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Southeast Michigan cities hit by major residential trash pick-up change
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — Trash pick-up is undergoing a massive transition across Southeast Michigan.This week, GFL Environmental informed customers that it's selling its residential collection services to Priority Waste.West Bloomfield Township is one of 75 municipalities affected by the change that takes effect on July 1.Township Supervisor Steve Kaplan says some GFL drivers have already left to take jobs with priority waste, leaving GFL struggling to keep up with its current workload, so trash is piling up, and so are the frustrations. "We've answered in the last three days over 700 calls from people wondering when their garbage is going...
Rides, food, fireworks and fun: Liberty Fest returns to Canton
CANTON TWP. — Ready for a whirling, twirling good time?. Liberty Fest takes place from 1-10 p.m. June 13 and 14, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. June 15, and includes carnival rides, midway games and food, along with music, entertainment, a fireworks show, community events and more. Special...
Michigan Central Station buzz goes beyond Detroit
“If you build it, he (they) will come!” There’s no better line to capture what’s been unfolding in the Motor City the past six years than that iconic line from the Kevin Costner movie "Field of Dreams" about building a baseball field. ...
Plaque honoring veterans restored at Lincoln Park High School
The Lincoln Park High School class of 1965 gifted their school a plaque to honor students who went on to join the armed forces after graduation. However, 59 years after the plaque was placed there, it didn’t look like it used to. Names went missing from the plaque and others were vandalized. The Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce took the plaque down with permission from the school’s leadership, Chamber Executive Director Tom Karnes wrote in an email.
Hamtramck pass resolution supporting boycotting Israel amid war in Gaza
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (FOX 2) - Representatives from Hamtramck unanimously passed a resolution expressing support for boycotting Israel and divesting assets, becoming the first city in the U.S. to do so. It's the first city in the U.S. to officially recognize the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, which supports nonviolent means...
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