GROSSE POINTE SHORES — In an era of ever rising costs, Grosse Pointe Shores has managed to reduce its millage rate for the 2024 to 2025 fiscal year, which starts July 1.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Grosse Pointe Shores’ newest public safety officer comes to the community with a stamp of approval from one of the department’s respected veterans.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Two decorated members of the Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department have new titles.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe Woods has many reasons to be grateful for its Public Safety Department, but on May 20, department and city officials recognized at least three instances in which officers exceeded the high expectations set for them.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Voters in Grosse Pointe Farms will be deciding this fall whether to continue the city’s dedicated road millage for another five years.

GROSSE POINTES/DETROIT — Students at schools in the Grosse Pointes are once again getting a chance to showcase their artistic skills at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

DETROIT/GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Through unimaginable tragedy, the Doheny family remained united as Edmond Bronner Doheny, 29, of Grosse Pointe Woods, learned his fate for what he has maintained from the start was the accidental killing of his younger brother, Dennis Doheny, last year.

ORCHARD LAKE — It was a part of his game that he’d been working on and improving all season.

FARMINGTON HILLS — Full-circle moments always make for great stories, and Farmington Hills Mercy seniors Kat Burras and Sophia Paluk were at the forefront of one of those very moments.

FARMINGTON — A trip to Memorial Park in downtown Farmington now includes a local history lesson for those who happen to take notice of a plaque that was recently installed.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores hosted men and women from the St. Clair Shores police and fire departments at their 11th Appreciation & Recognition Breakfast on June 13, at the Assumption Cultural Center.

BERKLEY — The Berkley City Council recently approved a planned unit development for a big multiple-family project on several properties.

FRANKLIN — At a recent Franklin Village Council meeting, a new business item was brought to the council: consideration of an ordinance that would restrict residents from using plastic and other non-living plant material in their landscaping.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — A millage renewal focused on public safety will be voted on in Bloomfield Township Aug. 6.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Nothing like a little déjà vu feeling in your final high school soccer game. As freshman sensations, Bloomfield Hills Marian’s 2024 senior class continued the longstanding tradition of Marian girls soccer, earning a Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state championship in a 3-0 win over Spring Lake.

BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham, Michigan, is home to unique art, culture and community. One thing less unique about the city is its name, which is shared with a major city in England and 17 other North American locations.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center has a new rescued opossum, and he is already popular with the community.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — As Michigan Central Station celebrated its reopening after many years and an extensive renovation project, a longtime resident of Shelby Township shared her memories of when she worked at the Michigan Central Station in the 1940s.

MOUNT CLEMENS — It is Friday, May 17, and Lois Lombardo is in the fight of her life. The owner of Olympia Salon & Spa on Cass Avenue is trying to work her new water pump in a shed on the other side of the city, but nothing is going right.

MOUNT CLEMENS — Members of the Mount Clemens City Commission took on a sorrowful tone at the June 17 meeting as the first round of votes to end the Cable Communications Commission were cast