DECEMBER 18, 2025 Vol. 5, No. 26
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Novi has snowplowing down to a science BY CHARITY MEIER
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There is far more to snowplowing than meets the eye, and the city of Novi has it down to a science. On the night of Dec. 9, a snowstorm hit the metropolitan Detroit area, with the city of Novi getting 4.5 inches of snow, freezing temperatures, and then a mix of rain and snow. But the city was already ahead of the storm, with drivers called in at 9:30 p.m., along with the Novi Note’s own
Charity Meier, who went along for a ride. “We head out when everybody else is heading in because they don’t want to be in that weather. That’s when we head out,” said Matt Wiktorowski, field operations manager in the Department of Public Works. The field operations staff keeps a close eye on the forecast, with its office containing a live weather radar map and live camera footage of intersections in the areas that each route See SNOWPLOWING on page 5A
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
The Novi Singers, the high school’s a capella group, interact with early elementary school children at the Academy of the Americas following their performance on Dec. 11.
NCSD relationship with Detroit school shows kindness is a universal language BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Photo by Charity Meier
A Novi salt and plow truck heads west on Grand River Avenue toward Novi Road during the snowstorm Dec. 9.
The Novi Community School District once again brought Christmas to young students at the Academy of the Americas in Detroit. The annual tradition, which is organized through Bridgepointe, a nonprofit charitable organization in metro Detroit, continues to prove that communication via spoken word is not necessary, as kindness is a universal language.
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Many of the students at the Academy of the Americas predominantly speak Spanish, which creates a language barrier as NCSD students primarily speak English. “It is good to see the connections that kids from the other school make with our kids,” said Roberto Garay, seconnd grade teacher at the Academy of the Americas . “It’s good to see that they are smiling even though there is a language barrier. When it comes to the activities, they are See LANGUAGE on page 7A
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