Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

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.

Published January 17, 2019

The Friday 5 — Jan. 18-20

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published January 16, 2019

Take action to remove radon from your home

METRO DETROIT — It may be impossible to smell or see, but that doesn’t mean radon won’t do a lot of damage. Formed during the breakdown of uranium, radon is a chemically inert radioactive gas found in nearly all soils and rocks.

Published January 16, 2019

Chili cook-off experts reveal what it takes to make a winning bowl

METRO DETROIT — What does it take to make the perfect chili? Is it the spice? Could be. Even the experts aren’t sure. Michelle Weiss, the marketing and events coordinator for the Mount Clemens Downtown Development Authority, organizes the DDA’s annual chili cook-off. Creating “a chili they can be proud of” is the magic ingredient in a cook-off contender, she said.

Published January 16, 2019

Stonefly search on tap throughout Rouge communities

METRO DETROIT — Sally Petrella, volunteer monitoring program manager for the Friends of the Rouge, knows the reaction all too well.

Published January 16, 2019

Michigan adopts new fireworks legislation

LANSING — On Dec. 29, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder approved a package of bills aimed at giving more local communities more control to regulate the use and sale of fireworks. The package included House Bill 5940, which was written by state Rep. John Chirkun, D-Roseville.

Published January 15, 2019

Stonefly search to help shed light on river health

METRO DETROIT — Those who aren’t afraid to make a splash in local waterways can help the Clinton River Watershed Council search for stonefly larvae next weekend. “It’s a great event that allows volunteers to get out and about in the watershed in the middle of winter … and stay connected with the river during these winter months,” CRWC ecologist Eric Diesing said.

Published January 14, 2019

North American International Auto Show spotlights award-winning vehicles

DETROIT — Start your engines! The North American International Auto Show, one of Detroit’s most visited and popular events, has returned to Cobo Center in Detroit.

Published January 14, 2019

Bates Street Society to honor authors, business leaders and more

BIRMINGHAM — Jennifer Granger hasn’t been a Birmingham resident for long — just about a year and a half, since she relocated from the West Coast. But that’s all it took for her community to see how big her heart is, and the impact she is making in the region through her nonprofit organization, Fashion X Philanthropy.

Alyssa Tracey of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation joins Paul Traub of the Federal Reserve Bank Chicago/Detroit branch for questions from the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce membership Jan. 11.

Published January 14, 2019

Economists look at the health of Michigan and U.S. coffers

BIRMINGHAM — When it comes to how Michigan and our nation’s economy will fare in 2019, there’s plenty of data to suggest that we’ll continue to have growth above trend. But if we’ve learned anything from the past few years, it would be to expect the unexpected.