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NOVEMBER 24, 2025 Vol. 45, No. 27
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Lakeview junior running back Jaylen Lewis rushes past the Groves defense in the Nov. 14 regional matchup at Lakeview High School. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
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Lakeview football’s historic season comes to an end BY SCOTT BENTLEY sbentley@candgnews.com
Birmingham Groves football defeated St. Clair Shores Lakeview by a score of 3714 in a Division 2 regional final matchup Nov. 14 at Lakeview High School.
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Despite the loss, Lakeview’s season was arguably its best football season in school history. The team officially ends 2025 with a 9-3 record and the program’s first ever district title. “It’s a big deal. To win a district title is very special,” Lakeview head coach Patrick
Threet said. “It’s our first one as a school and was one that was very hard-fought to get.” Lakeview had a difficult schedule that included wins over programs that the school has never beaten before. The sucSee FOOTBALL on page 16A
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The Bon Heur Pump Station in St. Clair Shores will undergo construction to update aging infrastructure. Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller said the pump station near Harper Avenue and Frazho Street will have all of its screw pumps removed. Deep inside the station, the massive pumps move the water and other debris through the system. The small pumps go through 10,000 gallons per minute while the big pumps go through 20,000 gallons per minute. The pumps haven’t been replaced since the 1980s, but routine maintenance has kept them working up to this point. The entire project will cost $8.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act money which, Miller said, won’t result in a rate increase for residents. “Not to say that they’ll never get a water and sewer rate increase, but certainly not because of this project,” Miller said. Miller said the pump station, at more than 45 years old, has reached its life expectancy and that they are fixing it. “As you know in our department we are fixing everything and this is another one of these things that we’re fixing,” Miller said.