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

A 98-year-old Birmingham resident living in the 1000 block of Larchlea was almost scammed of $15,000 by a caller posing as a Microsoft employee. The woman told Birmingham police officers that she called the number for computer help thinking it was Microsoft. She said a man answered her call and had her click a link to resolve the computer problem, then asked her to write over $22,000 from her bank. She reported that the bank refused, so the man had her withdraw over $15,000

A Bloomfield Hills man was arrested for operating while intoxicated and cocaine possession after Birmingham police pulled him over around 2 a.m. on Thursday, February 26, for speeding on Old Woodward. Birmingham police report that an officer saw the man speeding in a 25 mph zone on northbound Old Woodward near Euclid. The officer said they noticed signs of intoxication and confirmed it with a field sobriety test. After the driver was placed under arrest, the officer had the c

Items were taken from a vehicle in Bloomfield Township as the local resident was unloading groceries from the auto and taking them into his home. Bloomfield Township police on Wednesday, February 25, at about 7:30 p.m., responded to a larceny from automobile that just occurred in the 400 block of N. Foxhills Drive. The victim stated he had returned home from the grocery store and was carrying his groceries into his residence when he observed his vehicle’s rear driver side doo

The Bloomfield Township Police Department has announced multiple reports of mail tampering and mail theft during the past week. In two instances, victims reported that silver coins and bars were stolen out of the mail after confirmed delivery. The Bloomfield Township Police Department is encouraging everyone to stay vigilant of mail theft this time of the year and is recommending residents sign up for the USPS Informed Delivery service which would alert a resident to what ite

A pair of women were arrested in Birmingham in the early morning hours of Tuesday, February 24, after a minor collision with a curb caused city police to perform field sobriety tests, with both women failing. According to the police report, officers saw two different cars stopped at the 300 block of N Old Woodward, one stuck on a curb and the other parked nearby. The driver of the car stuck on the curb reportedly failed the field sobriety test after officers smelled intoxican

A Royal Oak resident was arrested by Bloomfield Township police at the Target store located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road on Saturday, February 28, for theft of items at the retail outlet and eventually had to be taken to a hospital after complaining about chest pains. At approximately 2 p.m. on that Saturday, loss prevention personnel identified a male subject in the store that was actively concealing bottles of liquor and batteries, according to police. As officers arrived at T

A catalytic converter was reported stolen from an auto in the 400 block of S. Foxhills in Bloomfield Township on Tuesday, February 24. Bloomfield Township police the victim stated that within the last two weeks his catalytic converter was stolen off of his Ford Fusion. The exhaust pipe showed two fresh cut marks where the converter would typically be located. The oxygen sensor wire was hanging beneath the vehicle. The case was turned over to the Bloomfield Township Investigat

The iconic Birmingham business Hunter House Hamburgers, originally located at 35075 Woodward Avenue until it recently moved to the former KFC a mile further down the road, has filed a lawsuit in Oakland County Circuit Court against a hamburger business, Better Burgers, that has moved into the original location for Hunter House, and the judge sided with the owners of Hunter House. Hunter House, owned by Kelly Cobb, first opened its doors in 1952 and has built a reputation as a