Gas Tank Basketball! City of the Week in Melvindale with baller history!

Melvindale! You are the WCSX City of the Week! The gang stops by a local eatery for some amazing Mexican food!

Pizza! City of the Week’s Joel Morgan and Cameraman Steven wait in line to get a slice of that famous Melvindale pizza! Joel talks college degrees with Fredi.

GALLERY: City of the Week in Melvindale 2021

City of the Week at Engine House #5!

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  Welcome to Melvindale! City of the Week is here to be your tour guides.

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  Engine House #5! Back in 2013, Dearborn’s Fire Department drew Melvindale’s stand alone fire house into their fold. Melvindale’s Fire Department established in 1946 and built this building in 1977.

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  This is a picture of the first mechanized fire truck in Downriver. For years it was kept at Engine House #5.
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  Jarrod Ormanian has been with Melvindale’s Fire Department for 22 years! He helped us out tremendously with our history lesson.

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  Joel, that’s not a fire pole.

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  Group shot with Joel, Doni, Captain Jeremey Watkins, Justin Dunne, Jarrod Ormanian and Eric Beamish. Eric has an amazing mustache. He’s also cooking tonight’s dinner for Engine House #5.
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  Doni loves Pokémon.... so does Justin Dunne. He has a Covid Pokémon tattoo.

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  Melvindale Police and City Hall!

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  The gang stopped in at La Flavorita for some straight up authentic Mexican food!
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  Lunch time! Beautiful day to enjoy some of the best tacos we’ve ever had!

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  No trip to Melvindale is complete without a visit to Fredi’s!

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  Did you know their name is in the pavement? Joel was stunned.
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  Melvindale Veterans Memorial.

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  We thank you for your service.

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  You know where this is!
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  Melvindale serves an important role for railroad traffic in Metro Detroit. The Norfolk Southern Railway, The Canadian National Railway, Conrail, CSX railways all have rail yards in Melvindale.

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  Train Kept a Rollin’!
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  Sabina's restaurant rocks with WCSX!

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  This is Don from Melvindale!! He chased our van from the restaurant! Thanks for listening, Don!

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  The Melvindale VFW rocks with WCSX!
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  The guys are Mario's Granite loading up with WCSX!

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  Micheal and the crew changing billboards along I 94 in Melvindale!

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  Going Up!
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  This way to the John K. Kessey Fieldhouse!

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  Dale Sawicki Field, home of the Melvindale Cardinals!

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  Go Cardinals!
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  Herb at Coogan Terrace is still rocking with Wcsx!!!

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