MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Most people cannot say they have accomplished much before entering high school. Matthew Majchrzak Jr., incoming Dakota High School ninth grader, has plenty more than the average teen to boast about.

TROY — After nearly 30 years as Troy’s community affairs director, Cindy Stewart has officially retired from the role.

ROSEVILLE — Name any township or city in Michigan, and chances are Scott Krasnik has been there.

FARMINGTON HILLS — Thanks to the quick thinking of an employee, a dangerous situation was avoided at a local Walgreens.

EASTPOINTE — Jennifer “Jamma” Harris is being remembered as “a great light” and a “kind, generous and patient” person by loved ones who will miss her deeply. 

EASTPOINTE — Family, friends and community members will gather at 5 p.m. today, July 14, to remember Jennifer “Jamma” Harris, a loving mother and McDonald’s manager who was stabbed, allegedly by a co-worker, July 10. 

TROY — Ryan Werenka, a teacher at Troy High, was among 43 candidates chosen by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for its annual fellowship competition.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Byron Turnquist officially retired from his role as fire marshal of the West Bloomfield Fire Department June 27, after 29 years of service.

EASTPOINTE — It has been more than 50 years since Lon Michael Holupko was killed in the Vietnam war, but Michaelene Buczak still thinks about him.

TROY — Carla Reeb, the Troy Nature Society’s executive director, has announced she will retire this fall.

EASTPOINTE — Car hoods raised up, fuzzy dice adorned rearview mirrors, and engines purred.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — When Lila Shea was 12 years old, she decided to write a book based on some of the emotions she was feeling about her parents’ divorce.

NOVI — On June 2, a large audience filled the Novi Middle School auditorium to witness the graduation of Robby Heil, a young man with Down syndrome, from the Novi Adult Transition Center program.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Before the summer is over, Grosse Pointe City Mayor Sheila Tomkowiak will be able to say she attended Harvard.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — This St. Clair Shores woman grew up in the Shores and tells younger generations to love one another.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — One local man recognizes veterans through a beautiful display every year hoping to educate the public and help veterans feel recognized.

EASTPOINTE/HARPER WOODS/DETROIT — With the recent wave of crime that has hit Eastpointe — including a shooting that left two people dead and a stabbing in which one person was killed — a group of pastors recently gathered with about 125 residents to lift the community in prayer and denounce violence.

NOVI — With Mother’s Day fast approaching, seniors at Waltonwood Twelve Oaks in Novi sat down April 25 to talk about their personal experiences with motherhood and offer some advice to young mothers in the community.

SOUTHFIELD — Born on April 18, 1922, Catherine Davis is a 102-year-old Southfield resident whose lifetime wish of going to Washington, D.C. to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture was granted for her birthday last April  by “Wish of a Lifetime” from AARP.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The St. Clair Shores City Council, state Sen. Kevin Hertel, family members and residents celebrated Evelyn Frederick’s 100th birthday with a proclamation at the council’s Feb. 18 meeting.