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NOVEMBER 12, 2025 • Vol. 37, No. 23
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Fraser voters choose Fletcher, Higgins, O’Dell for City Council BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
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Clinton Township Supervisor Paul Gieleghem highlights road funding during the 2025 State of Clinton Township address at Clintondale High School on Oct. 23. Photo by Dean Vaglia
INNER-RING STRUGGLES UNDERSCORE STATE OF CLINTON TOWNSHIP Free public address bucks fundraiser trend BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
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Crystal Fletcher and George-Michael Higgins along with incumbent Patrick O’Dell were elected to the Fraser City Council on Nov. 4.
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — It was a new venue, old messages and all Paul Gieleghem at the 2025 State of Clinton Township. The first such address for the Clinton Township treasurerturned-supervisor since he was elected to the executive position last year, Gieleghem’s speech on the evening of Oct. 23 was a mix of points shared by him over the years, updates about actions in recent months and a list of expected “state-of ” highlights. It was a more austere show compared to those in some of the township’s See TOWNSHIP on page 14A
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FRASER — On Nov. 4, Fraser residents chose newcomers Crystal Fletcher and George-Michael Higgins, and incumbent Patrick O’Dell to be their City Council members for the next four years. The other candidates were newcomers Matthew Dantes and Lora Michael. According to unofficial election results from Macomb County, Higgins received 1,638 votes (28.14%), O’Dell received 1,419 votes (24.38%), Fletcher received 1,136 votes (19.52%), Dantes received 885 votes (15.2%) and Michael received 719 votes (12.35%). There were 24 write-in votes. Higgins said he is very grateful to be a new councilman for Fraser and to be the top vote-getter. He also said he’s looking forward to working with O’Dell, Fletcher and the rest of the council. “Very grateful, very happy, we had such a nice campaign and very grateful for the other candidates as well,” Higgins said. O’Dell said he thought it was