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MAY 28, 2025 • Vol. 23, No. 12
Ferndale Pride to celebrate its 15-year anniversary BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — Ferndale’s annual celebration of its LGBTQ+ community will return this weekend. Ferndale Pride will make its big return for its 15th year from 12:30 p.m. to 10 p.m Saturday, May 31, on West Nine Mile Road. The street festival will have more than 200 vendors on-site, entertainment and a children’s area. Ferndale Pride’s footprint includes West Nine Mile Road between Woodward and Livernois avenues and portions of Planavon and Allen streets near West Nine Mile. One thing about this year’s Pride that Event Director Julia Music is excited for is that organizers have doubled the time for its drag performers. “It was something that the audience really requested last year,” she said. “They wanted more drag time, more performers, more title holders. So we have — we believe — every title holder in southeast Michigan, a couple from See ANNIVERSARY on page 18A
The 15th annual Ferndale Pride festival will take place in the downtown on Saturday, May 31. File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BERKLEY MULTIFAMILY PROJECT SEES CHANGES IN SCOPE as a 57-unit development in two buildings. The new scope has changed the project to hold 51 units in one building. Community Development Director Kristen Kapelanski during the meeting reviewed the changes, which also included an increased first-floor lobby, a change from a
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