EASTPOINTE — When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, many companies went to a work-from-home structure in an effort to avoid the spread of the virus between people.

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

CENTER LINE/WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS —  As residents came out to the polls Nov. 8 on Election Day, one of their civic duties was to vote in local school board elections. In those races, it was the incumbents who garnered enough votes to be reelected to their Board of Education seats.

WARREN — In observance of National Fire Prevention Month in October, students in the Center Line High School firefighting class visited kindergarten and first grade students at local schools to talk to them about fire safety.

METRO DETROIT — Holiday craft show season is starting. While many people are seasoned crafters — making homemade crafts for years and even selling them — there are still those out there who have never used a glue gun, painted a ceramic Santa Claus or hand-stitched a button.

MADISON HEIGHTS — As local manufacturers and business owners continue to look for skilled building tradespeople to work in their shops, educators are finding ways to share opportunities for learning trades with their students.

ROSEVILLE — On the morning of Oct. 24, Roseville High School students had the opportunity to speak to career technical education professionals from various occupations during the school’s “Career Showcase.”

EASTPOINTE — “I don’t think there’s a person out there that loved this district more than Keith Ward did,” Eastpointe Community Schools Board of Education President Jon Gruenberg said when remembering his colleague.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — In honor of Veterans Day, the Warren Symphony Orchestra is bringing the red, white and blue center stage.

METRO DETROIT — When members of the Eastpointe-Roseville Chamber of Commerce needed to find classic cars from 1972 for a special golden anniversary event, a bright orange Corvette Stingray and a Rallye Red Plymouth Duster pulled right up.

MIDLAND — When Northwood University freshman Miah Keller learned that a group of students would participate in a mock trial competition, she signed up for the event.

ROSEVILLE — When Richard Kolleth began working at the Honey Baked Ham store on Gratiot Avenue in 1980, he immediately noticed the continuous line of customers waiting outside for their ham orders.

WARREN/DETROIT — Mexican film star María Félix is among those who will be remembered with an altar in this year’s Detroit Institute of Arts 10th annual “Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos” exhibit.

WARREN — At the Oct. 19 Warren Consolidated Schools Board of Education meeting, the school board unanimously named Warren Mott High School Principal David Meengs as the district’s chief academic officer.

WARREN — Lincoln High School algebra teacher Darrius Alexander was at a loss for words.