OCTOBER 17, 2024 • Vol. 36, No. 22 • candgnews.com
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Purchaser found for township-owned home Macomb Dakota sophomore Angelina Accuso putts during regional play Oct. 9 at Fieldstone Golf Club in Auburn Hills. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
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MACOMB TOWNSHIP — It took over two months, but a township-owned home will soon change hands. Trustees approved the $195,000 sale of a single-family home at 21560 23 Mile Road at the Oct. 9 Macomb Township Board of Trustees meeting. Sold as-is, the property was purchased in 2021 due to the risk it would be damaged by the reconstruction of a nearby pump station. “It did have some mold issues,” Macomb Township Supervisor Frank Viviano said. “Our broker generously agreed to list it for no fee, and they were able to solicit a full-price cash offer which the exact price we paid for (the property.)” Mold remediation estimated to cost at least $30,000 is required for the property, though it was not damaged by the pump station project. Roseville-based RGS Commercial LLC purchased the home and is responsible for paying the transfer taxes.
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Three months before their freshman season at Macomb Dakota, sophomores Angelina Accuso and Marissa Monteith competed in the Syron Junior Challenge at Pontiac Country Club on May 20. The two underclassmen were likely aware of each other and how they were going to be teammates on the links in just a few short months, right? Aside from being back-to-back on the leaderboards later that day with Monteith getting the seven-stroke ad-
Premier Academy rezoning Trustees also approved changes to the conditional rezoning of the Premier Academy child care center at the corner of 21 Mile and Card roads. The requested amendments to the conditional rezoning include reducing the width of the dumpster enclosure to 10 feet 4 inches from 12 feet and adding a break in a masonry wall to allow for an aluminum fence to be built. “As we finished the site development there was an issue with the size of the dumpster enclosure that we are cleaning up with this amendment, as well as an issue with the masonry wall,” Macomb Township Planning Director Josh Bocks said.
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