Week In Review: Stolen Band Instruments Recovered, School Board Forum Set

Are you spending your Sunday catching up with last week's news? Here's the top 10 stories you may have missed about Birmingham this week:

There are four candidates running for two open spots on the Birmingham Board of Education, including two incumbents and two challengers.

Police believe a Madison Heights man took three violins and a trumpet from the Seaholm band room in March 2012.

Brian Henson from Birmingham's Big Rock Chop House was named Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Federation's Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Association.

In this week's police blotter, police arrest a man on OWI, marijuana possession charges while a teen is busted after hitting a tree and police discover he doesn't have a license.

"Sometimes, the difference between a pet staying with its family or ending up in a shelter is a bag of food," says vice president of New Beginnings Animal Rescue, which hosted a garage sale on Hazel Street in Birmingham this weekend.

The Oakland County executive details his injuries and talks about his physical rehab in a statement released Tuesday.

From the Harvest Festival to the Michigan F.A.S.H. Fest, you'll be busy — not bored — in Birmingham this month.

This fall, the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center will feature the Michigan Ceramics 2012 Biennial Exhibition, the Birmingham Society of Women Painters and more.

The local bank held a "Cruisin' View" fundraiser during the Woodward Dream Cruise on Aug. 18.

The Seaholm Class of 1982 will gather for a reunion dinner on Sept. 29 at The Community House as well as a tailgating party at Seaholm's homecoming football game on Sept. 28.