BIRMINGHAM — The city of Birmingham will now be represented on the Michigan Historical Commission by Birmingham Museum Director Leslie Pielack, who was recently appointed to the commission by Winnie Brinks, the majority leader of the Michigan Senate.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Michiganders are warned to be on the lookout for text messages requesting overdue toll payments.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — On April 14, Marian High School began the first phase of its Marian for the Generations Capital Campaign.

FRANKLIN — At the Franklin Village Council meeting April 14, the council discussed the topic of open burning — specifically, proposing an amendment to Village Code Section 307.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica’s Weekend Unwind Friday night concert series will be returning to downtown Utica starting June 6.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Kiwanis Club of Utica-Shelby Township has created an award to honor the late Ray Weingartz.

UTICA — Utica High School sophomore Carter Czapski has officially received an offer from Miami University in Ohio to play football after he graduates high school.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Carl Schepmann remembers all the hardships and successes of building Esplendido Mexican Cuisine with his wife, Gina — from Poncho’s in New Baltimore and Jimmy’s Pizza in Shelby Township to what Esplendido is today.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Detroit Institute of Arts has announced its Inside|Out 2025 locations in Macomb County, which will bring reproductions of works from the DIA’s collection to 10 communities including Shelby Township.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA — Angel Favazza, an AP Literature and Composition and Honors Writing Center teacher at Stevenson High School, is also an author who was inspired by her students to write her newest young adult book, “The Curse of the Scarlet Scarab,” which was just released through Hiraeth Publishing.

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ROSEVILLE — Roseville police are asking for assistance locating a Roseville teenager who’s been missing since April 20.

EASTPOINTE — Ask local historian Bruce Allen Kopytek anything about the J.L. Hudson’s Department Store, and the Rochester Hills resident will probably know the answer.

EASTPOINTE — Fourteen years ago when Sue Todd was a youth services librarian at the Eastpointe Memorial Library, she went to a Kiwanis of Eastpointe meeting to inquire about a donation for library programs.

ROSEVILLE — When community members gather May 10 for the annual Joe Manfreda Dream Dash at Roseville High School, they will not only help raise money for college scholarships, they will honor the memory of Manfreda.

EASTPOINTE — After Eastpointe’s city manager left for a new job with the city of Ann Arbor March 6, the Eastpointe City Council has been working to move forward with the search for a replacement.

ROSEVILLE — An art studio in Roseville served as a hub of protest April 19 involving a gas station chain replacing a piece of the city’s past.

ROSEVILLE — A Roseville man is accused of shooting two women on April 21 at a house on Macel Street.

EASTPOINTE — Tenisia Evans said her passion is to help others. When someone was in need of work with no one to watch her kids, she stepped up to the challenge, having always wanted to open a child care center.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — A request to increase the bond for one of two suspects in the reported assault of a St. Clair Shores business owner has been granted, while the second suspect also now faces a criminal charge.