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Baumgartner House to be nominated to national registry BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
See BUDGET on page 10A
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
The Baumgartner House turns 150 this year.
FRASER — At its meeting on March 13, the Fraser City Council voted to approve the request to nominate the Baumgartner House to the National Register of Historic Places in a 6-0 vote. Councilwoman Sherry Stein was excused for the meeting. Members from the Fraser Historical Society as well as the great-great-great granddaughter of the Baumgartners, Amanda Baumgartner, were in attendance. Baumgartner said she’s excited to have her son in the next generation and that the nomination would help the whole city. Janet Calabrese, a Fraser Historical Society member, presented the item to the council. Calabrese said the nomination will give the house national recognition, putting it in a national historical database. “It also gives us some city and community pride,” Calabrese said. “Because our historic properties tell the story of our city and community and there’s a lot of history there.” With the nomination, the city will also be able to utilize grants from the federal government for work on the house and other things. Councilwoman Amy Baranski asked what the See BAUMGARTNER on page 14A
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A preliminary budget forecast for Clinton Township’s upcoming fiscal years shows general fund spending dipping into the red as a result of additional retirement expenditures. However, the city’s finances are expected to be back in the black within a few years. On March 3, the Clinton Township Board of Trustees got its chance to look at the first presented draft of the township’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget. The board also opened a public hearing to let residents and stakeholders comment about the details of the proposed budget. Though no attendees took up the offer at the meeting — and the hearing was left open for residents to send in their thoughts ahead of the March 17 board meeting — Clinton Township Finance Director Mary Hein guided trustees through highlights of the budget as presented. The general fund is expected to see expenditures outpace revenues in the upcoming budget, with a loss of $1.9 million expected on the back of $25.2 million in revenues and $27.1 million in expenditures. Part of the deficit is the result of
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Upcoming budget sees losses to fund pensions