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5 Royal Oak Stories You May Have Missed This Week

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World Chimpanzee Day is July 14, 2019.
World Chimpanzee Day is July 14, 2019. (Detroit Zoological Society)

ROYAL OAK, MI — Missed some of the news coming out of your community this week? Patch has got you covered. Here are some of the stories impacting Royal Oak residents this week.

The Detroit Zoo has a new board chair. Meet him here.

In other Zoo news, the baby chimpanzee named Jane is celebrating her first birthday and World Snake Day is coming up.

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A woman was arrested after stealing a Ferndale Police SUV and crashing it in Detroit. Read the full story here.

In nearby news, counterfeit checks are circulating around Macomb County and have now hit an Oakland County city. Read the details here.

Find out what's happening in Royal Oakfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

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