🌱 Why did Lowell-area residents stage a six-hour standoff with Microsoft?
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In today's newsletter:
- Why did Lowell-area residents stage a six-hour standoff with Microsoft?
Also on today's calendar: Lowell Area Farmers Market and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.
- Saturday: Warm; an afternoon t-shower, temps: high: 85, low: 61.
- Sunday: Breezy and cooler, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Why Microsoft's latest West Michigan data center meeting erupted in protest (mlive.com) — Hundreds of Lowell-area residents recently packed a tense, hours-long planning commission meeting to protest Microsoft’s proposed data center campus at Covenant Business Park. Neighbors raised concerns about secrecy, water and utility demands, and Microsoft’s potential political influence if it becomes the township’s largest taxpayer, while township officials already face backlash over rejecting a temporary moratorium on data centers. 
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Mass and education session for the Jubilee Year of St. Francis →
Franciscan Life Process Center, 11650 Downes St NE, Lowell
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Lowell Area Farmers Market →
Kent District Library - Englehardt Branch, 200 N Monroe St, Lowell
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Easy Street Restaurant & Bar, 123 W Main St, Lowell
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Lowell Area Farmers Market →
Kent District Library - Englehardt Branch, 200 N Monroe St, Lowell
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Riverwalk Apartments - Lowell, 1501 Deborah Dr, Lowell
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Easy Street Restaurant & Bar, 123 W Main St, Lowell
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Open Studio Pottery Painting and More @ THE MUD ROOM →
The Mud Room, 1971 E Beltline Ave NE Suite 103, Grand Rapids
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Ionia Community Library (I C L), 126 E Main St, Ionia
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Kevin McCaffrey →
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Everything They Don't Teach You About Marketing & Branding →
Celebration! Cinema, 2121 Celebration Dr NE, Grand Rapids
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2026 Rogue River Cleanup →
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Career Exploration →
West Michigan Works!, 603 W Adams St, Ionia
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Friday June 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I have a very pretty male cat whom I would like to give a better life.
He lives in my basement (w daylight) and has daily care, but because my husband and daughter are terribly allergic and the dogs chase, he can’t come… (Nextdoor Lowell Township) - When I recently requested recommendations for a small engine repair man you all came forward quickly.
Jim McDarnell was amazing! He guided me to purchase a ‘new’ engine, when the diagnosis of the old engine was ‘fatal’. Now I have the engine, but… (Nextdoor Augusta Valley)
- McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Lowell. Apply here.
- Meijer, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier (Weekends) in Lowell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lowell here.
🗞 Nearby News
Forest Hills
- See photos as Unity Christian girls soccer battles Forest Hills Central in D2 semis (mlive.com)
- FHN Drive team wins top honors at vehicle design competition (schoolnewsnetwork.org)
- Caroline Borchers has become a better version of herself through being an exchange student from Germany (thecentraltrend.com)
Kentwood
- Townhomes, retail space proposed along 44th Street in Kentwood (woodtv.com)
- World Cup Watch Party: Midwest United FC to host free, family event for Team USA's first match (fox17online.com)
- What's that being built by Woodland Mall? It'll have a popular burger chain (mlive.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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