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Week In Review: Zuma Closes, Open Carry Advocates Protest in Shain Park

Here are 10 stories you may have missed in Birmingham this week.

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

In a note posted on the coffee house's Facebook page Wednesday, Zuma owners said they'll be closing after more than three years on South Old Woodward.

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Nearly a dozen open carry advocates met at Shain Park in Birmingham again Friday to support 18-year-old Sean Combs, who was arrested in Birmingham in April for carrying a loaded M1 Garand rifle.

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Coupled with the extreme heat, Assistant Fire Chief John Connaughton said Thursday night's storms knocked out power to the Lincoln Hills golf course.

Everywhere in southeast Michigan Wednesday night, fireworks, smoke and lots of pops and booms filled the air. Folks were amused and/or annoyed with the results of the new law.

A Birmingham teen escapes a group of young men who, he says, tried to rob him via his skateboard. Meanwhile, a rock dropped from the roof of a downtown apartment building damages an Aston Martin.

According to police, no company is licensed to sell magazines door-to-door in Birmingham.

Temperatures were expected to exceed 100 degrees Friday even though there were 177 DTE Energy customers still without power in Birmingham after a strong line of storms passed through earlier in the week.

Also happening in Birmingham: the Birmingham-based Disposal Specialties has entered a partnership to reduce construction waste.

Danielle Ziaja collected more than 12,000 personal hygiene items for the needy in Oakland County.

Local disc golf enthusiast and course designer also offered a free clinic after the ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Friday at Beverly Park.


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