Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Published January 31, 2019

The Friday 5 — Feb. 1-3

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published January 30, 2019

Home exercise space can be bare bones or high tech

METRO DETROIT — Cold, wet weather and icy streets can kill one’s motivation to stay physically active.

Published January 30, 2019

Organizations share plant-based lifestyle experiences, benefits

METRO DETROIT — At the age of 55, Paul Chatlin could not walk more than seven steps without having to stop and take several breaths. He also found out he had three blocked coronary arteries and was a candidate for bypass surgery.

Published January 29, 2019

Cold for you is cold for pets too

OAKLAND COUNTY — In these frigid temps, would you be willing to trade in your warm snow boots for bare feet and your cozy blanket for a snow-covered yard at night? When temperatures dip below freezing the way they have the past couple of weeks, animal experts say dogs are just as uncomfortable outdoors as you might be.

Published January 29, 2019

Looking Back: Tips for thrifty traveling in the 1930s

BIRMINGHAM — What’s the best vacation you’ve ever gone on? In the Birmingham Museum collections are scrapbooks and postcards from lots of vacations, but nothing as extensive as the photos and documents from the adventures of Marjorie Unger, a resident of 327 Ferndale Ave. in Birmingham, who traveled with two friends to Europe.

Published January 29, 2019

Birmingham Education Foundation to honor founder

BIRMINGHAM — It began with high school athletic fields and developed into classroom salmon raising, makerspaces and much more. Since 1993, the Birmingham Education Foundation has raised funds to support programs of excellence for local students. Retired Birmingham Public Schools Superintendent John Hoeffler introduced the program.

Published January 29, 2019

Beverly Hills tests water

BEVERLY HILLS — A series of water testing is almost complete, according to village officials. The water testing was mandated by the state after it was discovered that one Beverly Hills village home had an abnormally high reading for lead.

Published January 29, 2019

Village looks at backyard structures

BEVERLY HILLS — Air conditioning units, greenhouses, sheds and more may be subject to the requirements of a proposed village ordinance modification. The amendment aims to establish regulations regarding mechanical units in side yards and establish requirements for sheds and small buildings covering 120 square feet of ground or more that otherwise do not require a building permit.

Published January 28, 2019

Friends no longer flying ‘Under the Radar’ after navigating recession

ROCHESTER — When the Great Recession hit, Rochester resident Tom Daldin had no choice but to reinvent himself.

Published January 28, 2019

DTE must bolster downed wire response, state says

LANSING — After two record-setting windstorms and at least one death, the Michigan Public Service Commission went to work to review DTE Energy’s response to downed electric lines.

Published January 25, 2019

Comedy Castle to host Guardians for Animals fundraiser

ROYAL OAK — Guardians for Animals proves there is strength in numbers. The nonprofit network supports 17 no-kill animal rescues. Together, they have saved nearly 33,200 animals over the past 15 years, including more than 1,700 in 2018 alone.

Published January 24, 2019

The Friday 5 — Jan. 25-27

Your guide to this weekend's events

Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz congratulates Keeper of the Dream scholarship recipient Gicentroy Henry III Jan. 21 at OU.

Published January 23, 2019

Oakland University speaker calls for equity, not equality

ROCHESTER HILLS — Award-winning journalist and communications strategist Jeff Johnson did not mince words about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “What does the ‘dream’ mean to me?” he asked Jan. 21 at Oakland University. “I think that most diversity inclusion stuff is really cute. I’ve seen the pamphlets. Every campus has one.”

Published January 23, 2019

Following the beat in high school

METRO DETROIT — Increased problem solving, better listening, mastery of memorization and enhanced coordination. All with a built-in family for the four years of high school. How can students take advantage of a program that gives them all that? Join the band.

Published January 23, 2019

On a budget, find ways to refresh your home without renovating

METRO DETROIT — A big renovation might not be in a household’s budget, but there are some less costly ways to refresh a home that can please homeowners and also help when they put their homes on the market. C & G Newspapers spoke with a real estate agent and a tile expert about ways folks can reinvigorate their homes without renovating.

Published January 21, 2019

Birmingham therapist accused of conning patients out of more than $1 million

BIRMINGHAM — For a period of 26 years, Birmingham therapist Beth Jaslove allegedly conned her patients out of more than $1 million, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Published January 21, 2019

Third annual photo contest explores ‘Light and Dark’

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Bloomfield Township Public Library has started accepting entries for its third annual amateur photo contest, which has steadily been growing in submissions and notoriety over the years, according to Assistant Library Director Tera Moon.

Published January 21, 2019

Birmingham police make arrest in burglary cold case

BIRMINGHAM — After nearly 2 1/2 years, the victims of a June 2016 home invasion probably moved on with their lives, even if they never recovered their large-screen television or hardwood floor scrubber.

Published January 21, 2019

Lt. gov. asks local students, ‘What would Martin tweet?’

BEVERLY HILLS — Martin Luther King Jr. would have embraced social media to spread his message of equality, said Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist Jan. 16 at Wylie E. Groves High School.

Published January 21, 2019

County commissioner struggles to clean up abandoned cemetery

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — To passers-by, the little corner of land off of Square Lake Road, just outside of the Heathers condominium complex, might look like a crummy, overgrown mess. For the most part, that’s what it is. When a resident of the Heathers approached Oakland County Commissioner Shelley Goodman Taub about the eyesore a few years ago, Taub went to work on getting the little plot — less than an acre — cleaned up for the neighbors.