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Report: Laneway Festival's U.S. Debut Pays Off
Festival organizer: Laneway 'definitely on for next year' in Metro Detroit after Meadow Brook debut.

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A lifelong Michigander, I was raised in Fenton. I cut my teeth as a reporter working for the Tri-County Times in Fenton, where I covered the Fenton and Linden school districts, as well as Fenton, Fenton Township, Holly, Linden, Rose Township and Tyrone Township government and community affairs.
I am a journalism graduate from the University of Michigan-Flint and was managing editor of the Michigan Times, its student newspaper.
Festival organizer: Laneway 'definitely on for next year' in Metro Detroit after Meadow Brook debut.

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