GROSSE POINTE SHORES — The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, which includes land in St. Clair Shores as well as Grosse Pointe Shores, is doing its part to try to make its expansive lakefront property more attractive to native creatures, including birds, insects, fish and frogs.

ROYAL OAK — The annual Royal Oak Spooktacular hosted hundreds of families on Oct. 20 for its 41st year.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — An art and poetry exhibition centered on squirrels might sound like mere fluff, but there’s more to “Squirrel Shenanigans: Poetry and Art” than cute critters with wide eyes and bushy tails.

FRASER — The Baumgartner House Museum received a President’s Award for historic preservation from Keep Michigan Beautiful Inc. in an Oct. 11 ceremony.

WARREN — The Presidential Book Club of Fraser offered up these things at an off-site dinner at member Carole Wiseman’s home Oct. 7.

BERKLEY — An agreement between the city of Berkley, its school district and local Dads’ Club will lead to improvements at the baseball field known as Community Field No. 1.

BERKLEY — A big road in Berkley is in line to get major improvements within the next couple of years.

FRASER — Members of the Fraser City Council were eager to move out of limbo and into the Fraser Public Library building’s future at its Oct. 10 meeting.

BIRMINGHAM —Twelve local authors will gather at the Baldwin Public Library for the Bibliophile Bonanza 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Baldwin Public Library, 300 W. Merrill St.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Sea lampreys are the newest residents at the Cranbrook Institute of Science. The Great Lakes Fishery Commission provided the sea lampreys along with an enclosure and tank fittings for the exhibit.

BIRMINGHAM — Parking garages are not usually known for being aesthetically pleasing. Though the structural design of a parking garage is complex, there is often little to no interior design added to brighten up the gray concrete.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights has some new “seed money” for planting trees.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Another step in Sterling Heights’ traffic safety agenda is underway.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Underground infrastructure replacement has taken place in Shelby Township after the report and removal of rotted corrugated metal pipe that had collapsed in an enclosed stretch of the Dunn Drain Branch D near 22 Mile Road in Shelby Township.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A UCS administrator has earned a top state honor for exceptional leadership and dedication to school counseling.

ROYAL OAK — Kamala Harris spoke Oct. 21 at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, touching on reaching swing voters, gun violence, national security and the political divide.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Walk through the doors of Advanced Sports Performance on any given night during the week, and there are three things you’re guaranteed to notice: smiles on numerous faces, softball players perfecting their craft and owner Leslie Heisler’s vibrant personality.

UTICA — Lane closures began Oct. 26 for the Van Dyke Avenue median project, which aims to eliminate the dangerous driving conditions that result from illegal left turns.

WARREN — If you asked senior Aggie Broadwell where her teammates’ heads were at before the season, she’d would’ve told you they were already underwater.

WARREN — A mother fatally shot her son then killed herself in what police said was a murder-suicide in the 13000 block of Geoffrey Drive, near 12 Mile and Schoenherr roads, Oct. 20.