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Terry Oparka

C&G Staff Reporter – Troy Times

Staff Writer Terry Oparka covers Troy and the Troy School District for the Troy Times. Oparka has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2000 and attended Oakland University and Macomb Community College. Oparka has won an award from the Michigan Press Association and four awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit Chapter.

A number of residents oppose plans to build a 74-unit development on the 5.73-acre site denoted by this red box.

Published January 29, 2020

Troy Times
Troy Planning Commission again pauses plans for 3-story townhomes

TROY — The Troy Planning Commission once again postponed consideration of developer Safet Stafa’s plans for three-story homes on Crooks Road, between Wattles and Long Lake roads.

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Tom Darling

Published January 29, 2020

Troy Times
Fired financial services director files whistleblower lawsuit against city

TROY — The former financial services manager for the city of Troy, Tom Darling, who was fired July 16, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city of Troy and Troy City Manager Mark Miller.

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Caitlin Lester-Sams

Published January 29, 2020

Troy Times
Athens grad appears in Broadway tour of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’

TROY — Caitlin Lester-Sams once graced the stage at Athens High School, appearing in “West Side Story,” “Oklahoma!” and “Man of LaMancha.”

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Published January 29, 2020

Troy Times
Jazz singer to pay tribute to Tony Bennett at Troy library

TROY — Tony Camilletti, a former 30-year Troy resident, has been singing since he was a child.

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Published January 29, 2020

Troy Times
Incinerator failure sparks fire at industrial equipment supplier in Troy

TROY — Firefighters were called to extinguish a fire in an incinerator at an industrial equipment supplier at 835 Stephenson Highway just after 3:30 p.m. Jan. 24 after equipment reportedly failed — allowing flames to leap 4 feet high.

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Published January 27, 2020

Troy Times
Two die when vehicle drives wrong way on I-75

TROY — Police are investigating a crash on southbound Interstate 75, between 14 Mile and Maple roads, that happened just after 4:15 a.m. Jan. 26. Both drivers died from their injuries. 

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Published January 22, 2020

C&G Newspapers
Free and discounted radon tests are available in January

METRO DETROIT — You can’t see, smell or taste it — but radon lurking in your home in winter months when doors and windows stay closed, which allows radon to collect, can cause lung cancer.

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Ed Pennington

Published January 21, 2020

Troy Times
Troy City Councilman Ed Pennington resigns

TROY — After the City Council voted not to allow a business owned by Councilman Ed Pennington to be considered as a vendor for the city of Troy, Pennington resigned his seat on the council.

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Published January 21, 2020

Troy Times
Troy High School focuses on how to prevent distracted driving

TROY — Richard Li and John Dannug, friends and seniors at Troy High School, said they had to throw the dice “a ridiculous number of times” before it came up snake eyes.

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Published January 21, 2020

Troy Times
Students of longtime Troy resident, fashionista ‘Odie’ King bid her goodbye

TROY — Odester “Odie” Robbins King was a wife, a mother, an educator, a fashion designer and an entrepreneur.

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Published January 20, 2020

Troy Times
Police say man drove Tesla 130 mph, threatened to kill police

TROY — A 28-year-old Waterford man faces multiple charges after he reportedly drove a red 2019 Tesla 130 mph south on Interstate 75, near Adams Road, just before 4:45 p.m. Jan. 8. 

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Published January 17, 2020

Sterling Heights Sentry
Sterling Heights residents, officials sound off on refugee policy

STERLING HEIGHTS — Discussions on social media continued to reverberate in Sterling Heights following the Macomb County executive’s recent letter about refugee resettlement.

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Published January 15, 2020

Troy Times
Warren woman killed in fatal crash on John R

TROY — A 27-year-old Warren woman was killed and two others injured in a four-car crash on John R Road, north of Big Beaver Road, during the evening rush hour Jan. 14. 

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Published January 15, 2020

Troy Times
Laws that aim to cut down distracted driving gain traction

TROY — If Jim Santilli, the CEO of the Transportation Improvement Association, has his way, Michigan will join 20 other states in becoming a “hands-free” state.

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Published January 15, 2020

Troy Times
Get serious about the Academy Awards at the Troy Public Library

TROY — Elliot Wilhelm, the director for the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts, has come to find the Academy Awards a lot more interesting than he used to.

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