Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 25, for the largest annual retail event in the city of Birmingham – Day On The Town – often referred to as the day Birmingham goes on sale. The annual event will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on that Saturday and has proven popular for the discounted high-end merchandise that is offered at retail locations and on the streets of the city. Parking will be free at the five parking structures in the city. In addition to the shopping bonanza, fro

After entering a Birmingham bar with food from another restaurant and using the bartender’s personal phone charger from behind the bar, an intoxicated Troy man caused a scene and punched the bartender. The manager of the bar, located in the 100 block of Willits Street in Birmingham, said when the man was confronted about taking the bartender’s charger and bringing outside food, he started acting belligerent and was escorted out. While being escorted, he pushed the bartender,

A North Carolina man was arrested in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 8, after he allegedly assaulted a woman during an incident at a Birmingham bar near N. Bates Street and Willits Street. Birmingham police officers reported that the man had claimed bar employees stole his credit card and grew agitated, which led the woman to start recording the incident on her phone. She said that while she was recording, the man hit the phone out of her hand and damaged it befor

After getting a therapeutic massage from a business in Birmingham, a client left the business without paying and was later found out to be a repeat offender. The owner of the business reported to Birmingham police that the evening of Friday, July 3, the client received the massage, said he needed to get money from his car to pay, then left the spa walking in the opposite direction. Although Birmingham police discovered that the man had given the owner a false name, they wer

Birmingham police officers arrested a man from Johannesburg the night of Wednesday, July 1, in the area of Peabody and Maple after he was reported for throwing rocks at a bicyclist. The bicyclist, an 18-year-old from Royal Oak, and witnesses said he rode past the man who then started chasing him and throwing rocks at him. The man countered, saying the cyclist yelled at him and he picked the rocks up to protect himself. In the end, Birmingham police reported they arrested th

A Detroit woman reported that someone had made fraudulent charges on her debit card on Sunday, June 28, after she used it to make a $10 donation outside of a Birmingham store on the 2100 block of E. Maple. The woman said that three men asked her for the donation outside the store, then later that day she found $1,000 had been charged to debit card moments after the donation. She said her bank froze her accounts and denied more attempts to withdraw thousands of dollars.

Bloomfield Township police made two arrests on Friday, July 10, for retail fraud (theft) at businesses in the township, including Plum Market and Target. On July 10, at approximately 6 p.m., the Bloomfield Township Police Department was dispatched to Plum Market, located at 3675 W. Maple Road, for a retail fraud that had just occurred. Officers arrived on scene and located the suspect, who was standing at the customer service desk. Officers spoke with a 23-year-old female, wh

The City of Birmingham on Monday, July 6, closed on the $5.2 million purchase of The Community House building and property at 380 S. Bates Street in the downtown area, putting to rest a nearly nine-month issue surrounding the iconic community center that was announced for sale last November. Initially the closing on the sale was supposed to happen by the end of June but creditors to The Community House Association, which has been in bankruptcy court, agreed to an extension. O

The Birmingham Baldwin Public Library (BPL) has announced receipt of a donation of a bronze cast Otter sculpture made by renowned artist Marshall M. Fredericks, donated in June by Dr. Franziska Schoenfeld. The sculpture, purchased directly from Fredericks in 1993 by Drs. Robert and Franziska Schoenfeld, was affectionately known as “Otto” by their family. Dr. Schoenfeld chose BPL as the recipient of this gift with the hope that library visitors would enjoy seeing the sculpture

The Bloomfield Township Public Library will be presenting a program on Michigan Bald Eagles with Dr. Carl Palazzolo on Tuesday, July 21. During the hour-long program, wildlife veterinarian and author Dr. Palazzolo will share insights and photos from his nearly 50 years of caring for bald eagles. Program participants will also have the opportunity to take a photo with a bald eagle from Michigan Avian Experience and to purchase Dr. Palazzolo’s book, The Comeback of Our National