JANUARY 15, 2026 Vol. 42, No. 1
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Troy receives $1.28 million in funding for trail project
In the upcoming Ridgedale Players adaption of the “Anatomy of a Murder,” Judge Weaver — played by Phil Potter — listens to arguments from defense attorney Paul Biegler and prosecutor Claude Dancer, played by Greg Bowman and Dennis Moylan, respectively. The courtroom drama is inspired by a real-life murder mystery set in 1950s Michigan.
BY SARAH WRIGHT swright@candgnews.com
TROY — A $1.28 million grant to the city of Troy will pave the way for a mile-long path. The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments awarded the funding as part of the Transportation Alternatives Program. The money will be used for a mile of 10-foot-wide pathway between Wattles and Long Lake roads. TAP is a competitive program that distributes about $10 million in federal funds to local transportation projects each fiscal year, like shared-use path and sidewalk modernization, pedestrian safety improvements, new sidewalks, and other amenities increasing usability. The city of Troy has been interested in providing the community with trails and pathways since the 1970s and began steadily working on such efforts in the early 2000s. The new trail will start at the mid-block pedestrian crossing on Wattles Road, run to Leonard Elementary School on Tallman Road, then continue north to Eckford Street. From there, it will pass through two new housing developments and into the Troy De-
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Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
RIDGEDALE PLAYERS PRESENT
‘ANATOMY OF A MURDER’ BY SARAH WRIGHT swright@candgnews.com
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courtroom drama set in 1950s Michigan will get the theatrical treatment by the Ridgedale Players this month.
The troupe will present its next play, “Anatomy of a Murder,” at its community theater at 205 W. Long Lake Road, with showings Jan. 16-18, Jan. 23-25 and Jan. 30-Feb. 1. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays.
The play by Elihu Winer is based on Robert Traver’s novel about a reallife murder trial that took place in the early 1950s in the Upper Peninsula, where an army lieutenant was tried for the murder of a bartender after the See MURDER on page 17A
See TRAIL on page 12A
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