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Tiffany Esshaki

C&G Staff Reporter – Birmingham Bloomfield Eagle

Staff Writer Tiffany Esshaki covers Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township as well as Oakland County Parks and Recreation and Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center. Esshaki has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2011 and attended the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Oakland Community College. She’s the recipient of several awards from the Michigan Press Association and the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Published February 11, 2020

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Oakland Schools to host first Game and Invention Challenge

OAKLAND COUNTY — The Oakland Intermediate School District and the Oakland Schools Education Foundation have developed what they’re calling the “Game and Invention Challenge,” slated to take place in March. County students in grades one through 12 will have the chance to show off their creativity and tech skills to create new games or inventions.

Published February 4, 2020

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Nassar survivor inspires students to ‘change the stigma’ of sexual assault

BIRMINGHAM — On Jan. 17, Rachael Denhollander, one of the former patients of Larry Nassar who helped bring the sports doctor and serial sexual abuser to justice, made an appearance at a luncheon fundraiser in Birmingham for CARE House of Oakland County.

Published February 4, 2020

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Local clerks highlight new absentee ballot design

OAKLAND/MACOMB COUNTY — Registered voters are seeing a change this year, as envelopes containing absentee ballots have a new look ahead of the March 10 election.

Published January 27, 2020

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Commission moves up public comments at meetings

BIRMINGHAM — If you wanted to share some thoughts with the Birmingham City Commission during one of its regular meetings, you can go ahead and skip that cup of coffee, because the public portion has been bumped up to earlier in the evening’s agenda.

Oakland County Executive David Coulter shared his thoughts on local economic development at The Townsend Hotel Jan. 24.

Published January 27, 2020

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Economists wary but hopeful for Michigan in 2020

OAKLAND COUNTY — In Oakland County, residents can expect municipal budgets to stay in the black, development to grow and property values to keep climbing through 2020.

Published January 22, 2020

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Open the door to inspiration

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD — There’s only so much inspiration we can garner from the pages of design magazines.For a fresh take on interior design, sometimes it takes the real thing. That’s exactly what home tours provide for their guests — the chance to peek at others’ creativity and spark some of their own.

Published January 20, 2020

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Winter lectures tout Birmingham’s own Wonder Women

BIRMINGHAM — Put down the comic books and pick up a history book if you’re looking to find a real Wonder Woman.

Published January 20, 2020

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Henry Ford Medical Center opens at Village of Bloomfield

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — For years, the empty, unfinished structures that sat at Telegraph and Square Lake roads as part of the defunct Bloomfield Park project served as a reminder of the hardships the nation faced after the 2008 economic downturn.

Published January 14, 2020

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Slide in for the original

METRO DETROIT — Now that it’s mid-January, a lot of folks have already fallen off the New Year’s resolution bandwagon. If your constitution is stronger than that, and you’re still motivated to get fit and eat healthier in 2020, that’s impressive. Well done.

Published January 14, 2020

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Oakland County leaders share resolutions for the new year

OAKLAND COUNTY — Heading into 2020, things are looking pretty good in Oakland County.

Published January 6, 2020

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Oakland County leaders reflect on attack at animal shelter

OAKLAND COUNTY — According to officials, the dog that attacked a veteran staffer at the Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center last month had an extensive history of aggression.

Published January 6, 2020

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Eagle leaders share their vision for 2020

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD HILLS/BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP/FRANKLIN — We could make a joke here about how hindsight is 2020, but for municipal leaders, this new year is about looking forward.

Published January 3, 2020

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Rabies found in West Bloomfield again

OAKLAND COUNTY — A recent rash of rabies cases reported in Oakland County has again reached West Bloomfield, with a confirmed case in another skunk from the area, according to officials.

Published December 30, 2019

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Educators say gym class has changed over the years

METRO DETROIT — Grown-ups: If the sight of a scoreboard still makes you queasy and the screech of a whistle sends a shiver down your spine, you’re not alone.

Published December 27, 2019

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Trade a tree for a tree through Oakland County Parks

OAKLAND COUNTY — The presents have been unwrapped, the cookies have been munched, and Santa has returned to the North Pole for some much-needed R and R.