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DECEMBER 18, 2024 • Vol. 37, No. 27
CHRISTMAS AGLOW BRIGHTENS UP CLINTON TOWNSHIP BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Santa was in attendance as Clinton Township got in the holiday spirit with its annual Christmas Aglow celebration Dec. 7. The big man in red was dropped off by a fire truck and made his way down a lighted path to the gazebo just south of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library. Attendees gathered around as Township Supervisor Paul Gieleghem gave Santa a key to the city in order to make his deliveries a bit easier. A countdown started after the speech and, true to the event’s name, the grounds lit up with a holiday glow. Following the ceremony, Christmas merrymakers made their way to the township’s senior center for hot chocolate. Kids also were able to put in their requests for Santa. “I know families enjoy that opportunity to see Santa,” Gieleghem said. “Santa did a great job.” “For a lot of families that’s their picture with Santa every year,” Clinton Township Recreation Director Brian Kay said. “They come to our event for their Santa experience, and we can’t thank them enough for that.”
Clinton Township Supervisor Paul Gieleghem awards Santa a key to the city in order to easily deliver presents. The township held its annual Christmas Aglow celebration Dec. 7.
See CHRISTMAS on page 10A
Photo by Nick Powers
Macomb County removes sewer blockage at source of flooding on Kelly MACOMB COUNTY — Logs, railroad ties and tires are items you might expect to find at a dump. But these items gummed up the works in a pipe that drains stormwater, contributing to persistent flooding on a
road in Clinton Township and Fraser. The Macomb County Department of Public Works announced Dec. 2 that it got to the bottom of the flooding on Kelly Road. A press release from the DPW states that blockage was discovered in the Teske Drain, impacting flooding on the road near its intersection with Groesbeck Highway.
The blockage was removed in July, according to Public Works Communications Manager Norb Franz. “I think it was the worst in all the years I’ve been a public works commissioner,” Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller is quoted as saying in the release. “Certainly, one of the worst.”
The release states the items were removed from a manhole near the Canadian National railroad tracks south of 15 Mile Road. Sediment in a 100-foot section of the pipe was vacuumed up by a contractor. In an open-channel part of the drain, vegetation was cleared to increase flow. Additionally, See SEWER on page 13A
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BY NICK POWERS npowers@candgnews.com