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SPEAKOUT: What's your favorite Christmas carol?
"My favorite is 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree.' My little brother, Brennan, and I like to sing and dance to it every year." MacKenzie Sanford Grosse Ile "I love 'Silent Night.' I've liked it ever since I ...
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Ballet company's 'Nutcracker' to light up Salem stage
The Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen and Herr Drosselmeyer will be some of the characters that take center stage when the Plymouth-Canton Ballet Co.
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RIVERVIEW: Apartment fire kills one
A 68-year-old man died after a fire Thursday at a senior apartment complex. Bellaire Independent Senior Apartments, 12621 Hale St., caught fire at about 10 p.m. and its residents were evacuated.
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SPEAKOUT: What are you most thankful for?
"I'm most thankful for good health, never being hungry, living in a great city and for having many great friends." Fritz Emery Wyandotte "I thank God every day for all that he has blessed me with: family, ...
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Music to your ears
The music will be pouring out of St. Joseph Catholic Church , 2565 Third St., Trenton, this fall.
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Pasta fund-raiser scheduled
Friends of Tom and Robin O'Donnell of Grosse Ile are planning an open house fund-raiser for the couple's son from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Woodhaven Community Center.
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School bomb threats draw swift response
The high school was faced with two bomb threats this week. The first was found in a girls' bathroom Friday afternoon.
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in the Spotlight: Beltone
The sweet sound of success still resonates in Beltone's Downriver offices. Owners Dan and Jean Fletcher of Grosse Ile are celebrating their company's recent award, the President's Cup.
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in Brief: News from around Downriver
The Wayne County-owned bridge between Trenton and Grosse Ile Township will be closed for installation of a catwalk below the bridge deck through 5 p.m. today.
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Somewhat smooth sailing
Photos submitted by Greg Karmazin/GIBC While the Wayne County free bridge was closed over the weekend for a planned maintenance project, traffic flowed relatively smoothly at the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge, with ...
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Grant of $496,000 awarded for safe routes
The Grosse Ile Safe Route to Schools Committee has been awarded a federal grant of nearly a half-million dollars.
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HISTORY: Grassy Island Lighthouse
By Wallace Hayden Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state in the nation and Downriver has had some notable contributions to that list.
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Trine Football Players Honored By MIAA
ROYAL OAK, Mich., - The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has named Hope College tailback Josh Echtinaw, Trine University wide receiver Paul Curtis, Adrian College defensive lineman Justin Judd and ...
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Grosse Ile bridge closed until Sunday evening
The Wayne County Bridge will remain closed on Saturday and part of Sunday for maintenance.
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Grosse Ile: Free bridge closed through 5 p.m. Sunday
Motorists take note. If you're heading to Grosse Ile this weekend, you'll have to take the toll bridge.
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School board unchanged
Grosse Ile had a very closely contested school board election on Tuesday. Incumbents Terese Hunter and William Tuinier will return for their second four-year terms.
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Work on Grosse Ile free bridge set for weekend
Upgrades to the Grosse Ile free bridge that had been scheduled for last weekend are now scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
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Free Drive Up Flu Shots
The Royal Oak Medical Center is offering a drive-up flu clinic on Saturday that will benefit the recipients and those in need.
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Lights! Camera! Action! Open Call in Howell
A casting call for extras is taking place this weekend for a new movie being shot in Howell.
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Grosse Ile Free Bridge Closed
The Grosse Ile free bridge is closed this weekend. Wayne County officials say they're closing the free bridge for installation of a catwalk beneathe the bridge deck.
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