FERNDALE — New parking rates have been implemented in the city of Ferndale as of July 1.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Travelers along Romeo Plank Road may encounter some delays in the near future. Those with light stomachs may not be so interested in the reason why.

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Eastpointe and Roseville are set to receive funding for projects following the passage of the state’s 2025 budget.

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — A Grosse Pointe Woods native who spent much of his youth at the Lake Front Park pool has returned home to helm the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — The Grosse Pointes keep close tabs on what their immediate neighboring municipalities are doing and often adopt similar practices or purchases if a new addition is a hit, but Grosse Pointe City is going farther afield this summer to see how another community does business.

FRASER — Fraser has a new clerk, but its last one isn’t going anywhere.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The St. Clair Shores City Council voted 6-1 to amend the city’s sign ordinance as it pertains to signs with rotating cylinders, including barber poles, at their June 17 meeting.

SOUTHFIELD — Residents from Templar Avenue, Maryland Street, Harden Avenue, Pierce Street and Arbor Place addressed the City Council recently regarding basement flooding after a June 20 storm.

MOUNT CLEMENS — Celebration was the tone taken at One Crocker Boulevard on the evening of July 1 as the Mount Clemens City Commission gave a hero’s welcome to first responders and legislators.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — A millage renewal focused on public safety will be voted on in Bloomfield Township Aug. 6.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — In an era of ever rising costs, Grosse Pointe Shores has managed to reduce its millage rate for the 2024 to 2025 fiscal year, which starts July 1.

SOUTHFIELD — The lime green trucks picking up refuse in your neighborhood will soon be yellow.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Busing won’t change a whole lot, but there will be some improvements. There may even be some familiar faces.

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.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — It was a fiscal-focused evening at the June 24 Harrison Township Board of Trustees meeting, as the board received the audit of its 2023 books and approved a contract for work at Waterfront Park.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — The lime green trucks picking up refuse in your neighborhood will soon be yellow.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — On June 17, the St. Clair Shores City Council approved budget amendments in a 7-0 vote, sanitary sewer rates for the coming year in a 7-0 vote, water rates in a 7-0 vote and the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget in a 6-1 vote.

SOUTHFIELD — Mayor Ken Siver declared a state of emergency June 1 because of widespread damage across the city caused by a severe thunderstorm that brought high winds and heavy rain.

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.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — While there was apprehension about approving the transfer of trash collection services from GFL Environmental to Priority Waste, there wasn’t much the Clinton Township Board of Trustees could do about it.