Troy Times

Published February 5, 2019

Officials dot the i’s on Troy city manager’s contract

TROY — Troy City Manager Mark Miller recently signed a five-year contract, which includes a $167,750 base salary and a $425 monthly car allowance, with the city.

A September 2018 photo from inside a Macomb County shows the fatberg. Now, researchers at Wayne State University are utilizing a state grant to further study such phenomena.

Published February 4, 2019

Wayne State University researchers to study fatbergs

METRO DETROIT — Macomb County residents may recall how a “fatberg” was discovered and was subsequently removed at the Clintondale Pump Station in September 2018. Now, local college professors are studying how to prevent such entities from backing up drains in the future.

Published February 1, 2019

Troy man featured on Netflix show ‘Dope’ busted for drug trafficking

The Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team arrested a Troy man who allegedly went by the street name “Ozone” and was featured on a metro Detroit segment of the Netflix program, “Dope.Read More

Published January 31, 2019

The Friday 5 — Feb. 1-3

Your guide to this weekend's events

Published January 30, 2019

Home exercise space can be bare bones or high tech

METRO DETROIT — Cold, wet weather and icy streets can kill one’s motivation to stay physically active.

Published January 30, 2019

Organizations share plant-based lifestyle experiences, benefits

METRO DETROIT — At the age of 55, Paul Chatlin could not walk more than seven steps without having to stop and take several breaths. He also found out he had three blocked coronary arteries and was a candidate for bypass surgery.

Youth Program Director Matthew Hackett gives a tour of the Troy Historic Village during the “Scouts and Scholars: History Hikers” program last February.

Published January 29, 2019

Grant to help ‘Civil’-ize eighth-graders through Troy Historic Village

TROY — The Troy Historical Society, which has operated and funded the Troy Historic Village since 2010, has once again received a $15,000 grant from the Michigan Humanities Council.

Published January 29, 2019

Active retiree stays on the right track with train set

TROY — Troy resident John Kaiser, 75, has a great laugh and a wacky sense of humor.

Ten of the 11 pregnant nurses ham it up before or after their shifts in the Family Birth Center at Beaumont Hospital, Troy.

Published January 29, 2019

Eleven pregnant nurses deliver care in labor and delivery unit in Troy

TROY — Eleven nurses helping mothers, brand-new babies and families in the Family Birth Center at Beaumont Hospital, Troy, are in the family way themselves.

This 11-acre site on Tower Drive is zoned office mixed use in accordance with the city’s master plan, a zoning that aims to promote infill of sites like this.

Published January 29, 2019

Planning Commission OKs plan for retail center on Tower Drive in Troy

TROY — After pausing plans for a retail development and drive-thru in a parking lot on 11 parking-lot-heavy acres on Tower Drive, at Crooks Road, in December, the Troy Planning Commission approved the preliminary site plan Jan. 22.

Published January 28, 2019

Friends no longer flying ‘Under the Radar’ after navigating recession

ROCHESTER — When the Great Recession hit, Rochester resident Tom Daldin had no choice but to reinvent himself.

Published January 28, 2019

DTE must bolster downed wire response, state says

LANSING — After two record-setting windstorms and at least one death, the Michigan Public Service Commission went to work to review DTE Energy’s response to downed electric lines.

Published January 25, 2019

Comedy Castle to host Guardians for Animals fundraiser

ROYAL OAK — Guardians for Animals proves there is strength in numbers. The nonprofit network supports 17 no-kill animal rescues. Together, they have saved nearly 33,200 animals over the past 15 years, including more than 1,700 in 2018 alone.

Published January 24, 2019

Former Troy city manager sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for bribery

TROY — Former Troy City Manager Brian Kischnick was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison and two years of probation after he pleaded guilty to bribery this past August.

Published January 24, 2019

The Friday 5 — Jan. 25-27

Your guide to this weekend's events

Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz congratulates Keeper of the Dream scholarship recipient Gicentroy Henry III Jan. 21 at OU.

Published January 23, 2019

Oakland University speaker calls for equity, not equality

ROCHESTER HILLS — Award-winning journalist and communications strategist Jeff Johnson did not mince words about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “What does the ‘dream’ mean to me?” he asked Jan. 21 at Oakland University. “I think that most diversity inclusion stuff is really cute. I’ve seen the pamphlets. Every campus has one.”

Published January 23, 2019

Following the beat in high school

METRO DETROIT — Increased problem solving, better listening, mastery of memorization and enhanced coordination. All with a built-in family for the four years of high school. How can students take advantage of a program that gives them all that? Join the band.

Published January 23, 2019

On a budget, find ways to refresh your home without renovating

METRO DETROIT — A big renovation might not be in a household’s budget, but there are some less costly ways to refresh a home that can please homeowners and also help when they put their homes on the market. C & G Newspapers spoke with a real estate agent and a tile expert about ways folks can reinvigorate their homes without renovating.

Published January 22, 2019

Street teams kept eyes on roads and drains during no-snow days

TROY — Although motorists got a break from driving on snow-covered streets during the first weeks of winter, city crews stayed busy.

Published January 22, 2019

Lawsuit alleges security employee told to racially profile shoppers at Oakland Mall

TROY — A Clinton Township man who was employed as a lead dispatcher for Oakland Mall’s security firm filed suit in federal court claiming he was fired for refusing to target shoppers based on their race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.