🌱 Patch AM: Where Farmington kids can join safer flag football this season

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In today's newsletter:

• Where Farmington kids can join safer flag football this season
• How a new Farmington-area dinner is quietly fighting hidden homelessness
• What a proposed CRT ban could mean for Farmington Schools

Also on today's calendar: Kenny Goldman Basketball League Fall 2026.

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds and sun with a t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 80, low: 59.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Best youth flag football leagues in metro Detroit (metroparent.com) — Families in Farmington have a convenient youth flag football option at Total Sports Complex on Farmington Road, part of several metro Detroit leagues highlighted for kids ages 4-14. The guide explains age ranges, season length, and emphasizes registering quickly, since these safer, non-tackle programs tend to fill up fast across Oakland and nearby counties.
   

• Community dinner fosters fellowship (candgnews.com) — Farmington and Farmington Hills residents are rallying around a new Feed the Need Task Force, which just hosted its first inclusive community dinner to support unhoused and food-insecure neighbors. Organizers highlight hidden homelessness in both cities, describe creative help like laundry coupons for students, and plan expanded transportation and holiday food boxes so more local families can access support.
   

• Michigan critical race theory ban proposal meets opposition from NAACP leader (wilx.com) — A proposed state bill to ban teaching critical race theory in Michigan schools could affect districts like Farmington Schools, which a senator cites as using such concepts. Supporters call CRT divisive indoctrination, while NAACP leaders and Democrats argue it's essential to teaching full American history, with funding penalties possible for districts found in violation.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Farmington

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Monday September 14
• Kenny Goldman Basketball League Fall 2026 →
  The J, 6600 W Maple Rd,
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 15
• Board of Education Meeting
  Maxfield Education Center, 32789 W 10 Mile Rd, Farmington
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Yard to Table: Weekly Garden Skills Education Series on Wednesdays →
  St John Lutheran Church, 23225 Gill Rd, Farmington Hills
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 4
• Create & Connect! (Ages 60+)
  Farmington Community Library 32737 W. 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334, US
  10:30 am
• ESL Conversation Group
  Farmington Community Library 23500 Liberty Street, Farmington , MI, 48335, US
  10:30 am
• Technology One-on-One
  Farmington Community Library 32737 W. 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334, US
  1:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Library Closed
  Farmington Community Library Farmington, MI 48334
Monday September 7
• City Offices Closed for Labor Day →
  Livonia, MI Calendar Livonia, MI 48154
• Livonia-Westland Networking Professionals
  Livonia Chamber of Commerce Livonia-Westland Chamber of Commerce (Livonia Office) 33300 Five Mile Road, Suite 212 Livonia, MI 48154
  8:15 am
Tuesday September 8
• Coffee & Connections
  Farmington Community Library 32737 W. 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334, US
  8:00 am
• Business Networkers of Westland (Business N.O.W.) Group
  Livonia Chamber of Commerce Livonia-Westland Chamber of Commerce (Westland Office) 8028 N. Wayne Road Westland, MI 48185
  9:30 am
• Baby Storytime (0-12 months)
  Farmington Community Library 32737 W. 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI, 48334, US
  10:30 am
• Preschool Storytime (Ages 3-5)
  Farmington Community Library 23500 Liberty Street, Farmington , MI, 48335, US
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Farmington Hills

• City of Farmington Hills Joins Southeast Michigan Urban Deer Coalition Survey Efforts (fhgov.com)
• Hawk Makerspace Celebrates Four-Year Anniversary with Free Community Open House (fhgov.com)
• Feds: Fake 'ambassador' built elaborate fantasy to pull off $200,000 con (newsbeyonddetroit.net)

Novi

• Sumo Japanese Grill Opens at Sakura Novi (dbusiness.com)
• Michigan State Fair returns to Novi (detroitnews.com)

Plymouth

• Plymouth Nonprofit Looks To Rebuild City's Largest Park (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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