Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Published September 25, 2019

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published September 25, 2019

Police warn of possible charity scam in Roseville

ROSEVILLE — Roseville police officials are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man claiming to be soliciting for a charity, but the man’s story doesn’t add up and police can find no record of the supposed charity.

Published September 25, 2019

Libraries want businesses to hook up cardholders with discounts

TROY/MACOMB COUNTY — Libraries want to give their patrons discounts at local businesses — and they are asking local businesses to help.

Published September 25, 2019

Ready or not, here comes ‘Read by Grade Three’

METRO DETROIT — The stakes for Michigan’s third grade students are high this school year as the retention portion of the state’s “Read by Grade Three” law takes effect in May 2020 after this year’s statewide assessments.

Published September 25, 2019

From obesity and food obsession to real health

METRO DETROIT — It was nearly seven years and 175 pounds ago when Jill Clark, of Troy, decided she’d had just about enough.

Published September 25, 2019

Setting the scene this Halloween

METRO DETROIT — Glen Williams humbly denies being an expert on the art of the “home haunt,” but the resident of Grosse Pointe Farms clearly knows a thing or two after years of transforming his Mack Avenue home into a Halloween wonderland.

Published September 24, 2019

11 counties at ‘high risk’ for deadly mosquito-borne virus

METRO DETROIT — Health officials are reminding people to protect themselves from mosquito bites this fall after seeing an increase in Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare and deadly virus spread by mosquitoes.

Published September 24, 2019

Eastpointe Fire Department gets new fire marshal

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe Fire Department has a new, dedicated fire marshal for the first time since 2011.

Published September 24, 2019

Roseville Police and Fire departments to host open house

ROSEVILLE — The Roseville Fire Department is teaming up with the Roseville Police Department for its annual open house Sept. 28.

Published September 24, 2019

Roseville Fire Department receives funding for new equipment

ROSEVILLE — On Sept. 17, it was announced that five fire departments in southeast Michigan, including the Roseville Fire Department, would receive grant money to upgrade outdated equipment or recruit new firefighters.

Published September 24, 2019

Former judge found dead in her home

ROSEVILLE — Former 39th District Court Judge Catherine Steenland was found dead in her home, and authorities are investigating it.

Published September 20, 2019

Construction coming to I-94

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE/ST. CLAIR SHORES — In an effort to fix a highway that has been in “rough shape” for quite some time, overnight and weekend work is scheduled to begin on Interstate 94 between Eight Mile and 11 Mile roads Sept. 23.

Published September 20, 2019

Mother and daughter charged with animal cruelty

EASTPOINTE — Two Eastpointe women — a mother and daughter — have been charged with animal cruelty after a malnourished and neglected dog was taken in by Eastpointe Animal Control.

Works such as Sherie Charron’s photography will be featured at the Eastpointe art exhibition Thursday, Oct. 17, to Sunday, Oct. 20.

Published September 20, 2019

Third annual art exhibition to take place in Eastpointe

EASTPOINTE — Artists from Roseville are now invited to join those from Eastpointe to take part in the third annual Eastpointe Arts and Cultural Diversity Commission Art Exhibition.

Published September 20, 2019

Chamber of commerce celebrates Salute to Excellence Awards

EASTPOINTE — Members of the Eastpointe and Roseville communities came together on Sept. 19 to honor the best and brightest among them with the Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 Salute to Excellence Dinner.

Published September 20, 2019

Behind the Wheel: Man restores 1970 ’Cuda that he bought as a teen

In the summer of 1970, just before his 15th birthday, Macomb Township resident Robert Sumpter spotted a brand-new, Army green 1970 Plymouth Barracuda in “Motor Trend” magazine, and it was love at first sight.

Published September 18, 2019

Police investigate bomb threat at Roseville Middle School

ROSEVILLE — Roseville police responded to Roseville Middle School Sept. 18 after a bomb threat was called in to the school.

Published September 18, 2019

The Friday 5 — Sept. 20-22

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published September 18, 2019

All lanes of I-75 to close this weekend from I-696 to Square Lake Road

TROY — All lanes of north- and southbound Interstate 75 will close from 11 p.m. Sept. 20 to 5 a.m. Sept. 23 between Interstate 696 and the business loop of Square Lake Road.

Published September 18, 2019

Drivers stuck in traffic have options beyond radio

METRO DETROIT — When bumper-to-bumper traffic adds another 20 or 30 minutes to your daily commute, you might need something a little more potent than Billboard’s Top 40 hits.