jun 6, 2025


Township clerk’s office awarded by state group
The Bloomfield Township Clerk’s Office recently earned the "Excellence in Overall Best Practices” award from the Michigan Municipal Clerk...
Jun 6, 2025


Planners approve Cafe Origins dining platform
Following a postponement from an April meeting of the Birmingham Planning Board, Cafe Origins got the green-light from planning board members during the Wednesday, May 28, meeting to continue on to the city commission for approval of an outdoor dining platform.
May 30, 2025


Village Fair in Birmingham through Sunday
The popular Birmingham Village Fair, now in its 60th year, has arrived in downtown Birmingham and will be operating on the streets...
May 30, 2025


City agrees library can set its own millage rate
It appears that a longstanding question of who sets the millage rate for the Birmingham Baldwin Public Library has been resolved in favor...
May 23, 2025
New ownership and new name for Sprazzo
Sprazzo, located at 115 Willits in Birmingham, will be replaced by a new fine-dining Italian restaurant called e Fiore after city commissioners approved the ownership change during the Monday, May 19, meeting, marking the second ownership change over the last year\ for the business.
May 23, 2025


Birmingham gets major grant for S. Eton project
Birmingham has been awarded a $2.23 million grant to fund a major portion of a S. Eton Road bike lanes project in the Rail District of...
May 23, 2025


City budget, water rates okayed for 2025-2026
Birmingham City Commissioners approved the 2025-2026 fiscal year budget and water and sewer rates during the Monday, May 19, meeting, giving the green light for the roughly $53.8 million budget to begin on July 1, 2025, for the fiscal year.
May 23, 2025


Marrow pursues outdoor dining deck permit
New butcher shop Marrow, 283 Hamilton Row in Birmingham, is pursuing an outdoor dining area for patrons and presented their application to the city’s planning board during the Wednesday, May 14, meeting.
May 16, 2025










