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Published October 16, 2018

RCS officials push password changes following data breach

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester Community Schools district is recommending that students change their passwords following an online data breach.

Published October 16, 2018

Southfield Sun

Local man details life as WWII Tuskegee Airman, POW

SOUTHFIELD — When Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson crash-landed in Nazi-occupied France in 1944, the German guard who captured him somehow knew everything about him.

Published October 16, 2018

Grosse Pointe Times

Girl Scouts renew memorial garden at Kerby

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The memory of a little girl who died too soon was honored by a group of girls who didn’t know her, but shared a bond with her.

Grant Oltman, a Clinton Township native and Fraser High graduate, serves as an information services technician in the U.S. Navy.

Published October 15, 2018

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Fraser High grad receives life lessons in Navy

CLINTON TOWNSHIP/FRASER — Grant Oltman, 23, is an information systems technician third class in the U.S. Navy.

Published October 15, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Police, Red Wings team up to help local child with epilepsy

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — It may not be under the bright lights at Little Caesars Arena, but when some Detroit Red Wings hit the ice on Saturday, Oct. 20, it will be one heck of a big game, with plenty at stake.

Published October 11, 2018

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Local mother wants to spread Kabuki syndrome awareness

MOUNT CLEMENS — When Jasmine Gibson was pregnant, doctors detected an issue with her unborn child’s kidneys, though it was determined not serious. “On the day she was born, we could see immediately that she was blind; her eyes were clouded over,” Jasmine said of her daughter Skye, who was born on Dec. 28, 2016.

Published October 9, 2018

Troy Times

Leadership Troy to honor Distinguished Citizen

TROY — Brenda Balas currently volunteers for Samaritas Refugee Resettlement, the Troy Area Alliance Against Hate Crimes, the Troy-Area Interfaith Group and Know Your Neighbor Daily, spearheaded by the Troy Public Library.

Published October 9, 2018

Sterling Heights Sentry

Local author hopes to become big cheese with ‘The Cheezers’

Sterling Heights author Erika Weberman has written the book on how to make fairy tales about dairy characters. Just ask her kids. “To be honest, I have a 4-year-old and I have a 1-year-old. I started reading their books.Read More

Published October 8, 2018

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

St. Clair Shores gears up for St. Baldrick’s event

ST. CLAIR SHORES — With more than 100 people already signed up to volunteer or shave their heads, organizers said this year’s St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event Oct. 13 is shaping up to be a great way to raise money for childhood cancer research.

Published October 4, 2018

West Bloomfield Beacon

Orchard Lake man saves West Bloomfield woman from drowning

WEST BLOOMFIELD/ORCHARD LAKE — Orchard Lake resident Justin Moore, 20, had mere moments to either call the police or rescue a woman in a precarious situation on Morris Lake, in West Bloomfield.

Published October 3, 2018

Southfield Sun

Local woman named to Forbes 30 Under 30

SOUTHFIELD — The city of Southfield recently recognized one of its own for her placement on a distinguished list.

Published October 3, 2018

Sterling Heights Sentry

Young advocate for amphibians wins EPA award

Trinity Favazza’s young journey of wildlife conservation activism started with her trips to visit the frogs. “Ever since I was really little, my dad used to take me out to the field,” she said.Read More

Published October 2, 2018

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Chamber of Commerce hosts annual Salute to Excellence Awards

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2018 Salute to Excellence Awards Dinner at Eastpointe Manor Sept. 27.

Published October 2, 2018

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Farms celebrates legacy of former mayor with harbor honor

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — As a lifelong resident and business owner, former Grosse Pointe Farms Mayor and current City Council member and Mayor Pro Tem James Farquhar has left his imprint on many aspects of the city.

Published September 28, 2018

Advertiser Times

Detroit mayor recognized as Goodfellow of the Year

DETROIT — On Sept. 25, the Detroit Goodfellows gathered at Cobo Center to honor its Edward H. McNamara Goodfellow of the Year Award winner for 2018: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.

Published September 26, 2018

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe performer returns to Comedy Castle

EASTPOINTE — Eastpointe native Kevin Lepine is coming back to metro Detroit, and he’s bringing his award-winning Las Vegas comedy/hypnosis act, “Hypnosis Unleashed,” with him.Read More

Published September 25, 2018

Sterling Heights Sentry

Teacher acquires clarinet with memories at band sale

As a high school student in the early 1980s, Joe Syler used to help choose music for Utica High School’s jazz band and serve as a teacher’s aide to then-Band Director Don Nawrocki.Read More

Published September 25, 2018

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Teen honored by police for stopping thief

FRASER — On Sept. 13, Brandon O’Neal and his family were invited to Fraser City Hall for the monthly Fraser City Council meeting in which he was given a citation for good citizenship after helping to apprehend a thief.

Published September 21, 2018

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Teen receives new bike after collision

HARRISON TOWNSHIP/MOUNT CLEMENS — It didn’t take long for 17-year-old Lionel Holliday to recover from the minor wounds he sustained when he was hit by a car while riding his bike home from work Sept. 6.

Published September 11, 2018

Woodward Talk

Ferndale man’s 20-foot sunflower shines on neighborhood block

FERNDALE — If you happen to be walking in Ferndale at the intersection of Paxton and Academy streets, your attention might be grabbed by the sight of a towering plant in the yard of one man’s home.Read More