A new pizzeria is set to take the spot of the former Café Succo location at 600 N. Old Woodward in downtown Birmingham after city commissioners approved the plans for the new restaurant during the Monday, March 23, meeting.

The Bloomfield Township budget for the fiscal year that ends on March 31, 2027 was approved by the board of trustees at their meeting on Monday, March 23.

Birmingham City Commissioner Anthony Long, elected in November of 2023, has submitted a letter of resignation, effective April 13, due to the fact that he is moving from the city. Long submitted his resignation letter on Friday, March 13, to city manager Jana Ecker. In his letter, Long explained that after living in the city for 31 years, he was now moving, noting that “Life, however, sometimes takes you in a direction you never anticipated.” He further said he was attempti

The Birmingham Baldwin Library Board on Monday, March 16, adopted its budget for the 2026-2027 period and set an operating millage of 1.2665 mills, essentially the same tax as the current year. Overall, the budget for the coming period will be $6.2 million, 79 percent of which is funded by local property taxes and 18 percent coming from three neighboring communities that contract with the library for services – Bloomfield Hills, Beverly Hills and Bingham Farms. Contract commu

Discussions officially began on Monday, March 9, about a potential partnership between the Bloomfield Township Fire Department and the Village of Bingham Farms, which approached the township about providing fire services.

Birmingham City Commissioners on Monday, March 9, conducted a pubic hearing on two facilities in the city that hold liquor licenses and ultimately voted to not file objections with the Michigan Liquor Control Commission on renewing those licenses. The hearing was the result of a February 9 meeting at which the commission reviewed some 40 plus establishments with liquor licenses in the city. At that meeting 220 Merrill and Slider/Slice/Shift were singled out for a special hea

After a unanimous vote from the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, March 9, residents from special assessment districts (SAD) 425, 426 and 427 will be receiving a sizable refund in the mail soon.

At the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustee meeting on Monday, March 9, trustees voted unanimously to approve six individual township employee contracts after a very brief closed session.

The library board for the Baldwin Public Library has adopted its own Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policy, signaling a further step in establishing the library as independent from control by the city of Birmingham. At the library board’s February 23 meeting, the board voted to adopt the FOIA policy that directs that any information requested relative to the library under the act to be handled by the library director as FOIA Coordinator, rather than having such requests r

The Friends of the Bloomfield Township Public Library will hold their Second Saturday Book Sale on Saturday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friends members may shop the sale early from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and memberships can be purchased at the door on the day of the sale. The sale takes place on the lower level of the library and includes thousands of books and audiovisual materials for all ages and interests, conveniently sorted into more than 50 categories. This sale f