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Tiffany Esshaki

C&G Staff Reporter – Birmingham Bloomfield Eagle

Staff Writer Tiffany Esshaki covers Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township as well as Oakland County Parks and Recreation and Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center. Esshaki has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2011 and attended the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Oakland Community College. She’s the recipient of several awards from the Michigan Press Association and the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Published February 18, 2020

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SE Michigan real estate market still sitting pretty, experts say

BIRMINGHAM — Good news: 2020 is looking like another fabulous year for both commercial and residential real estate purchases.

Published February 17, 2020

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Oakland County plans to expand public health care services

OAKLAND COUNTY — At 907 square miles, Oakland County isn’t as big as some of our rural neighbors to the north.

Published February 11, 2020

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Resident to ‘accept responsibility’ following scholarship fund embezzlement

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — A Bloomfield Hills man who allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a student scholarship trust is remorseful for his actions, his attorney said last week.

Published February 11, 2020

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Voters to decide Bloomfield Township police and fire renewal

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — A decade ago, Bloomfield Township voters approved a public safety millage increase to keep services thriving amid the economic downturn that sent property values tumbling.

Published February 11, 2020

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BPS to propose capital improvements bond renewal

BIRMINGHAM — As one debt expires, Birmingham Public Schools is asking voters to consider a new bond to fund repairs around the district.

Published February 11, 2020

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Oakland Schools to host first Game and Invention Challenge

OAKLAND COUNTY — The Oakland Intermediate School District and the Oakland Schools Education Foundation have developed what they’re calling the “Game and Invention Challenge,” slated to take place in March. County students in grades one through 12 will have the chance to show off their creativity and tech skills to create new games or inventions.

Published February 4, 2020

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Nassar survivor inspires students to ‘change the stigma’ of sexual assault

BIRMINGHAM — On Jan. 17, Rachael Denhollander, one of the former patients of Larry Nassar who helped bring the sports doctor and serial sexual abuser to justice, made an appearance at a luncheon fundraiser in Birmingham for CARE House of Oakland County.

Published February 4, 2020

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Local clerks highlight new absentee ballot design

OAKLAND/MACOMB COUNTY — Registered voters are seeing a change this year, as envelopes containing absentee ballots have a new look ahead of the March 10 election.

Published January 27, 2020

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Commission moves up public comments at meetings

BIRMINGHAM — If you wanted to share some thoughts with the Birmingham City Commission during one of its regular meetings, you can go ahead and skip that cup of coffee, because the public portion has been bumped up to earlier in the evening’s agenda.

Oakland County Executive David Coulter shared his thoughts on local economic development at The Townsend Hotel Jan. 24.

Published January 27, 2020

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Economists wary but hopeful for Michigan in 2020

OAKLAND COUNTY — In Oakland County, residents can expect municipal budgets to stay in the black, development to grow and property values to keep climbing through 2020.

Published January 22, 2020

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Open the door to inspiration

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD — There’s only so much inspiration we can garner from the pages of design magazines.For a fresh take on interior design, sometimes it takes the real thing. That’s exactly what home tours provide for their guests — the chance to peek at others’ creativity and spark some of their own.

Published January 20, 2020

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Winter lectures tout Birmingham’s own Wonder Women

BIRMINGHAM — Put down the comic books and pick up a history book if you’re looking to find a real Wonder Woman.

Published January 20, 2020

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Henry Ford Medical Center opens at Village of Bloomfield

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — For years, the empty, unfinished structures that sat at Telegraph and Square Lake roads as part of the defunct Bloomfield Park project served as a reminder of the hardships the nation faced after the 2008 economic downturn.

Published January 14, 2020

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Slide in for the original

METRO DETROIT — Now that it’s mid-January, a lot of folks have already fallen off the New Year’s resolution bandwagon. If your constitution is stronger than that, and you’re still motivated to get fit and eat healthier in 2020, that’s impressive. Well done.