Farmington Press

Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter speaks at an Oakland County Parks and Recreation Department grand opening in 2020. Coulter recently backed additional protections of LGBTQ residents in the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.

Published March 26, 2021

Oakland County executive, local legislator back additional LGBTQ protections in Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act

SOUTHFIELD — The Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act, signed into law in 1976, prohibits discrimination in Michigan on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status and marital status in employment, housing, education and access to public accommodations.

Published March 24, 2021

Gary Mekjian named new Farmington Hills city manager

FARMINGTON HILLS — The city of Farmington Hills recently announced that Gary Mekjian will step into the role of city manager.

Published March 24, 2021

Summer camp is back

METRO DETROIT — New friends, crafts, activities and a way to while away the summer are all traditional tenets of summer camp, but after a year that’s been anything but normal, will those traditions survive?

Published March 24, 2021

Spring forward in the garden

METRO DETROIT — For new and experienced gardeners, springtime is the perfect time to assess, observe, prepare and plan what the garden will look like and what it will need for the, hopefully, long and fruitful growing season ahead.

Published March 24, 2021

OU, Beaumont approve 20-year extension of medical school

ROCHESTER — Looking to the future, Oakland University and William Beaumont Hospital have agreed to extend their medical school affiliation agreement by 20 years.

Published March 23, 2021

Local woman receives kidney transplant 9 months later

TROY — A story shared on social media and a calling from a higher power are what led to a successful kidney transplant for Troy Athens High School graduate and Rochester Hills resident Leigh Leader, 31, who had been searching for a kidney donor.

Workers pull sewage samples recently in Clinton Township. Samples pulled from sites across Clinton Township show the COVID-19 infection rate is higher than numbers currently reported by state health officials.

Published March 23, 2021

Sewage testing indicates COVID numbers continue to climb

MACOMB COUNTY – The Macomb County Public Works Office reports that March’s increase in COVID-19 infections in Macomb County are higher than clinical numbers show and will likely increase further.

Published March 23, 2021

Local residents co-author book that was nearly 10 years in the making

WEST BLOOMFIELD/FARMINGTON — It was approximately 10 years ago that West Bloomfield resident Gary Gabel and Farmington resident Tom Buck had an outline for a book that they wanted to work on together.

The Farmington Public Schools Board of Education voted to increase in-person instruction as of March 22. The district is still allowing those who want to remain remote to do so.

Published March 22, 2021

Farmington Public Schools board votes to increase in-person learning

FARMINGTON — The Farmington Public Schools’ Board of Education recently voted 6-0 to relax the 6-foot social distancing mitigation measure in order to increase in-person instruction.

Published March 22, 2021

Clawson domestic shooting results in 2 dead, 1 injured

CLAWSON — According to police, a 15-year-old Clawson Public Schools student is dead after a domestic shooting at the hands of her stepfather, who is also dead by suicide, and a neighbor is recovering after suffering a gunshot wound to her leg.

Published March 20, 2021

West Bloomfield man with autism has artwork featured on shirts

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Feople around the world turn to art as a way to express their emotions. West Bloomfield resident Sam Morris is a local example of someone who has used his creativity as a cathartic outlet.

Ford Field in Detroit will be used as a mass vaccination center to administer vaccines for COVID-19.

Published March 19, 2021

Mass COVID-19 vaccination site installed at Ford Field

DETROIT — On March 12, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that an eight-week mass vaccination site with the capacity to administer 6,000 doses each day will open on Wednesday, March 24, at Ford Field in Detroit to serve Michigan residents.

Published March 19, 2021

Reports detail harassment, hate aimed at Asian Americans

METRO DETROIT — As COVID-19 spread across the country over the last year, so did an ugly wave of hate.

Published March 17, 2021

Local Realtors discuss current market conditions

METRO DETROIT — Local Realtor John Cotter recently described the current real estate market as a little crazy.

Published March 17, 2021

The Arc of Oakland County announces new leadership

OAKLAND COUNTY — The Arc of Oakland County, a Troy-based nonprofit that serves people with developmental disabilities and intellectual impairments, will soon see a change of leadership.

Published March 17, 2021

Senior leaguers get ready to play ball in Warren

METRO DETROIT — If you ask Bob O’Brien how long he’s played ball, he’s quick to tell you.

Published March 17, 2021

Fitness goes hybrid too

METRO DETROIT — As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, gyms and fitness studios have had to get creative to sculpt their clients’ work-from-home physiques from a distance.

Nicolina Buccilli picked up Macomb Intermediate School District STEM consultant Mark Muzzin in a TG-7A motor glider, flying from Detroit City Airport to Romeo State Airport in October 2020.

Published March 15, 2021

IAM junior one of fewer than 700 teen female pilots in United States

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Nicolina Buccilli, a 16-year-old International Academy of Macomb junior from New Baltimore, is part of a select group of people: she is one of 691 female pilots in the 16-19 age range in the country.

A chart illustrates responses to a survey by the Michigan Women’s Commission from 642 participants about whom they would prefer to take care of their children during and post pandemic.

Published March 12, 2021

Michigan Women’s Commission releases pandemic child care survey results

METRO DETROIT — On Feb. 12, the Michigan Women’s Commission released results from a survey that sought to answer how parents were handling child care during the COVID-19 pandemic, who they prefer to provide care during and after the pandemic, and what would make them feel comfortable sending their kids outside the home.