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candgnews.com NOVEMBER 25, 2024 Vol. 20, No. 26
Downtown Rochester is full of holiday cheer with festive windows, holiday shopping, the Big Bright Light Show and more.
DOWNTOWN EVENTS HELP SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER THIS DECEMBER
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BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com
ROCHESTER — Downtown Rochester is making spirits bright with a number of holiday events to complement the city’s popular Big, Bright Light Show. Rochester has become one of metro Detroit’s Christmas destinations over the years, according to Rochester Downtown Development Authority Director Kristi Trevarrow, who said this year is no exception. Arguably the city’s most popular holiday event is the Big, Bright Light Show — which lights up downtown storefronts with more than 1 million multicolored Christmas lights and brings over 1 million people into town. This year’s light show made its debut during Lagniappe Nov. 25, but it continues to sparkle nightly from 5 p.m. to midnight through Jan. 19. Along with the light show, downtown visitors and guests can check out See EVENTS on page 10A
City Council passes new local ordinance for disclosure of a concealed pistol license ROCHESTER — The city of Rochester is hoping to crack down on concealed pistol license holder violators by taking matters into its own hands. In Michigan, a person licensed to carry
a concealed pistol must immediately disclose the fact to a police officer if they are stopped while carrying the pistol, and must also show the officer their license and ID. Previously, if a person pulled over by Rochester police did not disclose they were carrying a concealed pistol, officers could write violations under the state law, but the
charges had to be filed and processed with the Oakland County Prosecutor’s office. “The issue that we have now is we stop cars here, and there are not many, but if they don’t disclose it and they have a CPL, they don’t have ID or they don’t have their license on them, we have to take it up to the Prosecutor’s Office. They are backlogged usually,
and they don’t want to mess with civil infractions — and I don’t blame them. They have a pretty heavy caseload,” Rochester Police Chief George Rouhib said. On Nov. 11, the Rochester City Council voted 6-0 to pass an ordinance adding a section on the disclosure of concealed pistols See ORDINANCE on page 16A
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