Royal Oak Review

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

City to fund Royal Oak Animal Shelter through fiscal year-end

ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Animal Shelter’s financial model desperately needs reworking.

Published September 24, 2019

New mural captures all things Clawson

CLAWSON — A Clawson-centric mural — a collaboration between two local artists, the city and the Detroit Institute of Arts — is materializing on the south side of Clawson Grill, 41 S. Main St.

Jeff Gaglio’s three pet chickens, Marsala, Chicken McChickenface and Larry, come to him at his Clawson home Sept. 20, 2018. The city is still working on its domestic animal ordinance.

Published September 24, 2019

Clawson domestic animal ordinance going back to the drawing board

CLAWSON — Last year, Clawson code enforcement taped code violation letters dated Sept. 5, 2018, to the doors of four chicken owners.

Published September 24, 2019

Stormwater utility billing changes coming in Royal Oak

ROYAL OAK — A $2 million settlement reached in a class-action lawsuit against the city of Royal Oak required the city to change how it bills residents for debt service on the Oakland County Water Resources Commission’s George W. Kuhn Drain.

Published September 23, 2019

Expanded tiger habitat opens at Detroit Zoo

ROYAL OAK — One team of tigers is having a good season.

Published September 23, 2019

Oakland County students join in global climate crisis strike

OAKLAND COUNTY — Young people around the world skipped out on class Sept. 20 to participate in the Global Climate Strike, a demonstration of young people advocating for a reduction and even an end to the use of fossil fuels to protect the Earth for their generation and beyond.

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

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

Road Commission attacks phragmites on local roadways

OAKLAND COUNTY — This month, the Road Commission for Oakland County is working to eradicate phragmites, an aggressive reed that chokes out native plants, interferes with roadside drainage, easily catches fire and blocks roadways.

Carmen Bordea, Amber Williams and Zeinav Alaouie, of the Arab American Chaldean Council, put out free books for children at the inaugural Welcoming Week Friendship Games Sept. 14.

Published September 18, 2019

Oakland County hosts inaugural Welcoming Week Friendship Games

OAKLAND COUNTY — The message at Oakland County’s inaugural Welcoming Week Friendship Games Sept. 14 was “be you.”

Published September 18, 2019

City signs 10-year contract with Royal Oak Leprechauns

ROYAL OAK — On Aug. 20, the Royal Oak City Commission unanimously approved a 10-year contract with the Royal Oak Leprechauns, an amateur collegiate summer baseball team, to play in Memorial Park.

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.

Published September 18, 2019

Smart tech is taking over the real estate industry

METRO DETROIT — When homebuyers are looking for a new place to settle in, they’re looking beyond the stainless steel appliances that were the centerpiece of homeownership 10 years ago. Today, consumers want to walk into a home already curated with smart technology.

Published September 17, 2019

Clawson Historical Museum welcomes new curator

Museum to hold Sept. 22 open house for 100th anniversary

Published September 17, 2019

Day of inclusive family fun planned at Detroit Zoo

The Down Syndrome Guild of Southeast Michigan 2019 Step Up for Down Syndrome Family Fun Day and Buddy Walk will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 21 at the Detroit Zoo, located at 8450 W. 10 Mile Road in Royal Oak. The event’s goal is to combine family-friendly fun and the concept of inclusion for all.