MACOMB COUNTY — As Thanksgiving draws closer, local businesses are looking forward to the busiest time of the year: the holiday shopping season and Small Business Saturday.

MACOMB COUNTY — Eastpointe City Councilwoman Sarah Lucido will continue serving the public as an elected official, but this time in a different role.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Foster children will be provided with cozy blankets this holiday season, thanks to the Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores.

MACOMB COUNTY — Serving in the U.S. Army took Marc Fay from the comforts of his home all the way to Camp Carroll on the Korean Peninsula.

MACOMB COUNTY — Eastpointe City Councilwoman Sarah Lucido will continue serving the public as an elected official, but this time in a different role.

MACOMB COUNTY — Families Against Narcotics, a nonprofit based in Macomb County, is putting out a call for volunteers known as “angels” for its Hope Not Handcuffs program.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Principal Justin Cabe kept his word to the students at Princeton Elementary.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Work on the Blossom Heath Park pier project continued into November with ongoing improvements, restoration work and the expected addition of new features.

MACOMB COUNTY — The Macomb County Public Works Office has announced the launch of a new underground infrastructure project aimed at reducing the number of discharges of combined sewer overflows into Lake St. Clair.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — It was an emotional night for the St. Clair Shores Lakeview High School volleyball team.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — A suspect has been taken into custody as Michigan State Police continue to investigate the death of a 17-year-old girl found with a gunshot wound on Interstate 94 in St. Clair Shores early Oct. 14.

In the Sentinel’s coverage area, voters will elect candidates vying for various federal, state, county, judicial and school board seats on Nov. 8.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Former St. Clair Shores Lakeview High School volleyball star Allie Hill earned a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week honor for her performances from Sept. 12 to Sept. 19.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores has always been a city that holds significant pride in its sports.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Fire trucks, Jaws of Life scenarios and visits with Sparky the Fire Dog will be part of the annual St. Clair Shores Public Safety Department open house from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 9.

ST. CLAIR SHORES/GROSSE POINTE CITY — In her years teaching CPR through Community First Responder in St. Clair Shores, Rose Black has had students of all ages learn this potentially lifesaving skill. But one particular student really stood out.

MACOMB COUNTY — Every time Deborah Armstrong talks to students about the painting “Savoy Ballroom” by artist Reginald Marsh, she has them take out their cellphones and play a song that comes to mind.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — “I’m an antique,” longtime St. Clair Shores resident Connie Frock joked when thinking about how many candles would be on her birthday cake this year.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — This isn’t the St. Clair Shores South Lake (3-0) of years past. Aside from its usual athletic talent, South Lake football coach Vincent Phillips has constructed a roster where its physicality matches its athleticism.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP/ST. CLAIR SHORES — Democrat Dana Camphous-Peterson and Republican Barbara Zinner will run against each other in the general election Nov. 8 for a seat representing the Macomb County Board of Commissioners’ 9th District.