🌱 Garden City Girls Varsity Soccer @ Melvindale and 11 more events

Good morning Melvindale! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• FREE Electronics Recycling Drop-Off Event — Livonia
• Garden City Girls Varsity Soccer @ Melvindale
• Taylor Varsity Softball @ Melvindale

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 63 and low of 48 degrees.
• Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 67, low: 46.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 60 and low of 40 degrees.

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📸 Around Melvindale

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Melvindale

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 9

• FREE Electronics Recycling Drop-Off Event — Livonia →
  36931 Schoolcraft, Livonia
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday May 11

• Garden City Girls Varsity Soccer @ Melvindale →
  Melvindale High School, 4500 Enterprise Dr, Allen Park
  5:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• Taylor Varsity Softball @ Melvindale →
  Melvindale High School, 4500 Enterprise Dr, Allen Park
  4:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• Musical Painting
  Melvindale Public Library Melvindale, MI 48122
  6:00 pm
• SMS Spring Concert
  MELVINDALE-NORTHERN ALLEN PARK SCHOOLS Melvindale, MI 48122
  6:00 pm
• MHS Spring Band Concert
  Melvindale High School Melvindale, MI 48122
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• WARHORSES + Resurrectionists (WI) + DUNAMIS + Tyler Chernoff →
  Parts & Labor Bar, 17993 Allen Rd, Melvindale
  7:00 pm

Wednesday May 27

• Entrepreneurship 101 Workshop →
  Foundation For Pops, 17500 Dix Rd, Melvindale
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday May 8

• Verdi’s Requiem →
  Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave, Dearborn
  11:30 am
• Boys & Girls Soccer (Bryant @ Strong)
  Julian O. Strong Middle School, 18656 Prospect St, Melvindale
  4:00 pm
• Class of 2026 Prom
  Soho Grand Banquet & Event Center, 34615 Warren Rd, Westland
  6:00 pm
• Verdis Requiem →
  Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave, Dearborn
  7:30 pm
• Dearborn Symphony Orchestra: Steven Jarvi - Verdi's Requiem →
  Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave, Dearborn
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Prototype Coordinator in Allen Park. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Kitchen Designer in Allen Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Melvindale here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Allen Park

• Major I-94 lane restrictions, ramp closures begin this weekend west of Detroit (mlive.com)
• Photo gallery of Allen Park vs Brownstown Woodhaven in a Downriver League softball rivalry matchup (thenewsherald.com)
• Detroit Water Festival held in Trenton (thenewsherald.com)

Lincoln Park

• Celebrate Mom & Kick Off the Season at the 2026 Mother's Day Market (elcentralmedia.com)
• Lincoln Park boys volleyball finishes atop Downriver League standings with win vs Carlson (thenewsherald.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Steve H. for sending it in!)
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