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FEBRUARY 19, 2025 Vol. 38, No. 4
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Goo blast summary committee approved CLINTON TOWNSHIP ALSO HALVES VOTING PRECINCTS BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — As prosecution against the owner of the Goo Smoke Shop is set to continue later this month, Clinton Township trustees approved their own investigation of sorts along party lines. The Clinton Township Board of Trustees voted 4-3 on Feb. 10 to establish a committee to develop a summary of the events surrounding the Goo Smoke Shop fire and explosions. Initially proposed at the Jan. 27 board meeting, the proposal’s creator, Trustee Dan Kress, told the board the group would develop a summary for the benefit of the three newest part-time trustees.
Clinton Township trustees approved the creation of a committee to develop a summary of the Goo Smoke Shop/Select Distributors fire at the Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 10.
See BLAST on page 13A
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Crews Inn sold to Bumpers Landing owner BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Crews Inn, a long-standing waterfront restaurant in Harrison Township, has been sold to the owner of the adjacent Bumpers Landing. Jeff Metry, the now-former owner of Crews Inn, said his dad Fred Metry and uncle Gil Metry purchased the restaurant in 1976. Before that, they were lawyers and Metry said they had no pre-
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Crews Inn, a waterfront staple for many years, will be changing ownership after the recent sale of the restaurant.
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