EASTPOINTE — With its emergency lights flashing and a crowd of people gathering, Eastpointe’s brand-new firetruck arrived at the station the morning of March 8.

MACOMB COUNTY — Closing parts of M-53 throughout this year’s construction season might mean detours or fewer open lanes, but it will extend the highway’s lifespan for years to come, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.

MACOMB COUNTY — It was an election two years in the making. After Michigan voters passed Proposition 2 in 2022 with a 60% majority, the first statewide election with nine days of early voting arrived in February.

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Officials are in the process of updating the Recreation Authority of Roseville and Eastpointe’s Joint Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

EASTPOINTE — An investment adviser will help Eastpointe Community Schools with its $36.4 million bond issue that passed at the polls Aug. 8, 2023.

ROSEVILLE — With the motto “bringing out the best in kids,” the Roseville Optimist Club has been helping children in the community since it formed in 1992.

ROSEVILLE — Roseville Community Schools staff members, along with students in grades three to 12, will start the 2024-2025 school year with brand-new computers.

EASTPOINTE — A joint operation between county and state agencies led to the seizure of weapons and illicit drugs in Eastpointe and Detroit, as well as the arrest of a local man accused of distributing cocaine and oxycodone.

EASTPOINTE — A 62-year-old man was found guilty by a jury Feb. 23 of murdering two of his neighbors at an Eastpointe apartment complex in 2022.

MACOMB COUNTY — Despite some odd winter weather, cold-weather traffic safety concerns have not melted away.

MACOMB COUNTY — Although inflation has decreased in recent months, “I don’t know if we’re out of the woods,” said Thomas Alongi, a partner with the UHY accounting firm, in Sterling Heights.

ROSEVILLE — Every day, Roseville Middle School social worker Danielle Lewis works to make a positive impact on students.

TROY — A Roseville man employed as the manager of a Troy grocery store has been charged with allegedly embezzling more than $750,000 from Fresh Thyme Market.

DETROIT — Kapow, Batman! For followers of the comic book legend, here’s your chance to see all five Batmobiles from the television show and the Hollywood movies. The classic automobiles will be displayed during this year’s 71st annual Detroit Autorama scheduled for March 1-3 at Huntington Place, 1 Washington Blvd.

ROSEVILLE — Roseville High School senior Archie Matthews didn’t let Roseville Community Schools Superintendent Mark Blaszkowski off the hook.

ROSEVILLE — While growing up in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, the Great Skate was the local hangout.

ROSEVILLE — No matter what coach, player or teacher you speak with on the grounds of Roseville High School, there’s one word that continuously makes its way into conversation when describing the school — “family.”

ROSEVILLE — Prior to Valentine’s Day, romance was in the air Feb. 6 at the Roseville Public Library.

ROSEVILLE — It takes only one game to see that the Roseville High School boys basketball program is the complete package on the court.

EASTPOINTE — A section of Nine Mile Road between Kelly Road and Gratiot Avenue will undergo a transformation.