MADISON HEIGHTS — Sean Ballantine was just a kid in elementary school when he first dreamt of a career in public works.

WARREN — When Lee Newby entered the conference room at Warren City Hall, Mayor James Fouts, along with many journalists and photographers, looked around as if they were still waiting for the centenarian to arrive.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — To be one of the best in one’s field is an accomplishment, and every year, the Michigan Association of State Universities looks around the state to find the best professors across Michigan’s 15 public universities.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — One local group got a chance to hear about history from someone who lived it. The Pettipointe Questers #243 invited Bill Welborne — a retired Tuskegee Airman — to talk about the famed military group during a meeting of the Questers chapter May 4 at the Ewald Branch of the Grosse Pointe Public Library in Grosse Pointe Park.

BIRMINGHAM — Ian Weinberg, a junior at Seaholm High School, has published his first book, “Invest Early To Grow Your Wealth."

WEST BLOOMFIELD — The contract of West Bloomfield Police Chief Michael Patton includes a provision that makes his mandatory retirement age 65.

ROCHESTER — The Rochester City Beautiful Commission recently presented Rochester resident Carol Lamb with a Good Neighbor Award.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A longtime member of the Shelby Township Fine Art Society turned 100 years old April 29 and continues to make her favorite art.

TROY — The Boys & Girls Club of Troy announced April 13 that Brother Rice High School senior Owen Obasuyi was selected as its 2023 Youth of the Year.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Becoming an Eagle Scout is the crowning achievement of anyone who joins the Boy Scouts of America.

SOUTHFIELD — “There’s nobody quite like Barb,” said Pamela Zarkowski, University of Detroit Mercy’s provost and vice president for academic affairs.

WARREN — Named after the pioneering designer Suzanne Vanderbilt, who blazed new trails at General Motors Co. and throughout the automotive industry, Cadillac House at Vanderbilt is currently under construction on GM’s Global Technical Center campus in Warren.

EASTPOINTE — Before their monthly meeting March 28, members of the Knights of Columbus Holy Innocents-Saint Barnabas No. 14213 Catholic Community recited the rosary.

METRO DETROIT — Farmington Hills resident Olivia Croom will be providing free dental services as part of her new position at a Detroit nonprofit, according to a press release.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — When Grosse Pointe Park Finance Director/Treasurer/City Clerk Jane Blahut began working for the city in 1980, she was 19 years old and was hired as a cashier for the front office.

NOVI — Scientists from around the world flocked to Ann Arbor March 16 to honor Novi resident Wilbur Bigelow, a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, with a surprise 100th birthday party.

CENTER LINE — When British music author Richard Houghton sought input from Rolling Stones fans for his book “All Down The Line: A People’s History of the Rolling Stones 1972 North American Tour,” he heard from more than 300 concertgoers.

WARREN — That is “so fetch.” That phrase will sound familiar to anyone who saw the 2004 movie “Mean Girls,” starring Lindsay Lohan.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Over the course of his decades-long career in broadcast journalism, Emmy-winning WXYZ-TV/Channel 7 Editorial/Public Affairs Director Chuck Stokes has had the opportunity to interview many people who have had an impact on national and state history.

NOVI — On March 2, the Novi Educational Foundation named Hattie Maguire as the Novi Community School District Educator of the Year as her family and colleagues, as well as media representatives, surprised her in her classroom.