Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Published June 22, 2021

Pre-pandemic prosperity provides optimistic outlook for County’s recovery

OAKLAND COUNTY — Previous economic prosperity may help the county fully recover to pre-pandemic levels, according to an economic outlook report conducted and presented by University of Michigan economists Gabriel Ehrlich and Donald Grimes, among other colleagues.

Published June 22, 2021

Cranbrook Art explores its own past with new book, exhibition

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Most people know about the prestigious museums that have existed for generations on the campus of the Cranbrook Educational Community.

Published June 21, 2021

Cranbrook, NB Adams roads closed for summer road work

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP/TROY — As different as the past year has been for all of us, some things never change, like orange barrels, backups and detours causing headaches across metro Detroit.

Published June 20, 2021

Spring season brings many local champs

METRO DETROIT — With baseball, softball and girls soccer teams concluding their seasons in East Lansing June 18-19, the high school spring sports season is officially complete.

Published June 18, 2021

Michigan Science Center launches new exhibit to make math come alive

DETROIT — Making math fun may sound impossible to some, but the Michigan Science Center is doing just that with its new MathAlive! Program.

Published June 17, 2021

Labor shortages making it tough on businesses

METRO DETROIT — Those who have recently looked to purchase a home may have noticed that the available supply isn’t exactly plentiful.

Published June 17, 2021

Fireworks shows return to metro Detroit

METRO DETROIT — The summer skies will be full of color and excitement as fireworks displays return.

Published June 10, 2021

Quadriplegic DJ/songwriter’s first music video produced with local foundation’s help

METRO DETROIT — Local 22-year-old DJ and songwriter Anna Pannell, or DJ Malika, from Ypsilanti, has never let the physical limitations of being paralyzed stop her from pursuing her dreams, even when it comes to uncharted territory.

Published June 9, 2021

Bloomfield Township, Birmingham sign onto mental health embed

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP/BIRMINGHAM — In partnership with the Oakland County Health Network, the police departments of Bloomfield Township, Birmingham and Auburn Hills will soon launch a mental health embed that will employ a clinician to respond to mental health crises.

Published June 9, 2021

Find stress relief, satisfaction in gardening

METRO DETROIT — Remember the frenzy that took place in spring of 2020, when Michiganders rushed to their local home and garden shops to buy all sorts of goodies to make their spaces sparkle?

Published June 9, 2021

Bloomfield Township uses grant to plant 50 trees along Rouge River

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Fifty new trees are headed to Bloomfield Township, thanks to the municipality’s membership in the Alliance of Rouge Communities, with the hope that they’ll reduce runoff into the Rouge River.

Published June 8, 2021

Active shooter terrorizes drivers in Southfield, Beverly Hills

SOUTHFIELD/BEVERLY HILLS — Police officers were dispatched on a report of shots fired on Evergreen Road, near 13 Mile, around 3:37 p.m. May 14.

Bees in the D President Brian Peterson-Roest inspects a beehive frame, looking for eggs to ensure the queen bee is healthy. Bees in the D maintains four beehives on the rooftop of Shinola Hotel in Detroit.

Published June 8, 2021

Bills aim to save state’s pollinators by banning new pesticides on public land

METRO DETROIT — Two new Michigan House bills have been introduced in an effort to save the state’s bees, butterflies and other native pollinators.

Published June 8, 2021

Chevy Camaro is all in the family

METRO DETROIT — In April 1970, Carol Alex, of Warren, Ohio, purchased a shiny burgundy 1969 Chevrolet Camaro 307.

Published June 8, 2021

Maple Theater celebrates reopening with fundraiser for local kids

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Most of us have spent the past year cooped up at home streaming endless marathons of movies and television shows.

Published June 7, 2021

Dream Cruise a go Aug. 21

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — You can’t keep an engine in idle for too long. You’ve gotta step on the gas and let that baby roar. After a hiatus last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Woodward Dream Cruise is accelerating forward to bring the event back Aug. 21.

Published June 6, 2021

Report analyzes cost of living and the difficulty of meeting it in southeastern Michigan

METRO DETROIT — Each year, the United Way for Southeastern Michigan releases a report that analyzes the state of poverty and living expenses in the southeastern Michigan area.

Published June 4, 2021

USPBL celebrates five-year anniversary

UTICA — Though COVID-19 presented plenty of obstacles to the United Shore Professional Baseball League, the league is still going strong, kicking off its fifth year May 28 at Jimmy John’s Field.

Southfield partnered with the Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency to put on a financial education webinar May 20. Topics discussed included credit reporting agencies, credit scoring and credit laws, as well as ways to build and repair your credit history and knowing what to do in the event of identity theft.

Published May 29, 2021

Local groups promote free financial education

OAKLAND COUNTY — A poor credit score will make securing a loan, receiving utility services, paying bills and maybe even getting a job a lot harder than they need to be.

Published May 28, 2021

TIA, victim’s families advocate for hands-free Senate legislation

METRO DETROIT — As a mother, everything changed for Laurel Zimmerman on Dec. 28, 2010, the day her 16-year-old daughter Ally Zimmerman was fatally injured in a crash involving a distracted driver.