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Two areas of I-75 approved for sound mitigation but lack funding ‘They made these changes without any consideration of how it would affect people living nearby’
More than 1,000 Troy residents gathered at the Troy Community Center on April 11 to discuss the results of a sound study performed by MDOT regarding sound noise coming from I-75 in Troy. Photo by Brendan Losinski
BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI blosinski@candgnews.com
The Michigan Department of Transportation hosted a public hearing at the Troy Community Center April 11 to discuss the results of a sound study it conducted along portions of Interstate 75 in Troy. The sound study came after numerous residents in the Troy community petitioned their state representatives to appropriate funding for such a sound study due to the high level of noise coming from I-75, particularly after work on the freeway was completed in 2020. “They changed the freeway, so they raised See SOUND on page 4A
Presentation on raising children with autism coming to Troy church BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI
blosinski@candgnews.com
St. Augustine Lutheran Troy Church will host a presentation by Janet Sandison, a speaker on the topic of parenting children on the autism spectrum and mother of well-known author and speaker Ron Sandison. Janet Sandison will speak about ways to help children with autism with things such
as reading, memorization, motor skills and speech, as well as how to find helpful resources. “What I am actually talking about will be parenting on the spectrum,” she said. “It’s about raising children from 6 months old to 20 years old. My son has autism, and he is now a threetime nationally published author and an autism advocate in Michigan. Since he went from nonverbal to where (he) is now at this point, people started asking me about parenting children
with autism. … I have a background in education, so helping parents through this process of raising a child on the spectrum was a very natural fit.” The presentation will take place 10 a.m.noon Saturday, April 29, at the church, located at 5475 Livernois Road in Troy. Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made by calling (248) 879-6400. There is no cost to at-
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Photo provided by Ron Sandison
Janet Sandison, right, an educator and mother of speaker Ron Sandison, left, will give a presentation at St. Augustine Lutheran Troy Church on Saturday, April 29, on the subject of parenting children on the autism spectrum.
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