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MARCH 6, 2024 • Vol. 22, No. 5
Royal Oak St. Patrick’s Day parade is back BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN tchristensen@candgnews.com
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fter a hiatus lasting four years due to COVID-19, the Royal Oak St. Patrick’s Day parade is back. The parade will begin at noon March 16 at Royal Oak Middle School, travel down Washington Avenue and then turn westbound onto West Seventh Street. Al Carter, chairperson of the parade committee, will be running a parade for the first time. Formerly the public informa-
BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN
LEFT: Lailana Walker, 11, and Kaylee Colvard,11, both of Bloomfield Hills, enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Royal Oak in 2019. ABOVE: Some longtime Royal Oak residents walk the parade route in 2019.
ABOVE: Bekki Muglia, from Ferndale, passes out beads at the 2019 Royal Oak St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade will return for the first time since 2019 on March 16.
File photos by Donna Agusti
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CLAWSON — Two Clawson Middle School students helped to digitize old newspaper clippings Feb. 24 at the Clawson Historical Museum. Clawson Middle School National Junior Honor Society members Owen Ball and Marlayna Reinhardt took on the job to bring these archives into the digital world. Both students are in the seventh grade and they have been friends for five years. Ball and Reinhardt were both interested in Clawson history, and reading the various newspaper clippings. “There is a lot of stuff in the paper that many people don’t really think matters,” Ball said. “But it was kind of interesting to learn See HISTORY on page 9A
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