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OCTOBER 30, 2024 Vol. 37, No. 23
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SPOTLIGHT ON SENIOR LIVING
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Verkest addresses Miller Park, memorial bridge and more BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
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‘Chaos on Colman’ offers spooky Halloween fun BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
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.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Some 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.
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HARRISON TOWNSHIP — For nearly an hour on Oct. 18, Harrison Township Supervisor Ken Verkest broke announcement after announcement at the State of Harrison Township address. Delivered from the DJ’s booth at the reopened Gino’s Surf, Verkest sought to strike a balance between the township’s past and future in his 13th state of the township speech by connecting figures and locations across the township with modern-day developments. Three figures in the township will be honored by township properties, the first two being Candice and Donald Miller becoming the namesakes of Waterfront Park — now known as Col. Donald and Candice Miller Park. Donald Miller was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, eventually becoming the commander of Selfridge Air National Guard Base and later serving as a judge on the 16th Circuit Court from 1998 to 2010. He died in 2019. Candice Miller is the incumbent Macomb County public works commissioner, coming into the position in 2017 after being a congressional representative from 2003 to 2016, serving as Michigan’s secretary of state from 1995 to 2003 and was Macomb County treasurer from 1993 to 1995. Candice Miller began her political career in Harrison Township, being elected to the Board of Trustees in 1979 and being elected as its first female supervisor in 1980.