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Mary Beth Almond

C&G Staff Reporter – Rochester Post

Staff Writer Mary Beth Almond covers the city of Rochester, Rochester Community Schools and Avondale Schools for the Post. Almond has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2005 and attended Michigan State University.

Published September 23, 2021

Rochester Post

Famous duos visit downtown for Rochester Posed

ROCHESTER — A number of famous duos will appear in the storefront windows of downtown merchants this October.

Published September 23, 2021

Rochester Post

New ‘Freedge’ to help combat hunger in Rochester

ROCHESTER — Community members who are struggling to get enough to eat now have a budget-friendly option to help stock their refrigerators.

Published September 23, 2021

Rochester Post

Rochester City Council candidates share views at forum

ROCHESTER — Many of the people running for four open seats on the Rochester City Council shared the spotlight during a League of Women Voters candidate forum broadcast virtually Sept. 8.

Published September 22, 2021

Rochester Post

Rochester Community Schools struggles to find bus drivers

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — It took some finagling, but public health experts and school administrators were able to figure out how to get kids back into classrooms this fall.

Published September 22, 2021

Rochester Post

EHD outbreak in deer reported in Rochester Hills

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Michigan Department of Natural resources is asking hunters, hikers and others who frequent the outdoors to report sightings of dead deer near water after two deer from Rochester Hills tested positive for epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD.

Published September 8, 2021

Rochester Post

Goodison Good Tyme returns Sept. 18

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Families are invited to Bear Creek Nature Park for a “good tyme” Sept. 18.

Published September 8, 2021

Rochester Post

Rochester Fire Department to pay tribute on 20th anniversary of 9/11

ROCHESTER — It’s been 20 years since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Rochester Fire Department is doing its part to make sure we never forget.

Published September 8, 2021

Rochester Post

RCS students return

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Rochester Community Schools opened its doors to students for the first day of school Aug. 30.

Published September 8, 2021

Rochester Post

State of city address focuses on Rochester Hills’ quality of life investments

ROCHESTER HILLS — For the first time, Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett delivered his State of the City address outside, at the city’s first new park development in 25 years, Innovation Hills.

Published September 7, 2021

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

New $2.1 million safety path slated for Telegraph, Square Lake, Franklin roads

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Pedestrians will soon have a much safer way to cross Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township.

Published August 25, 2021

Rochester Post

Joseph Pittel joins RCS Board of Education

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The Rochester Community Schools Board of Education has selected Joseph Pittel as its new trustee.

Published August 25, 2021

Rochester Post

Art and Apples Festival returns Sept. 10-12, after a year off

ROCHESTER — After having to cancel last year’s event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Paint Creek Center for the Arts said the 2021 Art and Apples Festival is a go.

Published August 25, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Diary recovered at Auschwitz highlights new Holocaust Memorial Center exhibit

FARMINGTON HILLS/ROCHESTER HILLS — After over 70 years in obscurity, a young woman’s diary found in the rubble of the liberated Auschwitz camp has come to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills for the center’s latest exhibit.

Published August 25, 2021

Rochester Post

Residents urged to use caution following 2 water rescues in Clinton River

ROCHESTER HILLS — Paddling the Clinton River is more popular than ever, but the swift water rescue team at the Rochester Hills Fire Department is reminding people to use caution after completing two recent water rescues.