GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A new calendar year and new Grosse Pointe Board of Education is bringing with it a new slate of board officers.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park’s business district on Charlevoix Avenue is expected to get a major makeover in the next couple of years.

BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Village Players are combining elements of comedy and romance in their production of “Crossing Delancey.”

OAKLAND COUNTY — For 28 years, CARE House of Oakland County has hosted its annual Circle of Friends Luncheon as a way to raise awareness of the nonprofit’s mission to protect children by preventing, intervening and treating child abuse and neglect.

BIRMINGHAM — Jason Emerine was appointed to the City Commission last November.

BERKLEY — A vehicle pursuit in Berkley ended with an SUV crashing into a home.

ROYAL OAK — The city of Royal Oak has joined a program that involves businesses, community buildings and organizations in the goal of reducing energy.

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.