A local Birmingham minister was scammed out of roughly $600 after someone posing as a person affiliated with the church texted him asking for money.  The minister told Birmingham police that on Saturday, March 7, he got a text message asking him to purchase six $100 Apple gift cards for people in the hospital. He bought the gift cards and sent pictures of the cards, only to later realize the request was a scam.  Birmingham police say an investigation is ongoing.

The Bloomfield Township Police Department on Monday, March 9, responded to Target, located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road, for a retail fraud that just occurred and shortly after arrested two suspects. Target advised that two males stole over $140 in Tequila, shirts, and socks then fled the store in a black Jeep, police said. Officers located the Jeep southbound on Telegraph Road and initiated a traffic stop. Both occupants of the vehicle were identified and the stolen merchandise

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.

Bloomfield Township police were dispatched on Sunday, March 8, to the 5000 block of Windingwood Drive for a home invasion that occurred while the homeowners were out of town. Officers arrived on scene and determined that the homeowners had been out of town since the beginning of March. When the homeowners returned home they found the side window to the home pried open and a jewelry box was missing. I It appeared that other belongings in the residence were rummaged through as

Bloomfield Township police officers on Friday, March 6, responded to 2105 S Telegraph Road, Dick’s Sporting Goods, for a report of retail theft. Employees stated that a Black male wearing dark clothing left the store without paying for merchandise and drove away. According to the cashier, police said, the male inquired about applying for a store credit card and began to fill out an application. The cashier asked to see the suspects identification when he reached over the coun

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