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With the coming of warm weather, city leaders in River Rouge are announcing upcoming events for the summer season to help observe the city's centenary, or 100th birthday. The 100-year celebration comes at a time people are eager to get out and socialize in their communities after being sheltered at home for two years during the pandemic. An informal committee of city leaders which includes Commissioner Patty Campbell and Director of Community Development Karl Laub, has been formulating new events and tweaking regularly scheduled events held each summer season to find how a centenary twist can...