🌱 How Highland Park kids benefit from this 20-year blanket tradition

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In today's newsletter:

• How Highland Park kids benefit from this 20-year blanket tradition

Also on today's calendar: Naughty Notions Poetry & Comedy.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Colder with a stray flurry, with a high of 28 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Cloudy, flurries; chilly, temps: high: 29, low: 19.
• Saturday: A little snow in the p.m., with a high of 24 and low of 10 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• National Council of Jewish Women Announces 20th Anniversary of Wrapped in Love (corpmagazine.com) — Children connected to the Ruth Ellis Center in Highland Park are among those receiving handmade fleece blankets from a long-running National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan program. The Wrapped in Love initiative, now marking its 20th anniversary, donates about 600 blankets a year to foster care agencies, hospitals, and special-needs children’s trips, offering warmth and comfort during frightening medical treatments or family crises.
   

📸 Around Highland Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Highland Park

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 14

• Danity Kane
  Sound Board Theater, 2901 Grand River Ave, Detroit
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Naughty Notions Poetry & Comedy
  Sips on six , 7512 W McNichols Rd , Detroit
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Freshman Basketball (H) vs Lakeview
  Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave , Hazel Park
  4:00 pm
• Boys JV Basketball (H) vs Lakeview
  Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave , Hazel Park
  5:30 pm
• A Taste of Traverse City: Whiskey with a Side of Wisdom
  Traverse City Whiskey Co. - OUTPOST , 22812 Woodward Ave #200 , Ferndale
  6:30 pm
• Xaviersobased
  El Club , 4114 Vernor Hwy , Detroit
  7:00 pm
• Boys Varsity Basketball (H) vs Lakeview
  Hazel Park High School , 23400 Hughes Ave , Hazel Park
  7:00 pm
• Beton Arme with Dark Thoughts
  Small's , 10339 Conant , Hamtramck
  7:00 pm
• Esteban Touma LIVE @ Eastern Palace Club | The Smoke Show Comedy Show
  Eastern Palace Club , 21509 John R Rd , Hazel Park
  8:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Coffee Connection @ Michigan By The Bottle
  Michigan By The Bottle , 29932 Woodward Ave. , Royal Oak
  8:00 am
• ADULT ANIME NIGHT
  Hazel Park Memorial Library Hazel Park, MI 48030
  6:00 pm
• Holiday Craft Night
  Love & Other Books , 251 E 9 Mile Rd , Ferndale
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
  Brax was LOST on November 10, 2025 in Detroit, MI 48215 near Near Ashland st Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor Hawthorne Park)
• Report of police activity at airport in Detroit, Michigan.
  11:42PM on Dec 9: Social media reports police presence at Detroit Airport. (Nextdoor )

• Johnston & Murphy posted a job opening for Full-Time Stock Associate in Detroit. Apply here.
• SBM Management posted a job opening for Custodian in Detroit. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highland Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hamtramck

• Firefighters rescue man from roof after house fire in Hamtramck (clickondetroit.com)

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