ROSEVILLE — Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Linda Weishaupt became emotional when addressing the medical staff and local officials who attended the Jan. 10 “showcase” of the Karmanos Cancer Institute-Roseville.

EASTPOINTE — At the first Eastpointe Community Schools Board of Education meeting of 2024 — held Jan. 8 at Eastpointe City Hall — tension grew between Trustee Mary Hall-Rayford and President Jon Gruenberg when Hall-Rayford questioned Christina Gibson’s superintendent’s report.

EASTPOINTE — More accusations of race discrimination have been made against Eastpointe Community Schools and district Superintendent Christina Gibson.

ROSEVILLE/ST. CLAIR SHORES — According to a press release by the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, 31-year-old Shane Burns has been ordered to stand trial for stabbings in Roseville and St. Clair Shores last year.

ROSEVILLE — Dort Elementary School educators are mourning the loss of a Head Start employee who was found dead in the school’s parking lot Jan. 16.

ROSEVILLE/EASTPOINTE — The Recreation Authority of Roseville and Eastpointe has its newsletter up and running for the spring and summer 2024 programs.

News & Notes from the 1/10/24 Eastsider

EASTPOINTE — During the last week of 2023, the city of Eastpointe issued a public advisory for water customers after several homes in the area with known lead service lines were tested and were found to have high lead levels in their drinking water.

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Staff at the Roseville Public Library and the Eastpointe Memorial Library are looking forward to bringing new programs to the public and 2024 and continuing some of the successful programs begun in the past year.

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Now that Christmas break is over, students and staff are back in class in both Eastpointe Community Schools and Roseville Community Schools.

MACOMB COUNTY — L’Anse Creuse Unified may be a young squad with heavy aspirations, but they’re figuring things out in the race for the Macomb Area Conference Red league title.

MACOMB COUNTY — As confetti is cleared from Times Square and late-made resolutions begin to be broken, it can be easy to leave 2023 behind in favor of what 2024 will bring.

MACOMB COUNTY/GROSSE POINTES — Here's some of the notable items given to reporters by local police.

ROSEVILLE — It’s a memory that Roseville senior linebacker Huston Eubank will never forget.

ROSEVILLE — Some new equipment will soon be in the classrooms in Roseville Community Schools.

News & Notes from the 12/20/23 Eastsider

EASTPOINTE — While some Eastpointe City Council members voted to accept bids gathered by the Michigan Department of Transportation for the second phase of the Nine Mile Road renovation project, the council ultimately decided to put the project on hold at its Dec. 5 meeting.

ROSEVILLE — Roseville High School senior Kenny Steinhebel is interested in pursuing video editing in the future.

EASTPOINTE — You’ve heard of “The Elf on the Shelf” and “Where’s Waldo?” Now it’s time to meet “Maurice on Release.”

ROSEVILLE — A man who was found guilty of second-degree murder in a shooting that occurred at a Roseville bar in 2022 has been sentenced.