WARREN — Just before students went on spring break March 30 through April 6, Warren Mott High School held “Strive for a Better Drive” in an effort to promote safe driving among the teenagers.

ROCHESTER — A new, elevated farmers market will be constructed in downtown Rochester over the next six months, despite being nearly $1 million over budget.

HUNTINGTON WOODS — The Huntington Woods community has been in mourning after the passing of Department of Public Works Supervisor Doug Chmiel.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Sterling Heights man accused in the violent death of a dog faces up to four years in prison.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — While the development around Broughton Road is set to look different from the rest of Macomb Township, the Board of Trustees has put the gears in motion to govern the area somewhat differently as well.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The workings of government are often portrayed as Byzantine and unknowable, but Clinton Township is looking to curtail that.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County Parks announced last week that it will open its five golf courses at the start of April.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A 46-year-old man from Houston accused of killing two people inside a used car dealership in Shelby Township last fall has been found competent to stand trial, following a mental health evaluation.

DETROIT — Cultural history and traditions meet modern influences in “Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation,” on display through April 5 at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A man from Shelby Township has been charged following what officials are calling the second-largest seizure of illicit drugs in the Shelby Township Police Department’s 72-year history.

WARREN — City officials and state lawmakers are looking to obtain funding to help build a new courthouse in Warren.

METRO DETROIT — Music meant everything to Brian Pastoria.

ROYAL OAK — The City Commission March 9 unanimously approved a request to apply for a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Recreation Passport Grant to fund Fernwood Park playground equipment. 

EASTPOINTE — A local woman has been charged with impeding a criminal investigation following an incident March 15 in which a man was robbed at gunpoint in her home by another man. The next day, the man whom police identified as the robber led police on a chase that ended with him taking his own life.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — At its meeting on March 16, the St. Clair Shores City Council agreed to adopt a resolution opposing a bipartisan series of proposed state laws that sponsors claim would reduce zoning restrictions and spur housing development in Michigan. 

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights Community Center was a melting pot of ethnic pride and people March 13 during the city’s annual Cultural Exchange.

FARMINGTON HILLS/WEST BLOOM-FIELD — Officials in Farmington Hills and neighboring communities are commending each other for their work handling the aftermath of a water main that broke in Farmington Hills earlier this month.