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JULY 1, 2024 • Vol. 21, No. 14
The archives are opening for Southfield History Day
Priority Waste to take over residential contracts from GFL BY NICK POWERS & KATHRYN PENTIUK
BY KATHRYN PENTIUK
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SOUTHFIELD — The archives will open at the Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen Road, for Southfield History Day 1-3 p.m. July 13, with a tour of the Southfield History Room. Darla Van Hoey, the president of the Southfield Historical Society, will give a presentation on the history of Southfield, followed by an introduction to the room’s contents and an explanation of how the community may use them. “We’d like to just make people aware about what’s there. We’ll have a few handouts. We’ll talk a bit about the history. Part of the history will involve a sort of a question sheet. We did a display board where it has the map of Southfield Township from 1872 and then the Samuel Durant history of Oakland County,” Van Hoey explained.
SOUTHFIELD — The lime green trucks picking up refuse in your neighborhood will soon be yellow. Green For Life Environmental, the waste management company that has contracts with many municipalities in metro Detroit, recently sold the residential trash collecting assets to Priority Waste. News of the sale hit social media before GFL was able to put out its official statement. “Social media got ahead of the process,” said Matt Allen, Priority Waste’s director of public relations and government affairs. Metro Detroit communities will change over on July 1. Residents of these communities will still be able to use their GFL
See HISTORY on page 9A Photo provided by Cassandra Talley
Mayor James Clarkson, Mary Thompson and Councilman Hugh Dohany participate in the groundbreaking for the Civic Center in 1963.
See REFUSE on page 8A
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