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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 June 19, 2020

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Safety and socializing key to battle COVID-19 in nursing homes

METRO DETROIT — Quarantine has been tough on the youngest people in our families, as play dates and schoolwork have been dramatically changed to decelerate the spread of COVID-19.

Superintendent of Oakland Schools Wanda Cook-Robinson tells residents that school will be open for in-person learning this fall at the L. Brooks Patterson Executive Office Building in Waterford June 11.

Published June 18, 2020

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Oakland County nurses help to reopen schools after COVID-19 shutdown

OAKLAND COUNTY — Along with new backpacks, blue jeans and crayons, don’t forget to add face masks and hand sanitizer to your shopping list.

Published June 9, 2020

Troy Times

Outdoor pools, playgrounds reopen post-shutdown in Troy

TROY — It was a late and wonky start, but the COVID-19 pandemic has finally eased enough to allow for summer to begin.

Store owner Chris Denha said the team at Foodland is doing everything they can to keep shoppers safe.

Published June 9, 2020

Southfield Sun

Small business owners reflect on effect of shutdown

SOUTHFIELD — As the state gradually reopens, local small business owners are reflecting on the effect the coronavirus shutdown had on their business.

Chief: Police see fall in calls for service, rise in medical calls during pandemic

Published June 9, 2020

Southfield Sun

Chief: Southfield police see fall in calls for service, rise in medical calls during pandemic

SOUTHFIELD — Since the Safer at Home order was announced, Chief Elvin Barren said, the Southfield Police Department has been rolling with the ever-present changes the COVID-19 pandemic has presented.

Hundreds protest the death of George Floyd along Big Beaver and Coolidge Highway in Troy the evening of June 1.

Published June 9, 2020

Southfield Sun

Local activists, officials speak out against racism

METRO DETROIT— As we’ve seen across the country in massive protests, people are ready to turn up the volume against systemic racial injustice.

Published June 9, 2020

Farmington Press

Local activists, officials speak out against racism

METRO DETROIT — As we’ve seen across the country in massive protests, people are ready to turn up the volume against systemic racial injustice.

Published June 8, 2020

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Two charged with faking breath test inspection

BEVERLY HILLS — It was just after the new year when the village of Beverly Hills was notified by the Michigan State Police that the breath test in their station might not be performing optimally because two inspectors allegedly had fudged their paperwork.

Published June 8, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Local activists, officials speak out against racism

OAKLAND COUNTY — As we’ve seen across the country in massive protests, people are ready to turn up the volume against systemic racial injustice.

Terri Hayosh, the owner of Sidecar Slider Bar in Commerce Township, said she’s been excited to reopen to diners following the pandemic shutdown.

Published June 4, 2020

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield-area businesses raring to reopen

WEST BLOOMFIELD — In every community around Michigan, even three months after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state, most commerce was at a standstill, school desks sat empty, barstools grew cold, store shelves lay bare.

Published June 4, 2020

West Bloomfield Beacon

Local activists, officials speak out against racism

WEST BLOOMFIELD — As we’ve seen across the country in massive protests, people are ready to turn up the volume against systemic racial injustice.

Published June 4, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Outdoor pools, playgrounds reopen post-shutdown

OAKLAND COUNTY — It was a late and wonky start, but the COVID-19 pandemic has finally eased enough to allow for summer to begin.

Schools begin plans to partially reopen in fall

Published June 4, 2020

West Bloomfield Beacon

Schools begin plans to partially reopen in fall

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered all schools closed to students March 16. Since March 17, anxious parents have waited for any kind of update as to when their kids can get back into the classroom.

Road projects unscathed during virus shutdown

Published June 4, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Road projects unscathed during virus shutdown

METRO DETROIT — In a world turned upside-down by isolation and political unrest, there is one thing Michiganders can always count on: road construction.

Published June 4, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Oakland County builds ‘reopen kits’ for small businesses

OAKLAND COUNTY — On the west side of South Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township, two unmarked buildings — one dark brown, the other white — sat seemingly vacant even prior to the COVID-19 crisis.