BLOOMFIELD HILLS — The Cranbrook Educational Community recently purchased the St. Elizabeth Briarbank Home, which was previously used as a Catholic assisted living community for local women.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees recently proclaimed June 3, 2022, as Gun Violence Awareness Day.

BIRMINGHAM — To promote Gun Violence Awareness Month, the Birmingham Police Department has been giving away free gun locks to the community in June.

BIRMINGHAM — The Baldwin Public Library now has a children’s garden for families to explore. Following its installation in May, the children’s garden is now open and ready to be enjoyed by the community.

BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham Public Schools and the Birmingham Rotary Club have been looking for ways to improve mental health in students. They have decided to work together and focus their efforts on providing service dogs at the schools.

BIRMINGHAM — For years, the pickleball community has been requesting a place to play in Birmingham. After setbacks to their plans, the city has found a way to create courts for the community.

BIRMINGHAM — The city of Birmingham and the Birmingham Bloomfield Community Coalition are partnering to spread mental health messaging throughout the community.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Raymond Tarabusi has a mind like a steel trap. The army veteran, 97, remembers the events surrounding D-Day as if they were yesterday.

PLEASANT RIDGE — A streetscape project on Pleasant Ridge’s section of Woodward Avenue has hit a bit of a snag.

BERKLEY — The Berkley Downtown Development Authority will be holding its first big Pride event this weekend.

FERNDALE — Woodward Avenue, housing and the downtown were just some of the topics addressed in Mayor Melanie Piana’s State of the City addresss June 14.

FERNDALE — Ferndale Public Schools is on the verge of hiring its new superintendent.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — After experiencing record low crime rates in 2020 — due, in large part, to the arrival of COVID-19 — crime rates ticked up somewhat last year in Grosse Pointe Woods but remained well below the average for the last five years.

FARMINGTON HILLS — When furnishing a new home, clocks are often part of the décor. While they are functional to measure and indicate time, they also can be a decorative piece to provide the right finishing touch.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — The increasing popularity of food trucks has spurred the Grosse Pointe Woods City Council to explore a way to regulate this new dining option.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — He’s only been with the Grosse Pointe Shores Public Safety Department for a little more than two years, but in that time, officer Jeffrey Roybal has proven to be one of the best members of the force.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe Woods voters this fall will likely be asked to weigh in on a charter change that would enable the City Council to approve future incremental spending limits on city administrators’ purchase and sale of property.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Some budding artists in Grosse Pointe Woods were honored this month for their creative skills and tree advocacy efforts.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS/SHORES — Bartering is an old-fashioned way of exchanging goods, and officials in Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Shores hope to put this practice to good use for both of them.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — When Debra Peck Lichtenberg succeeded John Lamerato as the city controller and treasurer in Grosse Pointe Farms in June 2017, she had big shoes to fill.