METRO DETROIT — A look at five things to do during the weekend of Aug. 29-Sept. 2

MACOMB TOWNSHIP/NOVI — The transition from home to school is often difficult for young children. Many tear up or cling to their parents and guardians and refuse to go into the school.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County voters will see an Oakland County Parks millage proposal on the ballot this Nov. 5.

DETROIT — Lifelong jazz aficionados and those who want to experience the music for the first time will bop shoulder to shoulder when the 45th annual Detroit Jazz Festival takes over downtown Detroit on Labor Day weekend, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.

OAKLAND COUNTY — We’re back in full swing with gridiron action at the high school level. Here are previews for all teams in the C & G Newspapers coverage area in western Oakland County.

METRO DETROIT — In this week’s Behind the Wheel, Staff Writer Maria Allard shares memories of the camping trips across the country she took with her family as a kid. The photos were taken in slide form in 1979 when the family traveled out West.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Drowning is fast and silent, and it can take less than 30 seconds for someone to drown. In Oakland County, there have been 11 drowning deaths in 2024 alone.

METRO DETROIT — A look at five things to do during the weekend of Aug. 22-25

NOVI — The city of Novi recently transformed an old storage area of the Novi Civic Center that was affectionately known as the “dungeon” into a state-of-the-art TV and podcast studio.

NOVI — In the Aug. 6 primary election, Novi voters chose or helped to choose which candidates advanced to the general election in November.

OAKLAND COUNTY — Impaired driving crashes across Michigan are on the rise, a troubling statistic released in a study from Bridge Michigan, which also found that police across the state are not making as many arrests for drunk driving as they have in the past.

After serving more than five years in a Russian labor colony, Paul Whelan, a retired U.S. Marine and Novi resident, is a free man today.

NOVI — People’s Express, which on July 1 took over in Novi as the provider of curb-to-curb transit services, will be housed at the Novi Civic Center until the end of the year as part of an agreement with the city.

NOVI — The annual Festival of Chariots paraded through the streets of Novi July 21.

NOVI — A new housing development will be erected at the intersection of 12 1/2 Mile Road and Novi Road. Developer E & M Holdings LLC, aka Society Hill, has had the right to build on the property since 1999.

OAKLAND COUNTY — On July 16, the city of Southfield sponsored a public demonstration of the latest road safety technology being piloted in Southfield and Oakland County, conducted by P3Mobility and the Road Commission for Oakland County at Lawrence Technological University.

OAKLAND COUNTY — The next election will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 6, and voters should take note of a couple of deadlines before hitting the polls.

NOVI — Voters in the primary in Novi Aug. 6 will choose candidates for federal, state and county offices to advance to the November general election.

NOVI — The annual Police and Fire Youth Leadership Academy for local youth got off to a great start Monday as kids were put through their paces at the Walled Lake Adventure Course, located at the Walled Lake Outdoor Education Center.

NOVI — Connoisseurs of all things different, strange, odd, gross and just plain weird have been coming out in droves to the annual Oddities and Curiosities Expo over the last few years, so much so that the show’s owners found it necessary to make it a two-day exposition in a larger space at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.