🌱 Why are Highland Park seniors still shivering inside Bella Vista Glen?
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In today's newsletter:
- Why are Highland Park seniors still shivering inside Bella Vista Glen?
- How Highland Park Police helped crack a tragic Detroit dollar store shooting
- How a 20-year blanket project is warming Highland Park kids in crisis
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Some brightening; not as cold, with a high of 33 and low of 31 degrees.
- Wednesday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 38, low: 31.
- Thursday: Breezy with rain, with a high of 45 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Highland Park apartment residents have no heat, no hot water during frigid temperatures (fox2detroit.com) — Seniors living at Bella Vista Glen Senior Apartments in Highland Park say they’ve gone weeks without reliable heat or hot water, even as temperatures stay frigid. Residents report relying on space heaters, higher electric bills, and unanswered complaints while FOX 2 attempts to get a response from the property managers and overseas ownership. 
• 16-Year-Old Charged with First-Degree Murder in Shooting Death of Young Boy Outside Detroit Dollar Store (hoodline.com) — Highland Park residents should know that a 16-year-old from the city has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old Detroit boy outside a dollar store on Woodward. Highland Park Police, working with Michigan State Police, led the investigation and arrested the teen, who is being tried in juvenile court but designated as an adult for potential sentencing.
• National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan, Announces 20th Anniversary of Wrapped in Love, a Blanket Donation Program for Children in Crisis or in Hospital (michiganmamanews.com) — A long-running blanket donation program is marking 20 years of comforting children across metro Detroit, including youth served by the Ruth Ellis Center in Highland Park. Volunteers create hundreds of handmade fleece blankets each year for kids in foster care or hospitals, offering warmth and reassurance during frightening transitions and medical treatments.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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FHS: USA Perhogan
FHS - FHS Media Center (Nest)
7:00 am -
Gleaners Mobile Food Bank
Training 2 Detroit, MI 48201
12:30 pm -
Christmas Movie Themed Trivia
Greater Royal Oak Chamber-Commerce , 30955 Woodward Ave. , Royal Oak
7:00 pm -
Spread Holiday Cheer with Michigan By The Bottle!
Michigan By The Bottle , 29932 Woodward Ave , Royal Oak -
FHS Music dept: FUEL Orchestra and Choir Performance
FHS - Multiple Spaces
5:00 pm -
JV Girls Basketball (H) vs Lakeshore
Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave , Hazel Park
5:30 pm -
Echoes & Expressions
Hotel Royal Oak , 811 E. 11 Mile Rad , Royal Oak
6:00 pm -
Lake Shore Boys Varsity Basketball @ Hazel Park
Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave , Hazel Park
7:00 pm -
Varsity Girls Basketball (H) vs Lake shore
Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave , Hazel Park
7:00 pm -
Webb Holiday Concert
Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave , Hazel Park
6:00 pm -
LAVA practice on the stage
Spread Art @Detroit Contemporary , 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd , Detroit
7:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
Little was LOST on December 13, 2025 in Detroit, MI 48202 near Brush and Oakland Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact… (Nextdoor Hawthorne Park) - A crash on the westbound I-96 express lanes between Davison and Fullerton St. in Wayne has been cleared.
1:41AM on Dec 15: Accident closes I-96 Express Lanes westbound between Davison and Fullerton St. in Wayne. (Nextdoor )
- CVS Health posted a job opening for District Support Pharmacist in Highland Park. Apply here.
- CROSSMARK posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser- IMMEDIATE HIRE in Highland Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highland Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hamtramck
- Men Receive Life Sentences in Home Invasion Murder of Jeweler (nationaljeweler.com)
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