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Former resident has a horror-fying experience

By Carolyn Marnon Maggie spent 3 years studying for
After a stressful move from New a business degree at Western Michi-
York City into their new country gan University before taking a daring
home, Lauren and Jerry unwind leap and moving to San Francisco
with their closest friend Megan in the where she got a degree from San
dimly lit cottage. The calm only lasts Francisco State in Screen Writing.
so long. Megan discovers an ashen “This is what I want to do with my
little boy in the yard, shivering and life,” she said at the time.
alone…or so they think. The three “20/20 hindsight,” she laughs at
friends act quickly to protect this the reference, “Let’s just say looking
boy from a frightening man and his back, now that I am older and wiser,
gang of drifters who seem intent on I probably should have finished that
getting this child. degree before going to study film.
The cops won’t come, and the But I do own a company now, so
men don’t scare easily. It becomes ut- something worked out.”
terly clear that in the country you are Mikey Dominguez-Beddome, Michel Dominguez-Beddome, and Maggie Colligan joined She was hired by TV Boy as an of-
on your own. fice manager and field coordinator 8
The only thing that separates forces to bring Maggie's dream project to life. years ago. Last year, she was pro-
them from horror is a dirty pane of time as a teacher there. One of my Bobby Flay?” If you’ve seen some- moted to Chief Operating Officer.
glass or a creaking wooden door. But sister’s (Katie Colligan Krimmel) thing that had to do with hidden “It’s a really fun time to take over a
how long can you keep the wolves worked in special education for cameras, her company has probably business.” She says that in New York,
out when their prey lies within? Wayne-Westland schools; my other had something to do with it, she they call Detroit the 6th borough be-
The friends’ resilient city mental- sister (Amy Colligan Hamilton) says. They also recently did remote cause sometimes it’s easier to hop on
ities cannot stave off what lingers in works in communications for the production for Rachael Ray’s 30 a plane and fly to Detroit than it is to
the darkness, will not stop the evil at city of Canton. They both are amaz- Minute Meals whereby they put ro- take the subway to the Bronx.
their door. How could they possibly ing. Many of my friends and family botic cameras in her house and had “What’s in the Woods?” evolved
be prepared for what’s in the woods? still work as educators in Wayne- camera operators working out of a after a very vivid dream Maggie had
(from www.whatsinthewoodsmovie- Westland schools and are a huge trailer in Rachael’s driveway. “We do
.com) part of the community. What I do all the quirky technical stuff.” See Horror, page 9
The daughter of retired Wayne Po- pales in comparison to them.”
lice Chief John Colligan and retired What does she do? Maggie is a
Schweitzer Elementary school screenwriter, living her dream in
teacher Pat Colligan dares you to New York City. She currently lives in
find out. Astoria and commutes to her job in
Maggie Colligan grew up in Wayne a huge warehouse in Queens where
and says she’s a big fan of the City. she has a large office space and
Her father, who died 6 years ago and plenty of room to social distance. (A
was a former Wayne police chief, was lot of the hit CBS TV-show Blue
born and raised in Wayne “and Bloods that stars Wayne Memorial
worked his way up. By far my biggest graduate Gregory Jbara films across
idol in life. My grandma worked as the street). She runs TV Boy, a com-
a secretary at St. Mary’s of Wayne pany that specializes in hidden cam-
back in the day. My grandpa was a era tv and reality competition shows.
postal worker. My mom was a Have you heard of ABC’s “What
teacher at Schweitzer Elementary Would You Do?”, Food Network’s
school and won many awards for her “Worst Cooks in America” or “Beat

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