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🌱 Portland’s two football programs rank among the region’s playoff standouts

Portland, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good day Portland! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Portland’s two football programs rank among the region’s playoff standouts

Also on today's calendar: DDA Meeting.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 53 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 43, low: 30.
  • Friday: Cloudy, with a high of 43 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• These Greater Lansing football teams are at their best at playoff time (sentinel-standard.com) — Portland St. Patrick’s win over Grand Rapids Sacred Heart on Saturday gave the Shamrocks their seventh regional football championship, tying Lansing Catholic for fourth among Greater Lansing programs since 1999. Portland’s Raiders also made the top 10 with four regional titles, three earned in the past decade under coach John Novara.
   

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    Monday November 23
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    City Hall - Council Chambers, 259 Kent St., Portland
    6:00 pm

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  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for team member in Portland. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Grand Ledge

  • Students and job seekers explore opportunities at the college and career fair (wilx.com)
  • McLaren Greater Lansing adds Volpara technology to personalize breast cancer screening (dotmed.com)
  • Did MLive's Michigan high school football simulator get it right? See how it fared in the district finals (mlive.com)

Ionia

  • Ionia County expanding its I-Go service with more than $1 million funding boost (fox17online.com)
  • I-96 project in Ionia County ‘on time and under budget' (woodtv.com)

Ok Portland! 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: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Portland

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