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Turkey Trot For A Cause

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Five Things You Need to Know, Nov. 23, 2011

Turkey Trot for a Cause, Canton Township offices closed and get ready for Small Business Saturday!

The Canton Administration Building, Canton Public Safety's records bureau, police and fire administrative offices and ordinance enforcement unit will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Township offices reopen at 8:30 a.m. Monday. Police, fire and emergency services will operate normally, as will leisure services programs outside the township administration building. Packet pickup is starts at 3 p.m. today at Summit on the Park for Canton's 9th Annual Turkey Trot, which benefits epilepsy research. This a 5k fun run is at Heritage Park (starting at The Summit at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning). Entry fees are $25 for adults and $10 for children 10 and under. Register online at csc.canton-mi.org, in …

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Five Things You Should Know, Nov. 21, 2011

Coffee hours for Rep. Dian Slavens and how to win some cash from a Facebook contest.

Michigan Rep. Dian Slavens will meet with constituents at two places today, 8 this moring at Belleville Charhouse, 524 Main St., Belleville, and 6 tonight at Daydream Cafe, 47192 Michigan Ave. The realtors over at Bittinger (full disclosure -- they blog for us, but this contest has no connection to Patch) have cooked up a Facebook contest. Your name will be entered to win a $250 Shop Plymouth gift certificates and a $100 donation to the Canton Goodfellows in your name. How to enter: Visit the Living in Plymouth / Canton / Northville Communities Facebook page and click "like." Random drawings start after the page reaches 125 likes, a $50 Target gift card is the prize at 175 likes and again at 225. Oh, and while you're on Facebook, consider…

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Five Things You Need to Know, Nov. 19, 2011

Catch the Park Players' staging of Macbeth, watch Canton's own Jam by Hand on TV and set aside time for Canton's Harvest Market Sunday.

The Park Players — Plymouth-Canton Education Park's theatre students — will present Shakespeare's Macbeth in the Gloria Logan Auditorium at Salem High School, 46181 Joy Rd., at 2 and 7 p.m. today. Tickets cost $10. The folks at Jam by Hand say their company will featured on Fox 2 News Morning on at 7:45 a.m. Sunday. Owner Christine Laming will be featured live segment demonstrating some unusual uses for her unique flavors. Shoppers planning on spending money at Canton's Harvest Market (9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Preservation Park, 500 N. Ridge Rd.) are invited to bring a few thing to the table, so to speak. Open Door Ministry volunteers will be collecting toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, deodorant, soap, shampoo and other new …

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