In Novi, voters on Nov. 8 will elect candidates for local, state and federal offices.

NOVI — The Motor City Comic Con will hold its second show this year at the Suburban Collection Showplace this weekend, Oct. 14-16. This is the first time that the show has been held twice annually since 2006.

NOVI — A California woman was sentenced in Oakland County Circuit Court Sept. 29 for attempting to have sex with a teenage boy from Novi in April.

NOVI — A Novi therapist with a passion for writing has three books for different age groups, including an adult mystery novel, a young adult mystery novel and a children’s book.

NOVI — A scholarship has been created in the wake of the tragic deaths of a 2018 Novi High School graduate and his girlfriend in early August.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Local cities in Oakland County are preparing to put on their Halloween events and give residents and children a chance to show off their costumes, get candy and have fun.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Nothing stops Joey Gallagher from doing what he is determined to do.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Gleaners Community Food Bank will begin a new biweekly food giveaway in collaboration with the Oakland County Farmers Market beginning Wednesday, Oct. 19.

NOVI — A 32-year-old Novi resident was killed early Monday morning after the vehicle that he was riding in struck a tree in the area of Cranbrooke and Nilan drives, which is near 10 Mile and Haggerty roads.

NOVI — A journalist with roots in Novi and its school district is making headlines around the world after successfully penning a book that details the story of a couple of double agents during the Cold War.

NOVI — The Former Walsh College Novi campus has now become home to several important programs offered by the Novi Community School District.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills, along with the other 27 community colleges in Michigan, was recently “strengthened,” thanks to a $750,000 grant awarded to the Michigan Community College Association from the Kresge Foundation’s Education Program.

NOVI — Approximately 100 people took part in the 43rd annual ceremony held at the Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens memorial for service members who were prisoners of war or missing in action during National POW/MIA Remembrance Day Sept. 16.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County Parks and Recreation is developing plans to possibly convert the Red Oaks Golf Course into a walkable park with open space, trails and other amenities.

NOVI — Select members of the Novi Community School District kicked off the school year by participating in a roundtable discussion on pertinent issues in public education with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Novi High School Aug. 24.

NOVI — The staff at Novi Meadows Elementary School, on Taft Road, south of 11 Mile Road, commemorated the construction of their very own building by autographing a beam Aug. 30 that will be used as part of the foundational structure above the office of the new school building.

NOVI — The city of Novi celebrated the end of summer with the first Novi Taco Fest and Fine Art Fair, which was held at Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk, 44425 W. 12 Mile Road, Aug. 26-28.

OAKLAND COUNTY — An invasive bug that poses a threat to the state’s fruit crops has made its way to Michigan.

NOVI — The Novi City Council is considering naming Deputy Assessor Jan Ziozios as acting assessor and contracting with Oakland County for a short-term stopgap after the city’s former assessor, Micheal Lohmeier, left to take a new job with Oakland County.

NOVI — The City Council voted 4-2 during its regular meeting Aug. 8 to approve a purchase agreement for lighting to be placed around the area of Nine Mile and Taft roads where a roundabout is under construction.