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In today's newsletter:

• What Saline's school board just decided on transgender student protections
• How Saline's huge data center could affect power and the river
• Which Saline Hornets cracked Michigan's top football players list?

Also on today's calendar: Xfinity Michigan Fan HQ for Michigan Students and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunny, nice and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 62.
• Sunday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Saline Board Keeps Transgender Student Policy Amid Policy Overhaul (thesuntimesnews.com) — Saline Area Schools has decided to keep its policy protecting transgender and nonbinary students in place while it overhauls the district's broader policy manual. After strong community input, the board voted unanimously to preserve both the transgender student policy and the DEI Advisory Committee policy, sending them back for detailed legal review this fall.
   

• Weekly Data Center Watch: Saline Project Advances Amid New Rules and Political Pressure (thesuntimesnews.com) — A massive data center project in Saline Township has passed one million union work hours and is now formally included in DTE's emergency power‑shedding plans, potentially affecting how outages are managed around here. Regulators are weighing wastewater permits amid opposition from Friends of the Saline River, while nearby townships and state leaders debate new rules, recalls, and legislation tied to large data centers.
   

• Our top Michigan high school football players for 2026, Nos. 26-75 (detroitnews.com) — Several Saline High School standouts made The Detroit News' list of Michigan's top football players for 2026, including defensive leaders and a highly touted newcomer. The statewide ranking underscores Saline's growing reputation as a football powerhouse, with multiple Hornets already holding Division I college offers heading into the season.
   

📸 Around Saline

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Saline

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28
• Xfinity Michigan Fan HQ for Michigan Students →
  303 S State St, Ann Arbor
  10:00 am
Saturday August 29
• Xfinity Pop-Up for U of M Students →
  231 S State St, Ann Arbor
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 8
• New Construction Open House
  Saline Middle School Saline, MI 48176
  5:00 pm
• Sensory Friendly Open House
  Saline Middle School Saline, MI 48176
  5:30 pm
• SMS Open House
  Saline Middle School Saline, MI 48176
  6:30 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Saline Area Schools Liberty School Board Room
  6:30 pm
• Saline MS Open House (Parent Mtg at 6 pm)
  Saline Area Schools Saline Middle School, 7190 N Maple Rd, Saline, MI 48176, USA
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Murder in the Alley: A Saline Main Street Murder Mystery →
  The 109 Cultural Exchange, 109 W Michigan Ave, Saline
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 28
• Freighthouse Closed for Maintenence →
  Ypsilanti, MI Calendar, 100 Market Place, Ypsilanti
  8:00 am
• Live From Tolan Square →
  Tolan Square, 1, Milan
  5:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• OG Day Drinker Music Saturdays →
  Original Gravity Brewing Co, 440 County St, Milan
  2:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Staff Meeting (Principal Lead)
  Perry Early Learning Center Ypsilanti, MI 48197
• Senior Night
  Huron High School Ann Arbor, MI 48104
  6:00 pm
• Regular City Council Meeting →
  Ypsilanti, MI Calendar, 1 S Huron St, Ypsilanti
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Need a reliable Fall cleaner.
  Please DM with quote. We will need to clean the landscape bed (only in front yard and two rose bushes). (Nextdoor West Saline)

• Oracle Corporation posted a job opening for Principal Delivery Manager - Low Voltage in Saline. Apply here.
• Bowlero Corporation posted a job opening for Porter in Ann Arbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Saline here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ann Arbor

• 18 Ann Arbor homes and how much they sold or haven't sold for in 2026 (mlive.com)
• Irish Draw Against Michigan Wolverines (fightingirish.com)
• Ann Arbor Public Schools looking to sell Earhart and Balas properties (wemu.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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