ROYAL OAK — David Barnett, a Royal Oak High School science teacher, recently embarked on a journey of more than 4,000 miles with the hopes of learning more about students’ mental health.

CLAWSON — In a unanimous vote by the City Council Jan. 7, the planned unit development to build the Clawson Flats will move forward.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A Clinton Township man was arraigned Jan. 14 for a litany of charges stemming from an incident where he allegedly held his child and the child’s mother at gunpoint.

MACOMB COUNTY — The baby wasn’t going to wait. The mother’s water broke, and contractions were a minute apart. That was the scenario a dispatcher at the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center was faced with early Dec. 29.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The appointment of three members to the township’s Board of Review sailed by without incident at the Clinton Township Board of Trustees meeting on Jan. 13.

FRASER — Alan Panter, a partner at Yeo & Yeo, presented the city of Fraser with its audit for the 2023-24 fiscal year at the City Council’s Jan. 9 meeting.

BIRMINGHAM — The city of Birmingham, Birmingham Next and the YMCA recently issued a survey seeking community input on what residents want to see in the new building that will sit on 400 E. Lincoln, the current YMCA property.

FRASER — Inspired by his mother’s love of reading, one student at Emerson Elementary school donated money to create his own reading corner in the school’s library.

FERNDALE — Sidewalk reconstruction at several parks and an improvement project on Hilton Road are on the horizon this year in Ferndale.

BERKLEY — The Berkley Downtown Development Authority executive director will be leaving his role next month.

FRASER — A special assessment district typically carries with it some unavoidable discomfort.

FERNDALE — The new director of the Ferndale Area District Library is ready to step up and take charge.

BERKLEY — Disaster was averted as the Berkley Public Safety Department prevented a house from catching on fire and saved the lives of three chickens.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA — It’s not every day you see something like this in the high school sports world.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA — Utica Community Schools theater students received top honors and more than $5.3 million in scholarships at the Michigan Thespian Festival that was held December 13-14 in Lansing.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Senior Center’s featured artist for January and February is Tony Warren.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Cub Scout Pack 92 will be running the races at the Packard Proving Grounds, 49965 Van Dyke Ave. in Shelby Township, Feb. 8.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Vicki Cantu and her two daughters recently published their first book as a team, “The Everyday Adventures of Meep & Beep.”

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Thanks to the community’s donations, the Shelby Township Giving Tree collected more than 2,900 items for Samaritan House.

WARREN — Adversity has never been anything Warren Fitzgerald boys basketball wasn’t accustomed to.