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DECEMBER 18, 2024 • Vol. 35, No. 27
KEY STERLING CITY OFFICIALS GET NEW MANAGEMENT ROLES
’TIS THE SEASON IN STERLING HEIGHTS Santa Claus gets the key to the city of Sterling Heights during the city’s Dec. 7 “A Sterling Christmas” event at Dodge Park. Photos by Erin Sanchez
DWOJAKOWSKI NAMED CITY’S SECOND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BALDWIN NAMED HR DIRECTOR BY ERIC CZARNIK eczarnik@candgnews.com
FAR LEFT: The Christmas tree is lit during the event.
STERLING HEIGHTS — After 28 years in the Sterling Heights Police Department, Dale Dwojakowski is making a new career transition: from top cop to assistant city manager. At a Dec. 3 meeting, the Sterling Heights City Council voted unanimously to appoint Dwojakowski as the city’s first-ever second assistant city manager. As a result, Dwojakowski officially entered that new role Dec. 9, thereby departing from his seven-year stint as Sterling Heights’ police chief. As part of Dwojakowski’s new job, he will “provide admin-
NEAR LEFT: Attendees walk under a light display.
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