MACOMB TOWNSHIP — In the Macomb Township Chronicle’s coverage area, voters will select candidates for various offices in federal, county and state primary elections on Aug. 6.

METRO DETROIT — A new professional basketball franchise is headed to Detroit as GameAbove Sports announced the purchase of the fourth BIG3 basketball franchise on July 8.

METRO DETROIT — Every season has its drawbacks. One of summer’s biggest is the influx of insects.

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP — Stahls Automotive Collection will hold its sixth annual Autos for Autism charity fundraiser on July 20.

FRASER/CLINTON TOWNSHIP — In the Chronicle’s coverage area, voters will select candidates for various offices in federal, state, county and local primary elections on Aug. 6.

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Voters in the primary in Eastpointe and Roseville Aug. 6 will choose candidates for federal, state and county offices to advance to the November general election.

MACOMB COUNTY/DETROIT — There have been some improvements made in the local community courtesy of a group of dedicated Eagle Scouts that included three sets of siblings.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — In the St. Clair Shores Sentinel’s coverage area, voters will select candidates for various offices in federal, state and county primary elections on Aug. 6.

METRO DETROIT — Cosplay is a chance for people to dress up as their favorite character as well as to meet countless friends along the way.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — In the Beacon’s coverage area, residents will vote on a bond proposal and decide races for supervisor, trustee and park commissioner, as well as county, state and national offices Aug.6.

METRO DETROIT — It’s a summertime tradition: sitting around a backyard bonfire while toasting marshmallows with your family or having a few cocktails with neighbors.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — An experienced police officer has joined the Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department.

GROSSE POINTES/HARPER WOODS — As voters cast their ballots in the Aug. 6 primary, Grosse Pointe Public School System officials hope they’ll vote in favor of the district’s operating millage.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — A Grosse Pointe Woods native who spent much of his youth at the Lake Front Park pool has returned home to helm the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — For Grosse Pointe Park native Sorin Koszyk, an Olympic qualification was more of a ‘when’ rather than an ‘if.’

GROSSE POINTE CITY — The Grosse Pointes keep close tabs on what their immediate neighboring municipalities are doing and often adopt similar practices or purchases if a new addition is a hit, but Grosse Pointe City is going farther afield this summer to see how another community does business.

ROCHESTER — You don’t have to travel to Detroit to enjoy the masterpieces of the Detroit Institute of Arts this summer.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Rochester Hills Stoney Creek softball’s battery and leader of the infield have put themselves on the map statewide.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester schools are always known to be at each other’s throats in athletics, but in a friendly, competitive way.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Nearly three weeks after a gunman opened fire, injuring nine people, the Brooklands Splash Pad has reopened.