Plans for a new pizzeria to be located at 600 N. Old Woodward, the former home of Café Succo in Birmingham, are on their way to the city’s commission for approval after the city’s planning board gave its recommendation during its Wednesday, January 28, meeting.

Birmingham brunch spot Teuta, located at 168 W. Maple, was back before the city’s planning board during their Wednesday, January 28, meeting with new plans for a potential outdoor dining area.

The board of trustees kept their promise of consistent updates to Bloomfield Township residents on the 2025-2029 Strategic Plan at their January 26 meeting, during which supervisor Mike McCready gave an overview of all that’s been accomplished since last October. 

The Bloomfield Township Police Department responded on Monday, January 26, to a retail fraud in progress at the Target store located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road Target loss prevention reported a young juvenile concealing multiple items in the store. The juvenile went through the self-check-out and paid for two items but had multiple other items., the police report said. It was determined that the juvenile, 10-years-old, concealed and stole multiple fragrance items and a phone c

A package containing a purse valued at $3,100 was reported stolen from a home on W. Hickory Grove Road in Bloomfield Township on Wednesday, January 28. Bloomfield Township police took a report of a larceny of a package from the 2900 block of W. Hickory Grove Road. The victim came to the station to report a package containing a $3,100 Channel purse was stolen from the side of their residence. The case is currently being handled by the Bloomfield Township Police Investigations

Birmingham police, with assistance from Troy, Grosse Pointe and Beverly Hills police, have arrested a suspect in several instances of “porch piracy’ dating to December of 2025. In a release, Birmingham police said that detectives realized these incidents were committed by the same individual and utilized photos and videos provided by the community to identify a suspect. Birmingham detectives obtained a 17-count larceny from mail arrest warrant for Robert William Foster of Det

A 2025 GMC Sierra that had been parked in a driveway on Alice Avenue in Bloomfield Township was stolen overnight in late January. Police said the vehicle was last seen by the owner on January 28, at approximately 9:40 p.m. and was discovered stolen around 7:30 a.m. on January 29. Officers obtained home surveillance footage from a neighbor showing a black male suspect cleaning the snow off the windshield of the Sierra and the vehicle leaving the area. The case was turned over

The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, January 26, approved a temporary moratorium on consideration of any data centers that may want to locate in the community.

After discussions on a new senior and community center that would have served as the new home for Next senior services and the Birmingham YMCA fell through last year, Birmingham City Commissioners authorized city manager Jana Ecker during the Monday, January 26, meeting, to continue the project under the terms set up in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the city and Next in May 2023.

The city of Birmingham is preparing to launch a comprehensive community survey aimed at gathering residents’ input on city services, infrastructure and further priorities to help shape policy and budget decisions in the coming years.