🌱 Could Highland Park ever give up its independence to join Detroit?
Highland Park, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Highland Park! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Could Highland Park ever give up its independence to join Detroit?
Also on today's calendar: FREE Electronics Recycling Drop-Off Event — Livonia.
Today's riddle: Knock-knock! Who’s there? Irish. Irish who? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 61 and low of 43 degrees.
- Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 59, low: 43.
- Thursday: Cloudy and cool with a shower, with a high of 54 and low of 41 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Crossing the Lines: Highland Park values enclave status (wdet.org) — Highland Park’s future as an independent city is under scrutiny as residents, experts, and Mayor Glenda McDonald weigh the costs of high taxes, aging infrastructure, and past financial crises against strong local pride. The state’s $100 million bailout for water debt and pipe replacement has stabilized finances for now, but questions remain about long-term sustainability and whether merging with Detroit would truly help. 
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FREE Electronics Recycling Drop-Off Event — Livonia →
36931 Schoolcraft, Livonia
10:00 am
Saturday May 9
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🗓 Events Nearby
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United Student Assembly (Members only)
Ferndale Middle School , 725 Pinecrest Dr, Ferndale, MI 48220
7:15 am -
ROYAL Networking
Greater Royal Oak Chamber-Commerce Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce 200 S. Washington Ave. Royal Oak, MI 48067 Parking across the street at the Center Street deck is free for the first two hours. Please do not park in the Chamber parking lot next to the building.
8:00 am -
UDL Cohort Learn Day 4 & Celebration
Ferndale Public Schools Ferndale, MI 48220
8:00 am -
Downtown Street Eats
Cadillac Square, 662 Woodward Ave, Detroit
11:00 am -
Track vs Berkshire
Ferndale Middle School Ferndale High School Football Field, 881 Pinecrest Dr, Ferndale\
4:15 pm -
Junior High Baseball (H) vs Kennedy MS
Hazel Park High School John F Kennedy Middle School, 23101 Masonic, St Clair Shores, M
4:30 pm -
JV Baseball (A) vs Centerline HS
Hazel Park High School Center Line High School, 26300 Arsenal St, Center Line, MI 4801
4:30 pm -
Junior High Track (A) vs Clawson
Hazel Park High School Clawson High School, 101 John M Ave, Clawson, MI 48017, USA
4:30 pm -
Junior High Softball (A) vs Chatterton MS
Hazel Park High School Chatterton Middle School, 24333 Ryan Rd, Warren, MI 48091, USA
4:30 pm -
Varsity Baseball (H) vs Centerline
Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave, Hazel Park, MI 48030\
5:00 pm -
Medicare 101
Hazel Park Memorial Library (5th-12th Grade) Hazel Park, MI 48030
6:00 pm -
I-75 Cap Feasibility Study Public Meeting #3
Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) MSU Detroit Center, 3408 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48201
6:00 pm
Tuesday May 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- GRBS, Inc. posted a job opening for Part Time Cleaner- $16.50/hr- Start ASAP! in Highland Park. Apply here.
- Motor City Casino Hotel posted a job opening for Porter - FT in Detroit. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highland Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
Detroit
- ‘Nobody was here': Spirit Airlines' shutdown leaves travelers stranded at Detroit Metro Airport (clickondetroit.com)
Hamtramck
- I-696 ramp closure to Lahser, M-10 and Telegraph underway (fox2detroit.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Irish you a happy St. Patrick’s Day! (Thank you Eileen C. for sending it in!)
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