candgnews.com FEBRUARY 5, 2025 Vol. 38, No. 3
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Mount Clemens seeks $91.8 million school bond TAX REDUCTION TIED TO MAY VOTE BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
MOUNT CLEMENS — Capital improvements and a tax reduction? It is what the leadership of Mount Clemens
Community Schools believes is possible. The school district is hoping voters approve a nearly $92 million bond and millage reduction proposal, based on language approved by the district’s school board on Jan. 22. Voters in the district will decide whether it shall borrow up to $91.82 million for renovations, improvements and expansions to the secondary school campus including security im-
provements, technology upgrades and the creation of a new middle-school-focused building on the campus. “One of the things that, in addition to revitalizing and restoring the historical side of the (secondary) building — it’s over 100 years old now — one of the pieces of feedback that we’ve gotten from the community is that it has been a See BOND on page 14A
BOAT SHOW SAILS INTO DETROIT BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
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Wilson Marine will be at the Progressive Detroit Boat Show this February. The show itself offers a wide array of boats for eventgoers to browse and buy. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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METRO DETROIT — This year, the Progressive Detroit Boat Show is back with magnificent boats and activities for the whole family. Ron Wilson, the owner of Wilson Marine, which has multiple locations, including Harrison Township, said he’s been going to the boat show since 1975. “And we’ve grown from a pretty small little display to the largest exhibitor in Cobo Hall,” Wilson said. Wilson Marine will have around 75 boats down at the show, which runs Feb. 1-8. It will be open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday and Monday, and 2-8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. Wilson said