Outgoing mail that contained a check was stolen from a Bloomfield Township resident’s mailbox on Tuesday, October 28, and the culprit attempted later to cash the check. Bloomfield Township police were dispatched to the 6600 block of Cathedral Drive for a larceny from mails report on October 28. The victim reported that on this date between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. she had placed an envelope with a check in the mailbox to be sent out. At 12:05 p.m. the victim noticed the mailb

Three Detroit teenagers and a 24-year-old Detroit woman were arrested in Birmingham on Tuesday, October 28, in connection with a retail fraud that took place at a Birmingham retailer on the 100 block of S Old Woodward. According to the police report, the group allegedly stole roughly $3,772 worth of merchandise. Police reported an investigation is ongoing. The name of local businesses are seldom provided by Birmingham police.

Birmingham officers at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, were dispatched to the 300 block of Puritan, where a 40-year-old male resident said that his vehicle was stolen from his driveway. Using the vehicle’s tracking system, officers located it in Highland Park and observed two men exit the vehicle. The suspects, a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old male from Detroit, were arrested and charged with vehicle theft.

On Thursday, October 23, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Birmingham police were dispatched to the 400 block of Southfield Road, where a 41-year-old male resident reported that his vehicle was stolen from outside his home. The victim said he parked it at 7 p.m. the previous evening, unlocked and with its key inside, and discovered it missing after being awakened by the sound of a vehicle loudly accelerating. An investigation is ongoing.

By David Hohendorf Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills voters cast their ballots in the Tuesday, November 4, election to decide the outcome of city commissions, three positions on the Baldwin Public Library Board and residents in the Bloomfield Hills Schools district weighed in on a proposed sinking fund millage. In Birmingham, where five candidates sought three four-year terms on the city commission, the top votes were cast for Andrew Haig, 2,870 (28.57%); Kevin Kozlowski, 2,55

The Community House in Birmingham this week announced plans to evolve into the Birmingham Area Community Foundation to carry on the original mission of the iconic community group, and the closure and sale of its building on 380 Bates Street in the city effective July 1 of 2026. In terms of the current building for The Community House, officials said the Early Childhood Center will complete its current session, which concludes in May 2026, and events scheduled now through June

Municipal candidate pre-election reports of contributions and spending for the November general election were due last Friday, October 24, and there was little to report in the Bloomfield Hills City Commission and the Baldwin Public Library Board contests but the race for Birmingham City Commission was another story, including the possible failure by one high-spending candidate to file campaign reports with the county clerk as required by state law.

After Bloomfield Township Trustee Mark Antakli asked for the annual millage rates for Bloomfield Village’s police and volunteer fire services to be removed from the evening’s consent agenda – when routine and non-controversial items are approved with a single vote – the board of trustees went on to approve the millage rates 7-0 at their meeting on Monday, October 27.

The annual Village Fair hosted by the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce is returning to Birmingham for spring 2026, after city commissioners approved the special event application during the Monday, October 27, meeting.

A deteriorating structure at 611 Elm Street in Birmingham was declared condemned and ordered for demolition by the city commission during the Monday, October 27, meeting, despite the property owner’s insistence that the building, while in need of repairs, was structurally sound.