ROYAL OAK/CLAWSON — School is in session for Royal Oak and Clawson students, and there have been two celebrations marking the centennial year of Oakland Elementary School in Royal Oak and the Clawson Public Schools district.

CLAWSON — The annual Clawson Fall Festival is coming up on Sept. 28 and includes plenty of beloved local traditions.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation is looking to improve service on its routes.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Though an audit of Clinton Township’s finances came back with no irregularities, it didn’t stop the discussion about where the township’s money goes.

FRASER — Ever wonder about that shed near the Dairy Maid? It’s the abandoned Linden Pump Station and it’s set to get a study by the city’s engineering firm.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Technology that will improve emergency communications is coming to Grosse Pointe North High School.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Golf is arguably one of the toughest sports from a mental persp

METRO DETROIT — Multigenerational housing is making a comeback. Studies by the Pew Research Center indicate that the concept has grown for the past five decades, and there is no sign of peaking.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — One of the Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department’s newest hires is someone who brings police and firefighting experience with him.

GROSSE POINTES/HARPER WOODS — Adults with diverse learning needs will have more opportunities to further their educations and develop new skills, thanks to a new initiative.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — The opioid epidemic remains an ongoing concern, but now local residents will have a new weapon in their arsenal to stop deaths from drug overdoses.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — When it comes to their trash collection and recycling provider, Priority Waste, many Grosse Pointe Park officials and residents feel the company has treated the city like — well — garbage, and they’re not happy about it.

Week four of the high school football season has come to a close.

FRASER — The bumpy network of roads in the Fraser Industrial Park moved closer to smoothing out at the Fraser City Council’s Sept. 12 meeting.

PLEASANT RIDGE — Pleasant Ridge’s City Commission approved a permanent change for two-sided parking on Sylvan Avenue.

BERKLEY — A stub street in Berkley will be closed indefinitely as the city looks to activate it for downtown usage.

FERNDALE — Downtown Ferndale was packed with visitors the weekend of Sept. 20-22 for the Funky Ferndale Art Fair and DIY Street Fair.

BERKLEY — The city of Berkley will be holding a gathering for residents to meet the candidates for city manager.

BERKLEY — After two consecutive years of issues pertaining to safety at Berkley Days, the City Council last week passed a resolution directing city staff to prepare an ordinance to ban carnivals.

BIRMINGHAM — When the Birmingham Museum reopened in early September, they debuted a new, year-long exhibit called “Transportation and Transformation: Shaping Birmingham and its People.”