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07/21/2025

The city of Birmingham has consolidated its nine existing election precincts into five election precincts, a measure that increases efficiency, reduces costs and changes precinct numbers and/or polling places for most of the city’s registered voters, according to city clerk Alexandria Bingham.

The Birmingham City Commission approved the consolidation, which takes effect immediately, by a unanimous vote in June. Voters will receive voter identification cards confirming their new precinct and polling location assignments by mail this summer. The information is also available immediately online at mi.gov/vote by clicking the “Am I registered?” option. The City Clerk’s Office encourages voters to become familiar with their new voting information before the city’s next election on November 4.

https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/new-voting-precincts-for-city-of-birmingham

07/21/2025

Multiple residents in Birmingham reported to police on Tuesday, July 15, that they received calls claiming that their parents had been kidnapped and were being held for ransom.

The callers allege that the scam calls appeared to have the same phone number as their parents, and when they called, they requested money from the victim’s account via Venmo.

https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/cloned-phone-numbers-kidnapping-scam

07/14/2025

A 62-year-old Troy woman reported on Thursday, July 3, that her wallet had been stolen from her purse while she assisted a woman at a grocery store in the 2100 block of East Maple Road.

The victim said the woman asked for help reading price tags in the produce section at around 10 a.m. that day. The wallet taken during this time contained $450 cash, identification and multiple credit/debit cards, which were quickly used to make more than $4,700 in fraudulent charges.

https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/wallet-with-cash-taken-credit-cards-charged

07/14/2025

The Bloomfield Township Police Department responded on Wednesday, July 2, to 2105 S. Telegraph Road, Dick’s Sporting Goods, for a retail fraud that had just occurred.

Loss prevention reported that two black males stole an assortment of Nike merchandise from their store. Suspect one was described to be in his late 30’s, approximately 5’10” with short black hair, wearing a white T-shirt and black pants.

https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/nike-items-taken-from-dick-s-sporting-goods

06/23/2025

Birmingham police were dispatched to a hotel in the 200 block of S. Old Woodward for a fight at 2 a.m. on Sunday, June 15.

Hotel employees reported that a group of men became angry and aggressive when told the public restroom was locked, and assaulted multiple employees: a 26-year-old Ferndale man who is a front desk employee; a 24 year-old Taylor woman who is a housekeeper; and two valets, a 29-year-old Detroit man and a 19-year-old Detroit man.

https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/brothers-face-assault-and-other-charges-at-hotel

06/23/2025

For the second time, plans for an outdoor dining platform outside of Teuta, a brunch restaurant 168 W Maple Road in Birmingham, have been postponed at the city’s planning board level due to issues with the parking situation where the platform is being proposed and the submitted plans reviewed by the board during the Wednesday, June 11, meeting also lacked required details.

Teuta is looking to add an outdoor dining platform to their business in the W Maple right-of-way, said city planner Leah Blizinski, with room for four tables and twelve chairs total. Blizinski said the restaurant is currently near two outdoor dining platforms already on W Maple: Dick o’ Dows down the street from Teuta as well as the recently approved platform for Cafe Origins across the street.

https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/teuta-outdoor-dining-plans-postponed-again

06/23/2025

Birmingham eatery Marrow, located at 283 Hamilton Row, will soon have an outdoor dining platform after the final site plans were reviewed and approved by the city’s planning board during the Wednesday, June 11, meeting.

Marrow’s proposal for the outdoor dining platform showed a deck along Hamilton Row with four tables, 16 seats total, that occupied a single on-street parking space. The platform would be the fourth on Hamilton Row alongside platforms for Birmingham Sushi, Commonwealth and Greek Islands, said planning director Nick Dupuis.

https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/marrow-outdoor-dining-plans-move-ahead

06/16/2025

A five-year dredging project is set to begin on Quarton Lake after Birmingham City Commissioners awarded on Monday, June 9, the contract to Mid-American Group at a total cost of roughly $652,000.

The city received four bid proposals for the work ranging from under $600,000 to over $8 million. Monroe County-based Mid-American Group’s bid was the lowest cost at $593,008 with a 10 percent contingency for a cost of $652,309 for the entirety of the five-year project.

https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/multi-year-dredging-on-quarton-lake-approved

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