candgnews.com OCTOBER 9, 2024 Vol. 21, No. 21
PARKS MILLAGE Vote Nov. 5
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Ferndale voters to decide operating millage proposals BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — Ferndale voters have important choices to make in the Nov. 5 election with two ballot proposals relating to a Headlee override millage. The proposals presented by Ferndale are aimed to support the city’s police, fire facilities and recreation facilities
and operations. The first proposal on the ballot would reset the city’s general operating millage back to 20 mills. The operating millage for 2025 is set to be 11.4144 mills, and with the 2015 10-year Headlee override millage of 4.2808 mills, the 2025 combined general operating millage is 15.6952 mills. The override is set to expire Dec. 31, 2025. The ballot language for the Headlee Operating Millage
Restoration Proposal reads, “This proposal will restore the authority of the City to levy 20.00 mills for general operating purposes by restoring millage authority that has been reduced by operation of the Headlee Amendment and replacing the 5.4552 mills operating millage previously authorized by electors in 2015, which has been reduced to 4.2808 mills. If approved by electors, the restored millage would continue See PROPOSALS on page 13A
Ringwald brings the fire with ‘Grown-Ups’ production BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — The next show at the Ringwald Theatre will see the actors position themselves at a campfire. The Ringwald’s performance of the play “The Grown-Ups” will run from Oct. 11 to Nov. 4 at Affirmations, 290 W. Nine Mile Road. “The Grown-Ups” tells the story of a group of camp counselors trying to “mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker,” a news release states. Camden Maccagnone, of Rochester, plays one of the leads, Aidan, in his second show with the Ringwald. When he first read the play, Maccagnone said he audibly gasped and was left speechless by the script, which he also connected to as a former camp counselor himself. “I read this script, and I actually had to sit up from my seat and pretty much lock in to what exactly I was reading,” he said. “For me, that’s a huge green flag, not only for a script but for just any book in general, when you have to sit up and be like, ‘Holy s—, is this actually happening?’”
The Ringwald Theatre will host several shows of its production of “The Grown-Ups” during the next month. Photo provided by Brandy Joe Plambeck
See GROWN-UPS on page 17A
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