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DECEMBER 19, 2024 • Vol. 36, No. 27 • candgnews.com
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Winners selected in fall photo contest BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
LEFT: Jace Evangelist, a first grader at Fox Elementary, helps Santa Claus turn on the lights at the Macomb Township Holiday Tree Lighting and Afterglow on Dec. 6. ABOVE: Families line up to visit Santa Claus at the old Macomb Township Hall during the township’s Holiday Tree Lighting and Afterglow on Dec. 6.
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Two Macomb Township residents and their dog once again claim bragging rights — along with a suite of prizes — as winners of a township-wide contest. Sisters Isabella and Rosemarie Licavoli, alongside their dog, Gus, snapped the winning photograph of the Macomb Township Fall 2024 Photo Contest. “It’s so exciting,” Isabella said. “Not only are we happy to have won the gift cards, but also happy that Gus’ picture is going to be in the Town Hall and he’s See CONTEST on page 4A
Brown resigns as Macomb County Board of Commissioners chair Republican to join Candice Miller at Macomb County Public Works MOUNT CLEMENS — Don Brown, the chair of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners, announced his resignation from the board at the end of its Dec. 12 meeting.
Brown, who has been on the board for 34 years and chaired it for the last four, will join Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller’s staff as the deputy public works commissioner, working alongside Chief Deputy Brian Baker. “It is a natural fit for me given I’ve shared her passion for the environment
significant progress since then, there remains more work to do. I believe the relationships I have built along with the knowledge of issues confronting the public works will add value to the office. I am very grateful to be given the opportunity to pursue my passion with a single focus.” Brown was first elected to office in 1988, joining the Washington Township See BROWN on page 11A
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and water quality through my long tenure as commissioner,” Brown said in a press release. “We’ve worked together since the mid ’90s addressing water quality issues in the Clinton River and Brown Lake St. Clair, starting with the Blue Ribbon Committee to Study Lake St. Clair. Though we’ve made