Features

Published July 15, 2019

Royal Oak Review

City focuses on fundraising for Royal Oak Animal Shelter

ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Animal Shelter lately has been the beneficiary of a couple of civic organizations.

Published July 15, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Shakespeare Royal Oak to kick off 19th season

ROYAL OAK — The Bard is back. William Shakespeare’s verse will resonate once again through Starr Jaycee Park, with the Water Works Theatre Company presenting three shows July 25 through Aug. 4.

The Fraser Fire Department leads the Fraser City Parade Sunday, July 22, starting at Fraser High School and going along Garfield Road until they reached Fraser City Hall. Despite rainfall, hundreds of people reportedly lined the streets to watch.

Published July 15, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Fraser Lions Carnival kicks off July 18

FRASER — The biggest yearly event in Fraser is coming back with a full slate of activities for children, adults and families alike.

Published July 15, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Patient, 88, commemorates rehab center stay with cute poem

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — An 88-year-old local man commemorated his visit to Shelby — A Beaumont Affiliated Health & Rehabilitation Center recently with a cute poem, and a lot of people liked it on social media.

Published July 15, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Local group asks for 12 dimes to help seniors this Christmas

UTICA — Christmas is a holiday of cheer and lovely gifts. However, some do not have family and friends to share the special holiday with, and seniors are often those who experience loneliness during these types of holidays.

Published July 15, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

CTFD enlists aid of cancer-sniffing dogs

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The mental and physical anguish of being a firefighter can extend far beyond the day-to-day routine.

Published July 15, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Appetite for Art and Kids Fest to take place this weekend

UTICA — The city of Utica has some fun summer events coming up for the community to come out and enjoy. On July 20 and 21, the city is rolling out its annual Appetite for Art and Kids Fest.

Published July 12, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Care for the caregiver: survival seminar slated for July 19 in St. Clair Shores

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Highlighting the fact that caregivers are at a greater risk for health problems because of the stress they carry with them from taking care of their elderly relatives, the Area Agency on Aging 1-B is presenting a caregiving survival seminar July 19 at the St. Clair Shores Senior Activities Center, 20100 Stephens St.

Published July 12, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe police seize 2 alligators from local business

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe Police Department took a bite out of crime July 9 with the seizure of two alligators from a local business.

Published July 12, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville Fire Department recognized for response to cardiac emergencies

ROSEVILLE — The Roseville Fire Department has real heart — and that’s according to the American Heart Association.

Published July 12, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville City Council votes to prohibit recreational marijuana businesses

ROSEVILLE — At its regular meeting July 9, the Roseville City Council voted to prohibit businesses involved in marijuana growing or selling for recreational purposes from being in Roseville.

Published July 12, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

One of Roseville’s oldest businesses, Van’s Towing celebrates 70 years

ROSEVILLE — When Francis James Fronrath started Van’s Towing & Transport in 1949, he hoped his business would succeed, but he probably didn’t imagine it would still be going strong 70 years later.

Published July 12, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Sterling native sews up clothing production with local factory

STERLING HEIGHTS — Starting a clothing business at age 21 might not be every marketing student’s dream. But for Mathew Hunt, it fit him to a T.

Published July 12, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Sterlingfest to launch new fireworks display

STERLING HEIGHTS — The 2019 Sterlingfest Art and Music Fair is ready to start things off with a bang, according to its organizers.

The Helm at the Boll Life Center is adding new classes in the evening hours and offering additional opportunities to take popular classes only previously available during the day.

Published July 12, 2019

Advertiser Times

The Helm expands evening programming

HARPER WOODS — The Helm at the Boll Life Center is expanding its evening programming so that older adults have access to additional programs and more chances to take part in them.

Published July 12, 2019

Warren Weekly

Council spars over number of medical pot licenses in Warren

WARREN — A move to increase the number of licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries sparked a heated discussion among the mostly lame-duck members of the Warren City Council July 9.

Dignitaries break ground on the Clay Center Campus to End Homelessness in Detroit June 14. The center will be located at 3364 Mack Ave. on the former site of the Detroit Police Department’s 7th Precinct.

Published July 12, 2019

Advertiser Times

NSO breaks ground on campus to fight homelessness

DETROIT — New resources will be available for the homeless population of Detroit next year following the groundbreaking for the Neighborhood Service Organization’s new Clay Center Campus to End Homelessness.

Marygrove College announced that it will be shutting its doors at the end of its autumn 2019 semester.

Published July 12, 2019

Advertiser Times

Marygrove College in Detroit announces closure

DETROIT — Marygrove College, which stood as a pillar of education in Detroit for 92 years, announced June 12 that it would permanently close at the end of its fall 2019 semester.

Published July 12, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Grant to fund land use study around Selfridge Air National Guard Base

MACOMB COUNTY — A recently received federal grant will give Macomb County officials the ability to fund a study to determine future land use opportunities around Selfridge Air National Guard Base — opportunities that would benefit both the base and its neighboring communities.