ROYAL OAK — Armenia Fest will be coming back to Royal Oak from 5 to 10 p.m. July 20 at the Royal Oak Farmers Market.

TROY — For the 49th Troy Garden Walk, Troy’s Garden Club invites community members to visit six homes in Troy, as well as a bonus venue, on Wednesday, July 10.

DAVISBURG — The Oakland County Fair is scheduled to make its return to Springfield Oaks County Park July 5-14.

BERKLEY — The colorful nature of the Berkley Street Art Fest will make its return this month.

FERNDALE — The taste and smell of barbecue will permeate throughout Ferndale with the return of the Pig & Whiskey festival.

DETROIT — The Rocket Mortgage Classic has its first two-time winner in only six years of existence.

TROY — Some residents who live in the Livernois and Square Lake Road area are voicing concerns on the impact of some recent and pending developments, saying that their homes are now subject to repeated flooding because of drainage problems.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — “Come on down!” While state of the community addresses tend to be dull-but-informative affairs, Macomb Township Supervisor Frank Viviano added some theatrics this year.

HUNTINGTON WOODS — Bob Weltman hasn’t missed the Huntington Woods Fourth of July parade since 1986.

MACOMB COUNTY — When you fill out an application online — which could include your name, home address, date of birth and mother’s maiden name — and then push the send button, where does the information go?

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The Rochester Hills Public Library is asking Rochester Hills voters to consider a millage hike in the August primary election.

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Avondale Schools district will ask voters to consider a $150 million bond issue when they head to the polls Aug. 6.

DETROIT — The signature Rocket Mortgage red was brushed to the side in favor of a sea of Honolulu blue on June 25 at Detroit Golf Club.

STERLING HEIGHTS — Like dozens of other people walking through Lakeside Mall June 27 – the Thursday before its last open day of June 30 and its July 1 closing date – Frank Talo was reliving his memories of growing up with the shopping center. 

DETROIT — Local sports fans remember being children and bringing their gloves to a Detroit Tigers game in hopes of catching a baseball, or reaching over the stands at Ford Field in hopes of fist-bumping their favorite Detroit Lions player.

NOVI — The Novi community lost one of its most passionate supporters and advocates with the death of former state Sen. Nancy Cassis at age 80 June 11.

SOUTHFIELD/ROCHESTER HILLS — Father Chris Yaw, the rector at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Southfield, said he wants to make art, not guns.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — FAN is still FAN, but the letters have a different meaning.

WARREN — In a recent interview, Mayor Lori Stone discussed her first six months in office.The mayor addressed the cultural shifts at City Hall, hiring a new police commissioner, working toward a police department fully staffed with officers, and the appointment process.

DETROIT/GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Through unimaginable tragedy, the Doheny family remained united as Edmond Bronner Doheny, 29, of Grosse Pointe Woods, learned his fate for what he has maintained from the start was the accidental killing of his younger brother, Dennis Doheny, last year.