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Published January 26, 2021

Group fitness classes, family programming return to Troy Community Center

TROY — All Recreation Director Elaine Bo and Assistant Recreation Director Brian Goul want is to fully reopen the Troy Community Center to its members.

Virtual playdates bring connection during COVID-19

Published January 26, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Virtual playdates bring connection during COVID-19

METRO DETROIT — With many schools and activities closed due to COVID-19, kids nowadays are missing out on much more than face-to-face instruction.

Published January 26, 2021

C&G Newspapers

The Stars and Stripes in all its Old Glory

METRO DETROIT — For many Americans, especially military veterans, the U.S. flag waving in the breeze brings a sense of pride, honor and patriotism.

Published January 26, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Schools round up, catch up and ramp up for fall enrollment

METRO DETROIT — Along with proms and graduation ceremonies, another time-honored school tradition will likely be muddled by COVID-19.

Published January 26, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

New City public safety director ‘beyond grateful’ for help in reaching this point

GROSSE POINTE CITY — The expression that “it takes a village” doesn’t just apply to raising children — it also applies to preparing community leaders.

Published January 26, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

Former Grosse Pointe Shores lieutenant named as new public safety director

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Grosse Pointe Shores has a new public safety director, but he’s no stranger to the community.

Published January 25, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Looking back: Royal Oak Police Department

ROYAL OAK — The history of the Royal Oak police began in 1918, three years before the village was incorporated as a city, when Philip H. Beauvais officially formed a police department.

Published January 25, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Two new auto shows head to M1 Concourse in September

PONTIAC — Just as downtown Detroit announced the cancelation of the North American International Auto Show, Pontiac celebrates not one but two new auto events slated for this fall.

Published January 26, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Our lips are sealed — and filled

METRO DETROIT — For many of us, the time we’ve spent cooped up working from home and steering clear of social gatherings has been — well, a pain.

Published January 25, 2021

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Oakland County, municipalities ready for vaccine distribution

FRANKLIN/BLOOMFIELD — It may still be some time before local governments get the supplies they need to be able to administer the COVID-19 vaccine widely to the public.

Published January 25, 2021

C&G Newspapers

UCS parapro runs to more than 40 schools in the Utica District

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — A Utica Community Schools paraprofessional announced that he would be attempting to run to every school in the district and invited people to cheer him on while he ran Jan. 9.

Published January 26, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Utica police arrest woman seen repeatedly throwing dog into river

UTICA — A woman in Utica is facing an animal torture charge after allegedly throwing a small dog into the Clinton River repeatedly, causing it trauma Jan. 4.

Published January 25, 2021

Shelby - Utica News

Father, daughter die from injures after crash, while son survives

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A crash involving a commercial vehicle and a pickup truck Jan. 19 at the intersection of 21 Mile Road and Van Dyke Avenue claimed the lives of a father and daughter.

Published January 24, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

HVAC companies donate sterilizing air system to Vets Returning Home

ROSEVILLE — Vets Returning Home in Roseville has been helping homeless veterans for the last seven years, but the last year has been the most challenging of all.

Published January 22, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Food giveaway for hospitality employees hosted at Dorsey Schools in Roseville

ROSEVILLE — Dorsey Schools in Roseville hosted a food giveaway Jan. 8 for employees in the hospitality industry.

Dr. Kathy Rollinger recently was named the 2020 Family Physician of the Year by the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Physicians.

Published January 26, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville native named Family Physician of the Year

ROSEVILLE — Dr. Kathy Rollinger has been practicing medicine in southeast Michigan for her entire career and has saved and changed untold lives during that time.

Harper Woods Superintendent Stephen McGhee delivers meals to one of the families in the school district as part of the “Making the Season Bright” program Dec. 18.

Published January 22, 2021

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods Schools helps feed families for the holidays

HARPER WOODS — A school district is supposed to give children an education, but what many often forget is that a district also is in charge of making sure its students are well fed so they can learn.

Published January 24, 2021

Advertiser Times

Chandler Park Academy students examine results of experiment taken into space

HARPER WOODS — On Dec. 6, an experiment designed by four students at Chandler Park Academy in Harper Woods was taken into space by NASA as part of the 14th National Center for Earth and Space Science Education’s Student Spaceflight program.

Raphael Washington becomes new Wayne County sheriff

Published January 23, 2021

Advertiser Times

Raphael Washington becomes new Wayne County sheriff

DETROIT — Wayne County and many across Michigan are mourning the death of Sheriff Benny Napoleon, while also welcoming his successor, Raphael Washington, who was previously serving under Napoleon as the deputy chief of jail and courts.

Published January 22, 2021

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods leaders share ‘New Year’s resolutions’

HARPER WOODS — Harper Woods city officials and leaders are looking toward the future and are sharing what their New Year’s resolutions are for 2021 in regard to the Harper Woods community.