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Maria Allard

C&G Staff Reporter – Warren Weekly, Grosse Pointe Times, Sterling Heights Sentry

Staff Writer Maria Allard covers the school districts of Center Line, Fitzgerald, Van Dyke, Warren Consolidated and Warren Woods, and Macomb Community College for the Warren Weekly and Sterling Heights Sentry newspapers. She also covers the City of Grosse Pointe Woods and the Grosse Pointe Public Schools System for the Grosse Pointe Times newspaper. Allard has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Wayne State University, and she is in love with the Rolling Stones.

Published November 12, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

School millage proposal, sinking fund pass Nov. 5

GROSSE POINTES — Voters in the Grosse Pointe Public School System passed a millage proposal and a sinking fund proposal Nov. 5.

Published November 8, 2019

Warren Weekly

Local students, educators salute veterans

WARREN/STERLING HEIGHTS/CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A former Warren Consolidated Schools student who served 19 years in the U.S. Marine Corps was to be buried with military honors Nov. 12, after press time, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Published November 6, 2019

Warren Weekly

Fitzgerald, Van Dyke school proposals pass

WARREN — The voting majority in two local districts supported its schools by passing millages Nov. 5, according to unofficial results from the Macomb County Clerk’s Office.

Published November 6, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Challenger wins spot on Grosse Pointe Woods City Council, incumbent defeated

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — The ballots were cast, and the votes were counted. Two of the three Grosse Pointe Woods City Council incumbents running for reelection were reelected during the general election Nov. 5. Five candidates ran for the three four-year open seats.

Published November 5, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Workshop focuses on talking to children about tragedy

GROSSE POINTE PARK — As the community learned of last week’s devastating fire that killed Briggs Connolly, 11, and Logan Connolly, 9, the Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods put together a program to help parents talk about the event with their children.

Published November 1, 2019

Warren Weekly

CLPS partners with Ford NGL to expand high school academies

WARREN/CENTER LINE — Center Line Public Schools officials are working to take the Center Line High School education to the next level. The district is partnering with Ford Next Generation Learning, or NGL, to enhance the academies and further prepare high school graduates for 21st-century jobs.

Published November 1, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Rising Stars Academy receives Impact100 Macomb grant

MACOMB COUNTY — For the past six years, young adults with special needs have been developing their culinary arts skills and more at Rising Stars Academy in Center Line.

Published November 1, 2019

Warren Weekly

Warren Woods Community Clothes Closet and Pantry is now open

WARREN — Members of the Warren Woods Public Schools community are helping each other in times of need.

Published October 31, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Community remembers, mourns Connolly brothers

FARMS — As the hashtag #SticksOutForLoganAndBriggs circulates social media, local residents are displaying hockey sticks on front porches to remember the two Richard Elementary School students who died in a house fire Oct. 28.

Published October 29, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Woods candidate forum focuses on city issues as election nears

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe Woods residents recently got to know better the five candidates running for City Council in the Nov. 5 election.

Published October 29, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

School millage proposal, sinking fund on Nov. 5 ballot

GROSSE POINTES — When voters go to the polls Nov. 5 to vote in city races, they also will be asked to vote on two Grosse Pointe Public School System proposals.

Published October 25, 2019

Warren Weekly

Victory Day scores a touchdown

WARREN — Students in the Warren Woods Public Schools Physically or Otherwise Health Impaired, or POHI, program recently experienced what it’s like to be star athletes.

Published October 25, 2019

Warren Weekly

Van Dyke, Fitzgerald school districts millage proposals on ballot

WARREN — Two local school districts have millage proposals on the Nov. 5 ballot. Fitzgerald Public Schools has two ballot proposals: The first is an operating millage restoration proposal, and the second is a building and site sinking fund millage renewal proposal.

Published October 25, 2019

Warren Weekly

Regina High School welcomes new president

WARREN — Mary Treder Lang is ready to get started. On Oct. 7, the Regina High School Board of Directors announced she will become the school’s new president.

Published October 23, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Day of the Dead comes alive through color and celebration

METRO DETROIT — Hope, sadness, love and loss. Those are among the feelings that come up when viewing a Day of the Dead ofrenda that paints a picture of a loved one who has died.