🌱 How a White Lake Meijer worker turned a cruel prank into support

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

In today's newsletter:

• How a White Lake Meijer worker turned a cruel prank into support

Also on today's calendar: Wonderful Wednesdays Storytime and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Cloudy, with a high of 64 and low of 55 degrees.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 71, low: 59.
• Wednesday: Warm with periods of rain, with a high of 67 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Red Baron Backs Grocery Store Worker After Apple Pay Prank Goes Viral (recentlyheard.com) — A White Lake Meijer worker stocking Red Baron pizzas has drawn national support after a cruel Apple Pay prank video went viral, highlighting his financial and family struggles. A GoFundMe for the employee, identified as Walt, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, while Red Baron publicly backed him and confirmed he remains a valued team member.
   

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📸 Around White Lake

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🗓 Upcoming Events in White Lake

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday November 3

• Terrific Tuesdays Storytime →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  10:30 am

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Other local events

Wednesday November 4

• Wonderful Wednesdays Storytime →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  1:30 pm

Thursday November 5

• Music & Movement →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  11:00 am

Saturday November 7

• Miles 4 Meals →
  White Lake MI
• Miles 4 Meals 5K, 8 Mile, 13.1 →
  Indian Springs Metro, 5200 Indian Trail, White Lake
  8:00 am
• Write-a-thon →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  10:30 am

Monday November 9

• Baby and Toddler Time! →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  2:30 pm
• Read & Discuss →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  6:30 pm

Tuesday November 10

• Terrific Tuesdays Storytime →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  10:30 am
• 'Gals & Ghouls' presents: Special Effects Makeup Class →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  6:30 pm

Wednesday November 11

• Wonderful Wednesdays Storytime →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  1:30 pm
• Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story →
  White Lake Township Library, 11005 Elizabeth Lake Rd., White Lake
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Archdiocese of Detroit posted a job opening for K-8 Technology Teacher in White Lake. Apply here.
• Areas USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Holly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near White Lake here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Milford

• History of Milford Michigan: 17 Remarkable Photos From Its Industrial Past (thumbwind.com)
• MI Bright Lights Returns With Two-Mile Drive-Through Light Show & Holiday Drone Shows (littleguidedetroit.com)

Holly

• Michigan's Spookiest Sightings 2026: Bigfoot and UFOs, Oh My! (sportsradio987.com)

Walled Lake

• Marching bands: See which schools qualified for state championship at Ford Field (mlive.com)
• SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:SLYG) Stock Short Interest Report for October (watchlistnews.com)

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Ok White Lake! 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: "You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out?" — Look in the mirror and see what you saw, take the saw and cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole, climb out of the hole. (Thank you Mary K. for sending it in!)
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