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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 June 17, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Seaholm grad honored for Birmingham history project

BIRMINGHAM — While many of his classmates steamed their caps and gowns and put the final touches on their graduation parties, Seaholm High School senior Tyler Firestone was shaping himself into a bona fide detective.

Published June 17, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Downtown Birmingham to host new Thursday night events

BIRMINGHAM — Looking forward to the weekend? For the summer, weekends start on Thursday in downtown Birmingham. This year will be the first time the Birmingham Shopping District will host a series called Thursdays in the City, a kind of mini art show with live entertainment in the alleyways of downtown.

Artist Natalia Wohletz will present a selection of her linoleum block prints at the Fine Art Fine Wine Fair this weekend in Orchard Lake.

Published June 13, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

Fine Art Fine Wine returns to St. Mary’s

ORCHARD LAKE — Next weekend, there will be a little something to tantalize every palate — and palette — during the annual Fine Art Fine Wine Fair at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Preparatory.

Published June 12, 2019

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Yoga becomes a new experience outside the studio

METRO DETROIT — If you’re moving soon, don’t even think about asking Tina Iulianelli or Amy Anderson to help haul your stuff. Their cars’ trunks are filled to the brim with yoga mats, blocks and resistance bands.

Published June 10, 2019

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Local women featured in new exhibition

WEST BLOOMFIELD — When Bloomfield Hills sculpture artist Nanci LeBret Einstein finished her latest multimedia installation — a large and intense collaboration with her husband — she said she needed to take a breath.

Published June 10, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Birmingham’s summer concerts, movie nights return Friday

BIRMINGHAM — Breaking news alert: Summer is truly, actually and finally here. After such a long winter and a soggy spring, Birmingham is ready to get outside and enjoy some fresh air. The city’s annual In the Park summer concerts and Movies Under the Stars series return to Shain Park beginning this weekend.

Published June 10, 2019

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One Water hits the road to promote improved infrastructure

OAKLAND COUNTY — Each time we pour a glass of water from our tap or run our toothbrush underneath or even fill up the kiddie pool, all we see is something clear and refreshing. But beneath the spigot, Michigan’s water infrastructure is crumbling and the inland lakes we enjoy are being polluted — that’s the part we as consumers don’t often see.

Published June 4, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Jacobson’s retro style returns with two events

BIRMINGHAM — Just in time for the downtown summer shopping season to really ramp up, the Birmingham Museum will host two fashion-forward — or rather, backward — events for people of all ages to enjoy.

Published June 4, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Kostiuk steps in as BHS interim superintendent

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — With Robert Glass on his way to join family in New York, the Bloomfield Hills Schools district needed to put someone at the helm while it searched for a permanent superintendent. The BHS Board of Education appointed one of its own to take on the task May 23. Board member Christina Kostiuk will fill the superintendent role temporarily beginning July 1.

Published June 4, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Cranbrook grad heads to Berlin for art residency

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — El Paso, Texas, native Marianna Olague applied to the graduate program at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in hopes of leaving her poverty-stricken border town and building a better life. But once she was accepted, she sat in her Bloomfield Hills painting studio and thought about home.

Published May 29, 2019

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Charitable runs/walks can be a kickstart to fitness

METRO DETROIT — Los Angeles-based celebrity fitness trainer Alex Fine will be competing in a 50-mile ultramarathon to raise money for HAVEN of Oakland County.

Published May 24, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Senior hits pedestrian in Costco lot

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — An 84-year-old Clarkston man is expected to fully recover after being struck by a vehicle in a parking lot, according to police. Sgt. Dan Brown, of the Bloomfield Township Police Department, said the man was walking in the parking lot of Costco, 2343 S. Telegraph Road, just before 2:30 p.m. May 11 when he was hit by another driver backing out of a parking space.

Published May 24, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Charges possible for homeowner in cat hoarding case

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Final veterinary reports for nearly 200 cats taken from a West Bloomfield home will determine what types of charges the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office may file following a hoarding situation discovered several weeks ago.

Published May 24, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Pesticides in park create buzz about pollinator protections

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD — Melissa Srock, of Bloomfield Township, recently made a few changes to the back of her 2.2-acre property. She added some pine trees to the edge of the woods on her land, to hide her hives.

Published May 21, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

New Bloomfield Township police chief appointed

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Police Chief Scott McCanham, just short of his two-year anniversary at the helm of the Bloomfield Township Police Department, announced his retirement during last week’s Board of Trustees meeting.