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Published January 24, 2020

Local student excels in dance competitions, classroom

HAZEL PARK — Many high school students have schedules that are packed to the brim, and it may feel to many that there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done. However, Hazel Park High School junior Kayla Alkatib seems to have danced around that problem.

Published January 21, 2020

Troy Times

Students of longtime Troy resident, fashionista ‘Odie’ King bid her goodbye

TROY — Odester “Odie” Robbins King was a wife, a mother, an educator, a fashion designer and an entrepreneur.

Lexi Zaffrano, 15, of Royal Oak, is the 2020 Children’s Miracle Network ambassador for Beaumont Children’s.

Published January 21, 2020

Royal Oak Review

Children’s Miracle Network names Royal Oak teen as 2020 ambassador

ROYAL OAK — For more than a decade, the Children’s Miracle Network has selected a young person to serve as an ambassador for Beaumont Children’s.

Published January 21, 2020

Royal Oak Review

Volunteers sought for foster care mentorship program

ROYAL OAK — January is national youth mentoring month, and Child Safe Michigan, an affiliate of the Royal Oak-based Judson Center, is offering volunteers the ability to make a difference in the life of a young person who is in foster care.

Published January 20, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

OCC automotive instructor from Utica earns rare teaching certification

UTICA — A local resident who is an instructor at Oakland Community College received his certification as a NC3 master instructor in October.

Officer Sandra Hernden recently received the Officer of the Year Award from the Harper Woods Department of Public Safety. She was recognized at the Dec. 16 City Council meeting by Mayor Kenneth Poynter, left, and Public Safety Director Vincent Smith, right.

Published January 14, 2020

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods honors officer for efforts to fight auto thefts

HARPER WOODS — The city of Harper Woods recognized one of its finest, Officer Sandra Hernden, at its City Council meeting Dec. 16.

Published January 14, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Farms man’s dedication to preserving Detroit history to be honored

GROSSE POINTE FARMS/DETROIT — A Grosse Pointe Farms resident whose family tree reads like a who’s who of Detroit history will be honored this weekend by the Detroit Historical Society for his personal longtime commitment to preserving regional history.

Dawson DeMaria, of Macomb Township, is pictured with members of the Macomb Townhip Board of Trustees. Jan. 5 was Dawson DeMaria Day in Macomb Township.

Published January 7, 2020

Macomb Township Chronicle

Dakota student recognized with his own day

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — A Macomb Township teenager had Jan. 5 all to himself, so to speak.

Published January 2, 2020

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Barb Dempsey reflects on time in local government

MOUNT CLEMENS — As 2020 began, Barb Dempsey, a longtime Mount Clemens government official, took a look back on her time in office.

Published January 2, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Macomb County man recalls Battle of the Bulge 75 years later

MACOMB COUNTY — For the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Robert Haffner said it’s always on his mind how lucky he is.

Families Against Narcotics Executive Director Linda Davis, right, hugs Erin Whitkopf, data coordinator at Hope Not Handcuffs, during the program’s two-year celebration Feb. 1 at Christ Church in Fraser. Davis was recently honored for FAN’S work with the rural community in the state.

Published December 27, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

FAN executive director earns honor for work in rural areas

FRASER — Linda Davis, executive director of Families Against Narcotics, was recently honored as a “community star” by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, or NOSORH.

Published December 23, 2019

Southfield Sun

Municipal complex renamed for longtime mayor, councilman

SOUTHFIELD — The Southfield Municipal Complex has been renamed the Donald F. Fracassi Municipal Campus.

Linda Ridgeway, of Sterling Heights, is the niece and guardian of Onease Hoye, 105, of Warren.

Published December 20, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Centenarian reflects on life, holiday wishes

WARREN — Over at Windemere Park Senior Community in Warren, 105-year-old Onease Hoye is known as “grandma” to her fellow residents and the workers.

Published December 18, 2019

Rochester Post

Student surprises teacher with color-correcting glasses

ROCHESTER — What most people see as a pair of rose-colored glasses instantly reveals a whole new world for Rochester High School teacher Jeff Haney.

Citizen of the Year winners Todd Lipa and Reena Naami-Dier stand with Farmington Area Jaycees President Andrew Buck at the 34th annual Farmington Tree Lighting Ceremony Dec. 7.

Published December 17, 2019

Farmington Press

Farmington Jaycees name citizens of the year

FARMINGTON — Several years have passed since the Farmington Area Jaycees announced their last round of Business and Citizen of the Year winners, but Jaycees President Andrew Buck said it was time to bring those awards back, with a twist.

From left, Dominic, Giulian, Perla, Gemma and Lisa Cardillo, of Macomb Township, are in their fourth year of giving during the holidays. They were on the receiving end in 2014 when Dominic was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Published December 17, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Macomb Township family participates in giving project

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The Cardillo family is at it again — celebrating improved health and not turning their backs on people facing what they formerly experienced.

State Sen. Michael D. MacDonald, R-District 10, right, reads a Senate proclamation in honor of the 100th birthday of Joe Wisniewski, right, at American House Sterling Meadows Dec. 6.

Published December 17, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

World War II Navy vet celebrates 100

STERLING HEIGHTS — Marion “Joe” Wisniewski, 100, a longtime Warren resident who now lives at American House Sterling Meadows, said his mother, a widow, tried to keep him out of the war when he was drafted in 1943 at age 24.