Features

Published August 23, 2024

C&G Newspapers

METRO DETROIT — In this week’s Behind the Wheel, Staff Writer Maria Allard shares memories of the camping trips across the country she took with her family as a kid. The photos were taken in slide form in 1979 when the family traveled out West.

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Published August 23, 2024

FARMINGTON/FARMINGTON HILLS — Residents of Farmington and Farmington Hills will decide whether to approve a Farmington Community Library 20-year tax renewal of just under 1 mill on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

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Published August 26, 2024

STERLING HEIGHTS — It’s not a coffee break, but the Sterling Heights Planning Commission recently gave a plaza owner more time to refine a request to allow the site to serve ice cream, coffee or similar food items.

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Published August 23, 2024

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights City Council recently broke its July deadlock over whether to approve the Chaldean Community Foundation’s second apartment complex proposal in the North Van Dyke Avenue corridor.

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Published August 23, 2024

METRO DETROIT — It is a tin can with three engines, boxy aerodynamics, fixed gears and nearly 100 years of active service. And for a brief window in early August, you could take a flight in it.

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Published August 27, 2024

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Facing a shortage of firefighters and EMTs, the Harrison Township Board of Trustees approved a new student hiring program proposed by the Harrison Township Fire Department at the Aug. 12 board meeting.

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Published August 26, 2024

MOUNT CLEMENS — A month may not seem very long, but it’s a blistering turnaround time in the world of public policy, and it’s all the time that was needed to restore a program thought to be lost to the ages.

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Published August 23, 2024

MOUNT CLEMENS — Felt, string, looms and more all take center stage at the latest show at the Anton Art Center.

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Published August 23, 2024

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The newest piece of art for the Harrison Township public has arrived, taking the form of a dragonfly and landing in Tucker Park.

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Published August 23, 2024

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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The words don’t always come when someone’s alive. Wind phones allow you to say those things through a telephone receiver connected to nothing in the living world.

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Published August 23, 2024

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — In the works for almost a year, the future of planning in Harrison Township is almost here.

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Published August 23, 2024

ROCHESTER HILLS — A Rochester Hills doctor has been arrested after authorities discovered thousands of nude photos and videos of children and adults taken while the victims were changing at Goldfish Swim School, in hospitals, in changing areas, and in various other locations over at least the past six years.

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Published August 27, 2024

MADISON HEIGHTS — Work is underway at the Madison Heights Police Department to overhaul its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, and officials say it’s just the latest in a series of upgrades to the city’s police and fire stations.

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Published August 26, 2024

MADISON HEIGHTS — Officials with the Madison District Public Schools say that more than 90% of the bond funds approved by voters in November 2021 have now been allocated.

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Published August 23, 2024

MADISON HEIGHTS — As Hazel Park wraps its “road diet,” Madison Heights is planning one that will shrink a stretch of 11 Mile Road from four lanes to three.

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Published August 23, 2024

MADISON HEIGHTS — Following a lengthy investigation, authorities now believe that a young boy who died in Madison Heights was abused and killed by his mother and her boyfriend.

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Published August 25, 2024

WEST BLOOMFIELD — In what has become a summer tradition in West Bloomfield, the Walk4Friendship event is scheduled to return for its 19th year Sept. 1.

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Published August 23, 2024

ORCHARD LAKE — If a ballot proposal is approved by Orchard Lake voters Nov. 5, a first will occur in the city’s history.

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Published August 22, 2024

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OAKLAND COUNTY — Drowning is fast and silent, and it can take less than 30 seconds for someone to drown. In Oakland County, there have been 11 drowning deaths in 2024 alone.

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Published August 19, 2024

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Some resolution is coming at the site of the Goo Smoke Shop explosion, even if it’s just the physical part.

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