NOVI — The Novi High School Visual Arts Department was recently awarded two grants, and a financial gift, to further build its popular ceramics program, which attracts approximately 250 students annually.

NOVI — Thirteen men, seven heavy-duty tow trucks and a street sweeper were required to clean up the scene following a semitruck crash on eastbound Interstate 96 near Beck Road and the Suburban Collection Showplace April 18.

FARMINGTON HILLS — For the first time, students in the North Farmington High School auto shop class brought their skills and services outside the district to help people have reliable vehicles.

NOVI — A rollover semitruck crash that occurred at around 1:25 a.m April 18 will result in the closure of eastbound Interstate 96 near Beck Road this evening.

NOVI — A Novi teenager won the local round of the 55th annual America and Me Essay Contest, sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance, with an essay depicting his grandmother as his hero.

NOVI — Two brothers have the leading roles in this year’s Novi High School musical production of “Singin’ in the Rain,” with their sister helping in the wings.

FARMINGTON — After being diagnosed with kidney failure, a Farmington man has made it his life mission to advocate for awareness, prevention and  possibly a cure for chronic kidney disease.

Elementary school students and staff members in the Novi Community School District could be seen during the afternoon April 8 attempting to view the nearly total eclipse through homemade projectors constructed from cereal and cracker boxes.

NOVI — The Novi City Council narrowly approved the city’s 2023 Active Mobility Plan during its regular meeting March 18.

NOVI — Curb-to-curb and door-to-door public transportation services throughout Oakland, Livingston, Washtenaw and Wayne counties will soon be readily available to residents of the city of Novi, as the City Council narrowly approved a resolution March 18 to name the People’s Express as its mode of transportation services for the elderly, disabled and all others ages 14 and older.

NOVI — Members of Faith Presbyterian Church in Novi have made it their mission over the last 10 years to bring purified water to the people of Guatemala. In February, five members of the church went to the country to install a water purification system at a school.

NOVI — Ron Perlman, who is best known for his role in “Hellboy,” and Shameik Moore, the voice of Miles Morales in the “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” movie franchise, will be among the celebrity guests featured at the 2024 spring Motor City Comic Con, to be held May 17-19  at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.

NOVI — Heather Stewart, a kindergarten teacher at Deerfield Elementary School in Novi, was named the Novi Community School District Educator of the Year March 18.

NOVI — Orange flowers, aka construction barrels, are blooming again this year as construction of the Interstate 96 Flex Route returns for a third and final season, along with several other construction projects.

NOVI — The Novi Community School District came together during Wish Week at the schools March 12-15 to help make the wishes of two chronically ill children come true.