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Volunteers prep August primary ballots in Grosse Pointe Farms

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe Farms officials are expecting to send out more than twice as many absentee ballots for the Aug. 4 primary election than they did for the March primary.

Published June 23, 2020

Woodward Talk

Organizers cancel 2020 Ferndale Pride, DIY Street Fair

FERNDALE — Due to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and hoping to support the continued decline of the disease in Michigan, the organizers of the Ferndale Pride festival and the DIY Street Fair have canceled the events for 2020.

Published June 23, 2020

Southfield Sun

Southfielders show up in droves for solidarity event

SOUTHFIELD — The silence along Evergreen Road June 14 was deafening.

Published June 23, 2020

Southfield Sun

Church, health groups host free drive-thru COVID-19, antibody testing in Southfield

SOUTHFIELD — Cars lined J.L. Hudson Drive June 15 as drivers waited to get tested for COVID-19 from the comfort of their vehicle.

The Southfield Public Library, 26000 Evergreen Road, is getting ready to reopen its doors, which were shuttered in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published June 23, 2020

Southfield Sun

Southfield library gearing up for reopening

SOUTHFIELD — It’s been a long few months, and the staff at the Southfield Public Library is ready to welcome back their patrons.

Library offers curbside pickup and returns, prepares to reopen

Published June 23, 2020

Troy Times

Troy library offers curbside pickup and returns, prepares to reopen

TROY — When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued the Stay Home, Stay Safe executive order March 23, there were 40,000 items checked out of the Troy Public Library.

Published June 23, 2020

Troy Times

Former Troy city manager asks for transfer from halfway house to home due to COVID-19

TROY — Former Troy City Manager Brian Kischnick, who pleaded guilty to bribery and was sentenced to serve 30 months in federal prison in January 2019, has requested an emergency motion for a transfer from a residential reentry center to his home due to COVID-19.

Days for use of fireworks extended for Fourth of July

Published June 23, 2020

Troy Times

Days for use of fireworks extended in Troy for Fourth of July

TROY — Fireworks for the nation’s birthday this year will last longer than they have in previous years — following the same rules as last year.

Published June 23, 2020

Farmington Hills baby receives heart transplant after 9 months

FARMINGTON HILLS — For the past nine months, Farmington Hills parents Bill and Megan Ormerod have been faced with a burden no parent should have to bear.

Published June 23, 2020

Ludlow tot lot playground could soon see improvements

ROCHESTER — The city of Rochester is hoping to get grant funding from the state to update the tot lot playground, near Ludlow Avenue, in Rochester Municipal Park.

Published June 25, 2020

OU archival project documents the COVID-19 pandemic

ROCHESTER HILLS — As the COVID-19 crisis disrupts normal life across the nation, the Oakland University libraries are working to document and preserve southeast Michigan’s experiences with the pandemic.

Published June 23, 2020

Barbershops, salons get back to business in Farmington, Hills

FARMINGTON/HILLS — After months of waiting, salons and barbershops across Michigan were given the green light by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to reopen June 15.

Published June 23, 2020

Historic grain elevator could be moved for new office development

ROCHESTER — A new development could soon take the place of Rochester’s oldest business, the Rochester Elevator Co., at the corner of University and Water streets in downtown Rochester.

Farmington’s 2020 Rhythms in Riley Park concert series was canceled due to ongoing COVID-19 health and safety concerns. Pictured here are community members gathered at Riley Park listening to one of the Friday night concerts in 2019.

Published June 23, 2020

Addressing the impacts of canceled summer events in the Farmington area

FARMINGTON/HILLS — By this point in the summer, community members would have perused through almost 100 arts and craft vendors at the 11th annual Art on the Grand fair. Summer concerts series — Stars in the Park, Rhythms in Riley Park and Lunchbeats — would have been entertaining live music lovers Wednesday afternoons, and Thursday and Friday nights.

Published June 23, 2020

Dequindre work zone camera provides real-time view

ROCHESTER HILLS — Dequindre Road is under construction for a widening project, and anyone can watch the progress online, thanks to a new work zone camera.

Local theaters, entertainment remain last to reopen under governor’s plan

Published June 23, 2020

Theaters, entertainment remain last to reopen under governor’s plan

FARMINGTON/HILLS — While many of Michigan’s economic sectors received the green light to reopen, entertainment establishments across many of Michigan’s regions — with the exception of regions six and eight under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Safe Start Plan — remain in the dark as to when they may be able to reopen.

Published June 23, 2020

Lake Front Park pool set to open July 1

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe Woods residents who utilize the Grosse Pointe Woods Aquatic Facility at Lake Front Park, located on Jefferson Avenue, will be glad to know the pool will open July 1.

Published June 23, 2020

Pools reopen, but many programs canceled or modified

GROSSE POINTES — Just in time for what is traditionally the steamiest portion of a Michigan summer, municipal pools are beginning to reopen in the Grosse Pointes. However, like almost everything else in the COVID-19 era, this won’t be a typical summer for recreation.

Published June 23, 2020