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Published September 22, 2021

Coping with the pandemic in the classroom

METRO DETROIT — In April 2020 — one month after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer closed schools statewide because of COVID-19 — Warren Consolidated Schools staff members established a social and emotional learning committee.

Published September 21, 2021

Turning Point to host annual Tara’s Walk to help women escape violence

MACOMB COUNTY — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and local shelters and aid organizations are spreading the word to those in need that help is available.

Published September 21, 2021

Police investigating allegations against local lawmaker

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A local lawmaker has been stripped of his committee assignments and has been served with a personal protection order by a colleague in the state House of Representatives.

Published September 21, 2021

Back-to-school collection benefits Turning Point

MACOMB COUNTY — An area beer distributor and a local YMCA have come together to benefit a Mount Clemens agency.

Published September 21, 2021

Shelby Township artist’s work to be featured in Ferndale gallery

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Eleanor Michonski, who lives in Shelby Township, said her self-taught art career began when she was a young child.

Published September 20, 2021

Man allegedly caught taking pictures of teen in changing room in Utica

UTICA — A 38-year-old St. Clair Shores man is accused of surreptitiously taking photos of a teen while she was changing clothes in a fitting room at a Utica store Aug. 25.

Published September 20, 2021

Two injured in apartment building drive-by shooting

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Two people were injured in a drive-by shooting at an apartment building in Shelby Township during the evening of Sept. 4.

Published September 17, 2021

Students return to in-person learning in Utica Community Schools

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — Students at Utica Community Schools have returned to school for the 2021-22 school year, and things are looking a little different.

Published September 17, 2021

State A.G. requests local court to investigate vaccine scammer

MACOMB COUNTY — A petition signed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel emphasizes that, during the pandemic, the state has seen a growing trend where fraudsters take a grassroots approach by infiltrating neighborhood chat groups.

Published September 9, 2021

Unresolved issues to be further addressed in Macomb County case

MACOMB COUNTY — A case involving two Macomb County officials and a former county employee carries on in court.

Published September 9, 2021

Silver medalist, Berkley native recounts journey that led to Olympic dreams

BERKLEY — More than a month ago, weightlifter Kate Nye was in an arena in Tokyo waiting to go before judges in an attempt to pursue her dreams of becoming an Olympic medalist.

Published September 9, 2021

Shelby Township police to welcome community to open house

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Police Department, 52530 Van Dyke Ave., will welcome the community to its annual open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 25.

Published September 8, 2021

Experts discuss dorm room glow-ups

METRO DETROIT — As colleges and universities welcome students back, those who opt to reside on campus are faced with the challenge of how to decorate often small and blank-walled dormitories.

Published September 8, 2021

It’s time for a screen time reset

METRO DETROIT — Screen time has been in the spotlight for years, and there are even apps that monitor and enforce limits on the amount of time users spend on a phone, tablet or other electronic device.

Drummer and “huge” Rolling Stones fan Brian Pastoria, of Warren, got an autograph from Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts after they both appeared in the book “Sticks ‘N’ Skins.” Watts died Aug. 24.

Published September 8, 2021

Local fans, musicians remember drummer Charlie Watts

METRO DETROIT — Rock ‘n’ roll fans around the world were saddened when Charlie Watts — one of music’s best-known drummers who, for decades, provided the backbeat for the Rolling Stones — died Aug. 24.

Michigan Chapter Walkers — like those pictured here — will return to the Detroit Zoo for the annual Alzheimer’s Association Detroit Walk to End Alzheimer’s this fall.

Published September 8, 2021

Walkers hope to make strides in battle against Alzheimer’s disease

ROYAL OAK — Alzheimer’s disease stole Colton Dale’s chance to get to know his grandfather, who developed it when Dale was very young. What sticks in Dale’s mind is the way his otherwise stoic father reacted to his own father’s deteriorating mental state.

Published September 7, 2021

Shelby Fine Art Society members win People’s Choice Awards at art fair

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Three Shelby Township residents are feeling the love after winning People’s Choice Awards for their artwork that was on display at the annual Shelby Township Art fair in the Shelby Township Fine Art Society booth.

Published September 6, 2021

Utica to host students to paint tunnel and plan student art fair

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Earlier this year, the city of Utica decided to start a Resident Graffiti Committee to deal with the blight and obscenities in the graffiti on the tunnels in downtown Utica. The committee had two meetings and began setting some goals.