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NOVEMBER 25, 2025 Vol. 21, No. 27
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Giving Tree program collects donations for local families BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com
ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The community is invited to make Christmas magical for local families in financial need. Leading into the holiday season, Neighborhood House Executive Director Michael Dreon said many families in the area are already struggling financially. “I think it’s going to be especially hard this year with higher costs for rent, food and health care,” he explained. “And this is after already living through a few years of very high inflation rates.” Neighborhood House recently kicked off its 2025 Holiday Giving Tree program — which includes traditional gift trees and tags in the community, as well as an electronic shopping option — to provide food, clothing and gifts for See GIVING TREE on page 7A
TOP: The Neighborhood House Giving Tree program collects donations of board games, toys and other items. BOTTOM: The Giving Tree program provides pajamas, sweatshirts and other clothing to kids in need.
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Oakland University closes campus for emergency repairs SHUTDOWN AFFECTS OPENING WEEKEND OF ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’ AT MEADOW BROOK THEATRE BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com
ROCHESTER — Oakland University will be closed through Nov. 30 to allow crews to make emergency repairs to the high temperature hot water pipe system, which serves many facilities across campus. OU Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Stephen Mackey said that the university discovered a leak in the hot water pipe system — an underground loop that supplies heat to every main campus building — in the parking lot between Fitzgerald House, O’Dowd Hall and the OU Credit Union O’Rena. “When it first started leaking, it was leaking about 6,000 gallons a day. Now that it’s gotten colder, it’s leaking 9,000 gallons a day,” Mackey said in a Nov. 17 interview. “If it gets much cooler, we’re not sure it’s going to hold.” After investigating the failure and
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