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At a memorial service following the last Madison Heights Memorial Day Parade — held May 25, 2019, the weekend before Memorial Day — Norm Maudlin, senior vice commander of VFW District V, escorted Gold Star mother Jean Linville in the laying of the wreaths. File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Committee raises funds for return of Memorial Day Parade ORGANIZERS ALSO SEEK PICTURES OF SERVICE MEMBERS FOR WALL OF HEROES BY ANDY KOZLOWSKI akozlowski@candgnews.com
MADISON HEIGHTS — Madison Heights will welcome the return of the Memorial Day Parade this year. The parade is set for May 27, the Saturday before Memorial Day. Last held in 2019,
the tradition was put on hold in recent years due to the pandemic, reduced to a scaledback service on the lawn of City Hall. While popular, the privately-funded parade is also costly, with overtime for police and other personnel who maintain security and manage the flow of traffic. The citizen-
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Red-tailed hawks sighted at Red Oaks Nature Center
NEW ARRIVALS ADD TO DIVERSITY OF LIFE AT SUAREZ FRIENDSHIP WOODS BY ANDY KOZLOWSKI akozlowski@candgnews.com
MADISON HEIGHTS — The Red Oaks Nature Center at Suarez Friendship Woods has a reputation as a quiet getaway in the middle of a bustling city. But it’s also a wildlife habitat, home to all sorts of animals. Recently, a breeding pair of red-tailed hawks have been sighted there, building a nest above the patio of the nature center at 30300 Hales St., on the south side of 13 Mile Road, west of Dequindre Road, across from the Red Oaks Waterpark. The hawks also started a second nest deeper in the woods, but abandoned See HAWK on page 18A
A red-tailed hawk swoops down near the Red Oaks Nature Center at Suarez Friendship Woods. Two of them have created a nest in the canopy near the patio. Photo by Jeff and Teri Williams
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