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Jonathan Shead

C&G Staff Reporter – Farmington Press

Published July 7, 2020

Resident’s request heard, recycling access granted to Hills complex

FARMINGTON HILLS — Access and the ability to recycle may not cross the minds of people who live in a house. Put it in the bin, and put the bin at the curb for pickup each week.

Jacob Kubicz, 5, bursts from the tent while playing with supervisor and Registered Behavior Tech Kathleen Murphy at the Spark Center for Autism in Farmington Hills.

Published July 7, 2020

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WSU, MSU professors author autism toolkit to guide centers amid COVID-19

METRO DETROIT — The novel coronavirus pandemic has, without a doubt, forced many sectors of Michigan’s workforce to adapt and change how they operate.

The Farmington Community Library’s Farmington Hills and Farmington branches are currently closed to the public, but they have been offering contactless curbside pickup as of July 6.

Published July 7, 2020

Farmington Press

Farmington Community Library announces phased plans for reopening

FARMINGTON/HILLS — More than three months after closing its branches’ doors, the Farmington Community Library board of directors have announced their plans to reopen the library in a series of phases.

Itai Bengal is the CEO and co-founder of Nerdy Bunny I.

Published July 7, 2020

Farmington Press

Farmington Hills startup selected to receive COVID-19 relief funding

FARMINGTON HILLS — There’s no ignoring the economic impacts COVID-19 has had on businesses across Michigan, but as county, state and national relief funds begin to disperse funding to small and big businesses, one industry — startup ventures — is particularly being left out.

Two 3D printers are available in the front room at Maker Works in Ann Arbor.

Published July 7, 2020

Farmington Press

Bosch grant awarded to The Hawk for makerspace

FARMINGTON HILLS — Plans for Farmington Hills’ new community center, The Hawk, just got a little more creative.

Chamber relinquishes role in producing annual Founders Festival

Published July 6, 2020

Farmington Press

Chamber relinquishes role in producing annual Founders Festival

FARMINGTON/HILLS — It was already canceled for the 2020 season due to COVID-19, but the future of the annual Founders Festival just got a little more uncertain as the Greater Farmington Area Chamber of Commerce announced June 29 that it is relinquishing its role in producing the annual festival for the years to come.

Published June 23, 2020

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Sisters of Mercy plan to sell Farmington Hills site after 60 years

FARMINGTON HILLS — Since 1960, Farmington Hills has been home to the Sisters of Mercy Catholic religious congregation after their relocation from Detroit.

Published June 23, 2020

Farmington Press

Farmington Hills baby receives heart transplant after 9 months

FARMINGTON HILLS — For the past nine months, Farmington Hills parents Bill and Megan Ormerod have been faced with a burden no parent should have to bear.

Published June 23, 2020

Farmington Press

Barbershops, salons get back to business in Farmington, Hills

FARMINGTON/HILLS — After months of waiting, salons and barbershops across Michigan were given the green light by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to reopen June 15.

Farmington’s 2020 Rhythms in Riley Park concert series was canceled due to ongoing COVID-19 health and safety concerns. Pictured here are community members gathered at Riley Park listening to one of the Friday night concerts in 2019.

Published June 23, 2020

Farmington Press

Addressing the impacts of canceled summer events in the Farmington area

FARMINGTON/HILLS — By this point in the summer, community members would have perused through almost 100 arts and craft vendors at the 11th annual Art on the Grand fair. Summer concerts series — Stars in the Park, Rhythms in Riley Park and Lunchbeats — would have been entertaining live music lovers Wednesday afternoons, and Thursday and Friday nights.

Farmington Public Schools celebrates Class of 2020 with car parade

Published June 23, 2020

Farmington Press

Farmington Public Schools celebrates Class of 2020 with car parade

FARMINGTON/HILLS — The past three months have been anything but normal for K-12 students across Michigan.

Local theaters, entertainment remain last to reopen under governor’s plan

Published June 23, 2020

Farmington Press

Theaters, entertainment remain last to reopen under governor’s plan

FARMINGTON/HILLS — While many of Michigan’s economic sectors received the green light to reopen, entertainment establishments across many of Michigan’s regions — with the exception of regions six and eight under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Safe Start Plan — remain in the dark as to when they may be able to reopen.

Realtors respond to pandemic, establish extra precautions

Published June 19, 2020

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Realtors respond to pandemic, establish extra precautions

METRO DETROIT — Buying or selling a home continues to change, adapt and look different in the middle of a worldwide pandemic.

Published June 16, 2020

Farmington Press

Gas main replacement closes stretch of Middlebelt Road through August

FARMINGTON HILLS — A gas main replacement project by Consumers Energy will close off a stretch of Middlebelt Road, between Grand River Avenue and Shiawassee Street, to drivers June 15-Aug. 28.

Published June 15, 2020

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Farmington Hills police investigate suspicious person report

FARMONGTON HILLS — Police are investigating a suspicious person and possible stranger danger report that an unknown suspect approached a child at approximately 4 p.m. June 14.