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OCTOBER 10, 2024 • Vol. 36, No. 21
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New stretch of Garfield opens BY DEAN VAGLIA
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MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The final 2-mile stretch of the Garfield Road extension project is complete. The stretch connects 25 Mile Road to 23 Mile Road within Macomb Township, and it connects the township to the rest of Garfield that runs all the way to the road’s end in Fraser. “We’re pretty excited about this, to be honest,” Macomb Township Supervisor Frank Viviano said. “I mean, 2 full miles of brand-new north-south road? That’s a big deal in a community that has been fastgrowing and is in dire need of traffic congestion relief. It’s important.” Completed as a joint effort between the township and the Macomb County Department of Roads, the extension of Garfield was first pushed by the township government in 2017. “The county was receptive to it,” Viviano said. “It was not a high priority for them, but they had made the agreement with my predecessor that if the township took on the lion’s share of the work to get things See ROAD on page 12A Photo by Dean Vaglia
Cars drive on the newly-opened stretch of Garfield Road between 23 Mile Road and 25 Mile Road in Macomb Township.
Auto industry message drives Donald Trump town hall WARREN — Donald Trump spoke about the auto industry during a town hall campaign stop Sept. 27 at the Macomb
Community College Sports and Expo Center in Warren. The event was cut short because the former president arrived almost 90 minutes late from another stop in Michigan. He remained onstage for about 45 minutes and
took a few questions from local autoworkers. Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn moderated the event. Trump said he wants to see America thrive with a strong automotive base. “We’re going to bring the automobile
business back to this area where it started and we’re going to bring it back at levels we’ve never seen before,” Trump said. “We’re going to be lowering taxes. We’re going to use tariffs very, very wisely.”
See TRUMP on page 16A
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