TROY — For more than 50 years, the nonprofit Troy People Concerned has helped those in need in the Troy community through financial difficulties, hard times and setbacks.

TROY — The city of Troy announced its Community Development Block Grant fund distributions for 2023 after the City Council unanimously approved them at their regular meeting Jan. 23.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — An Oakland Township woman has fled the United States following a fatal hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Day, according to the FBI.

SOUTHFIELD — The City Council approved funds through the Oakland County Senior Centers Matching Grant Program Jan. 23.

SOUTHFIELD — The United Way for Southeast Michigan’s Tech United team, a group of local CEOs and IT professionals committed to closing the digital divide and providing STEM opportunities for students, unveiled a new makerspace to Adlai Stevenson Elementary School Feb. 2.

SOUTHFIELD — For as long as she can remember, Gwendolyn Hubbard has always been “The Family Historian.”

METRO DETROIT — With the snowstorms or even the moderate snowfalls that we often get in Michigan comes a risk of death or severe injuries by shoveling snow.

SOUTHFIELD — “I have a fatal condition. We all do. It’s called life,” Eric Goldstein says in his opening scene.

METRO DETROIT — Michigan employers, tipped workers and those earning the minimum wage are reacting to a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling that affects how employees are paid.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Like most other police and public safety departments in southeast Michigan — including the other four Grosse Pointes — the Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Department is going to continue its use of Oakland County’s Courts and Law Enforcement Management Information Systems, better known as CLEMIS.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Grosse Pointe City’s financial documentation has once again passed muster with flying colors.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A purchase agreement between Grosse Pointe Park and the nonprofit Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation to purchase the former auto body shop Joe’s Garage at 1038 Ashland St. in Detroit has been amended because the city no longer needs the property for its Department of Public Works.

CLAWSON — After more than a year, a conflict over a seat on the Clawson City Council has been resolved.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park’s newest public safety officer already has her colleagues behind her.

METRO  DETROIT — Changes to utility rates in Michigan are raising some eyebrows as customers are considering what this will mean for their electric bills.

FRASER — It was a tough ride in 2022 for the Fraser Ramblers.

FRASER — The Fraser School District will be asking residents to approve a bond measure this spring.

ROSEVILLE — For the past year, local filmmaker Keith Famie and his film crew have traveled to various locations to interview classic car owners for Famie’s documentary, “Detroit: The City of Hot Rods & Muscle Cars.”

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Peggy Hayes — the woman who shepherded The Helm at the Boll Life Center through the COVID-19 pandemic — is retiring.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Historical Society is making some history of its own.