St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Published May 22, 2019

Veterans groups embrace service, challenges of survival

METRO DETROIT — In 1966, Tim Litz returned from Vietnam a Marine, ready to get on with life. It wasn’t long before he found the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Published May 22, 2019

The Friday 5 — May 24-27

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published May 21, 2019

Too much sitting spells joint, back and health damage

METRO DETROIT — Henry Ford physical therapist Jim Tavrazich said it’s time to take a stand against too much sitting. “It is a problem,” said Tavrazich, the supervisor for Henry Ford Medical Center Rehabilitation Services in Southfield, and Henry Ford Medical Center Rehabilitation Services and Athletic Medicine in Novi.

Sterling Heights resident Rhonda Kasper’s father recently passed away, which is why she hosted a garage sale. She was looking to sell items such as a stove, a washer, a dryer, a pingpong table and a Sea-Doo watercraft.

Published May 21, 2019

Buyers and sellers share tips for a successful garage sale

METRO DETROIT — ’Tis the season for garage sales. As the temperature warms up, the number of garage sales around metro Detroit tends to increase.

Published May 21, 2019

Accidental drowning suspected in St. Clair Shores man's death

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores police are investigating the death of a 90-year-old resident of Bayview Street after he was found deceased in the water near a dock east of his residence.

Michigan State Director of the Humane Society of the United States Molly Tamulevich speaks at a May 13 press conference introducing a county-wide animal abuse task force, and an animal protection unit within the prosecutor’s office.

Published May 20, 2019

New Macomb County task force, office unit announced

MACOMB COUNTY — A press conference was held May 13 at the Macomb County Administration Building in Mount Clemens to introduce a county-wide animal abuse task force, and an animal protection unit within the Prosecutor’s Office.

Published May 17, 2019

St. Clair Shores police investigating thefts from unlocked vehicles

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores police are warning residents to lock their vehicles at night after a spate of thefts from unlocked vehicles on several city streets May 8-11.

Published May 17, 2019

Musical acts take the stage for 67th annual Memorial Day parade

ST. CLAIR SHORES — There’ll be dancing in the streets when this year’s St. Clair Shores Memorial Day parade hits Jefferson Avenue with musical acts galore.

Published May 17, 2019

Carry the Load honors veterans, first responders with walk through metro Detroit

METRO DETROIT — The 3,900-mile Midwest route traveling from Minneapolis to Dallas made its way through metro Detroit, stopping in Harrison Township, St. Clair Shores, Grosse Pointe Farms, Detroit and Allen Park May 10.

Published May 17, 2019

Looking Back: St. Clair Shores’ ‘duck’ boat

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Norm Goeschel is pictured in a DUKW boat in front of one of the St. Clair Shores fire stations in about 1958.

Published May 17, 2019

Behind the Wheel: ’57 Chevy-obsessed

The 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air is the quintessential American classic car, but for Ryan Gertner, of Rochester Hills, it’s more than just an icon — it’s an obsession.

Published May 15, 2019

IAM named top Michigan high school

MACOMB COUNTY — For the second year in a row, the International Academy of Macomb, or IAM, has been named the No. 1 high school in Michigan.

Published May 15, 2019

The Friday 5 — May 17-19

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published May 15, 2019

Local woman speaks out about scam that took her mom’s life savings

METRO DETROIT — Throughout her life, Warren resident Barbara Young was a saver. She was determined to have enough money to hire help and live out her days in her own home, and Young’s children estimate that she saved somewhere around $100,000. But when she passed away a few years ago, that savings was gone.

Published May 15, 2019

Rain barrels, rain gardens prevent stormwater runoff

METRO DETROIT — This year’s wet spring is making it hard to discount the effects of rain on local yards and gardens. For those looking out on a backyard that now includes more ponds than puddles, however, there is hope. Diverting the rain into a rain barrel for future use or establishing a rain garden to attract and filter the stormwater are great ways to eliminate backyard flooding and keep storm sewers from overflowing.

Work has begun to renovate media centers at Lake Shore Public Schools’ elementary schools, like this one at Rodgers Elementary.

Published May 14, 2019

Green screens, collaboration spaces coming to Lake Shore elementary media centers

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Aiming to “make a space that is more in tune with what the 21st-century skills are for our kids,” Lake Shore Public Schools is gutting the media centers at its three elementary schools as part of its 2016 bond issue.

Neighbors complain that there is not enough of a buffer between their homes and a site proposed for rezoning on Nine Mile Road.

Published May 14, 2019

Rezoning denied after St. Clair Shores residents voice concerns

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Complaining that shallow backyards place their houses too close to the property lines and of the increased traffic a restaurant would bring, residents showed up to protest a proposed rezoning of the property at 22980 E. Nine Mile Road, which could have paved the way for a Leo’s Coney Island to locate in the city.

Published May 14, 2019

Michigan leads nation in PFAS contamination sites

METRO DETROIT — The environmental crisis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, may be even worse than originally thought, according to a new study from the Environmental Working Group.

Published May 14, 2019

Search warrant executed at prosecutor’s home

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — For the second time in a month, members of the Michigan State Police executed a search warrant in regard to an ongoing investigation into Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith’s usage of forfeiture funds.