HARRISON TOWNSHIP — At their meeting on March 10, the Harrison Township Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to approve interior renovations to the bathhouse at Waterfront Park on Jefferson Avenue.

METRO DETROIT — The first race for many runners, the 5K, is a tangible goal for just about anyone, if you commit to the proper training.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — If it takes a village to stage a musical, a small team of Chippewa Valley High School students are setting out to prove it takes a club to stage a play.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Sgt. Joe Blevins was named the Harrison Township Fire Department’s 2024 Firefighter of the Year at the township’s Board of Trustees meeting March 10.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A plan to add a social worker to the Clinton Township Police Department’s headquarters was announced Feb. 28.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — On the morning of March 6, six F-22 Raptor jets of the 1st Fighter Wing took off from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia on a mission nearly 90 years in the making.

HAZEL PARK — A new community manager at the Hazel Park Ice Arena recently brought back public skating, a tradition that was on hiatus since the pandemic.

HAZEL PARK — A 16-year-old student at Hazel Park High faces multiple charges after he reportedly threatened another student with a firearm in the boys’ locker room.

HAZEL PARK — A BorgWarner plant that manufactures batteries for electric vehicles will be closing its Hazel Park and Warren facilities this July. Nearly 190 jobs will be lost.

HAZEL PARK — The city of Hazel Park has been awarded “Tree City USA” status through the Arbor Day Foundation, a reflection of ongoing efforts to preserve its tree canopy.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — West Bloomfield High School teacher Jennifer Sepetys has been acknowledged by the Michigan Education Association for her efforts in addressing student mental health as part of her 20-week course, “Positive Psychology.”

ORCHARD LAKE — Orchard Lake St. Mary’s won the Division III hockey state championship March 8 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — The Greater West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce will hold a “Business Innovation Generator” event  March 27 at Cauley Ferrari of Detroit in West Bloomfield

CENTER LINE — An extensive update to 10 Mile Road is set to start March 15. At the Center Line City Council meeting March 3, City Manager Dennis Champine gave an update after attending a pre-construction meeting with the Macomb County Department of Roads.

Police are investigating after a bullet was found in a classroom at Van Hoosen Middle School March 11.

WARREN — A Warren police officer involved in a high-speed crash that left two dead appeared in 37 District Court March 6.

WARREN — Officers responding to a domestic violence call on March 10 shot a 41-year-old Warren man, who died from his injuries at the hospital. According to a press release from the Warren Police Department, officers were dispatched at 9:58 p.m.

EASTPOINTE — When he was 7 years old, Jason Clark already knew his career path: to become a firefighter.

MOUNT CLEMENS — In response to upheaval at the federal level, Mount Clemens city commissioners sent a statement calling on its representatives to be careful.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A preliminary budget forecast for Clinton Township’s upcoming fiscal years shows general fund spending dipping into the red as a result of additional retirement expenditures. However, the city’s finances are expected to be back in the black within a few years.