TROY — One Troy School District staff member got a surprise March 20.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Andrea Misho, a PTO officer at Burr Elementary School and a co-adviser of the Macomb Community College Occupational Therapy Assistant student leadership organization, saw an opportunity in an underutilized space.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Senior Center has announced its featured artist for March and April.

UTICA — The city of Utica is in the process of updating its master plan and would like the public to help shape it.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — As Hall Road runs through the heart of Macomb County, one can find plenty of newly built buildings and land ready for development. But one M-59 staple is celebrating its second decade of business along the highway.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — On March 13, the Clinton Township Board of Trustees tackled a dilemma presented when two youth football programs requested the use of the same city-owned practice fields.

METRO DETROIT — Though people the world over know Detroit as the “Motor City,” few know the full story of the industry that put southeast Michigan on the map.

ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority is looking to make a big change to a section of its downtown.

MOUNT CLEMENS — It was transportation night at the March 6 Mount Clemens City Commission meeting as commissioners agreed on two items related to the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, the region’s bus transit services provider.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The Harrison Township Fire Department named Battalion Chief Jason Groth as the township’s Firefighter of the Year at the Monday, March 13, Board of Trustees meeting.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — After nearly a year of research, study and consideration, the Department of the Air Force has decided against placing a new fighter mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

MADISON HEIGHTS — The Madison Heights Arts Board is exploring options to bring a stage to Civic Center Park, something that officials say could be used at events like Trail Tunes, and by local groups that want to hold their own performances, plays and presentations.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP —The Macomb Township Board of Trustees passed a resolution in support of applications for two Michigan Department of Natural Resources grants at its March 8 meeting.

MADISON HEIGHTS — Hard-nosed, blue-collar, physical, determined: They’re all things that represent and can be expected from Madison Heights Madison High School boys basketball.

MADISON HEIGHTS — Until recently, a family of skeletons had been living their best lives on West Gardenia Avenue, their antics changing with the seasons like some sort of surreal sitcom.

FRASER — Several Fraser High School students were cooking up success at the annual Michigan ProStart competition, which took place on March 5 in Port Huron.

MADISON HEIGHTS — Grants are available for those interested in planting native gardens, which feature plants that provide food and habitat for pollinators and other beneficial species.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — An in-home aide has been charged after being accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly woman she was hired to help.

METRO DETROIT — The StoryTime Guild is celebrating over 30 years of reading and telling stories to children in underserved schools in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties.

BIRMINGHAM/BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Stanley Natchez is a Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Indigenous artist who is currently featured at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. The exhibit titled “Indian Without Reservation” opened March 10 and will be displayed until April 20.