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Coming up on the Northville Patch calendar: Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour

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What's up Northville! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Northville's enrichment center is opening doors to jobs and independence
  • See where undefeated Northville ranks in the latest playoff race
  • What East Lansing's payouts reveal about Northville's current city manager

Also on today's calendar: Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Cooler; a little morning rain, with a high of 64 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 65, low: 47.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Northville center helps those with autism and special needs find employment (clickondetroit.com) — A Northville-based enrichment center is helping about 500 adults with autism and other special needs build job skills and find work with more than 100 partner companies. Founder Rachelle Vartanian, a veteran special educator and parent, emphasizes giving families hope and creating employment opportunities both on the center's 12-acre campus and throughout the community.
   

• MHSAA playoff points check in, where the 32-team fields stand on Oct. 1 (sentinel-standard.com) — Northville's football team is off to a perfect 5-0 start and currently sits among the top Division 1 playoff contenders in Michigan's latest MHSAA points standings. With less than four weeks left in the regular season, the article breaks down where Northville and other schools stand across all divisions as they push for postseason berths.
   

• East Lansing agrees to six-figure settlement with ousted city manager (bnd.com) — East Lansing has approved a roughly $246,000 separation package for its recently resigned city manager, following community criticism and a prior harassment complaint that did not find policy violations but raised culture concerns. For Northville residents, the story also recalls that current Northville city manager George Lahanas previously received a substantial severance when he left East Lansing in 2023.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Granite City Food & Brewery posted a job opening for Expeditor in Northville. Apply here.
  • Kroger posted a job opening for Meat Clerk in Northville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Northville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Novi

  • These Are The Best School Districts In Michigan, New Ranking Says (patch.com)
  • VI-grade and HBK expand Smart Prototypes Summit series (engineering.com)
  • Could 'Shadow CAS' Creep Back Under DoD's GAAP Push? (fedweek.com)

Plymouth

  • Local Event: Plymouth Lecture Series (patch.com)

Ok Northville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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