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JANUARY 14, 2026 Vol. 19, No. 1
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The Hawk, located at 29995 W. 12 Mile Road, serves as the Farmington Hills recreation center with programming for all ages. File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BY GENA JOHNSON gjohnson@candgnews.com
FARMINGTON HILLS — Carter O’Driscoll, 16, a junior at Farmington High School, recently turned a class assignment into a $10,000 licensing deal with YouTube. “I was surprised and excited,” he said. The Ugly Sweater Project is an annual part of Nina Merget’s marketing class at Farmington High School. Students design an “ugly sweater” for the holiday and incorporate the logo of a major brand that See SWEATER on page 7A
Carter O’Driscoll, in the middle of the second row, and his marketing classmates at Farmington High School show off the “ugly sweater” he designed with the YouTube logo. YouTube used the design to celebrate its anniversary and compensated O’Driscoll with a $10,000 licensing deal. Photo provided by Farmington Public Schools
BY GENA JOHNSON gjohnson@candgnews.com
FARMINGTON HILLS — At the Dec. 8 meeting of the Farmington Hills City Council, residents were still reeling from the council’s decision to move forward with plans to build the new senior center on the campus of The Hawk. This was after numerous council meetings and study sessions where many seniors shared their desire for the new facility to be built at its current location at the Costick Center, located at 11 Mile and Middlebelt roads. “Are you deciding what you think seniors need or are you listening to what’s good for seniors?” asked 33-year Farmington Hills resident Tim Parvin during the Dec. 8 meeting. “We want a place of our own,” said a Farmington Hills senior at a previous study session, emphasizing the center should be exclusively for seniors. See SENIOR CENTER on page 5A
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‘UGLY SWEATER’ PAYS OFF BIG FOR FARMINGTON HIGH STUDENT
Community raises concerns about building senior center at The Hawk