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OCTOBER 30, 2024 Vol. 36, No. 23
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SPOTLIGHT ON SENIOR LIVING
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Council asks library board to act on building reoccupation BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
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‘CHAOS ON COLMAN’ offers spooky Halloween fun BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
Photos by Erin Sanchez
TOP: Hundreds of attendees braved their way through Chaos on Colman Oct. 18. The annual event runs throughout the Halloween season. ABOVE: Many of the participating houses had a theme for Chaos on Colman Street, including this “Colman St. Slaughterhouse” display.
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ome eerie things happen on a stretch of Colman Street, between 14 Mile and 15 Mile roads, each October. A whole host of creepy stuff can be found along a section of the street for the Halloween event Chaos on Colman. From skeletons to werewolves, each lawn display is elaborately decorated. Many of the houses have a theme including a pirate graveyard, butcher shop, pet cemetery, nuclear waste containment zone and circus funhouse. See HALLOWEEN on page 20A
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FRASER — Members of the Fraser City Council were eager to move out of limbo and into the Fraser Public Library building’s future at its Oct. 10 meeting. Councilwoman Amy Baranski said she personally would like to see the library return to its previous location at the intersection of Freuhauf Road and 14 Mile Road. But, as a councilwoman, said that the longer the building sits vacant, the more expenses will pile up. “It’s time to have an answer,” Baranski said at the meeting. “Either they buy it for the terms we’ve offered, or whatever terms this current council wants, or we sell it.” Councilwoman Patrice Schornak, Mayor Pro Tem Dana Sutherland and Mayor Michael Lesich echoed Baranski’s comments, saying a determination needed to be made. City Attorney Donald DeNault worked with the council to decide how best to move forward with library officials. The council’s unanimously approved motion was for the city attorney to reach out to the library board’s attorney. After this, the library would then need to indicate its intention for the building by Nov. 6. This would allow time to add the information to the coun-