candgnews.com MARCH 19, 2025 Vol. 38, No. 6
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SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH 8A
Upcoming budget sees losses to fund pensions
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Schumann, 127th Wing
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
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
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — On the morning of March 6, six F-22 Raptor jets of the 1st Fighter Wing took off from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia on a mission nearly 90 years in the making. Their target: Selfridge Air National Guard Base, an airfield located just off the shores of Lake St. Clair. Their goal: victory at all costs. So began the 2025 edition of the Mitchell Trophy Air Race, a long-dormant test of speed and skill that traces its very beginnings to the
See BUDGET on page 5A
See AIR RACE on page 14A
SELFRIDGE PLAYS HOST TO HISTORIC AIR RACE BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster, 1st Fighter Wing
TOP: An F-22 Raptor of the 94th Fighter Squadron takes off from Selfridge Air National Guard Base on March 6. Pilots from the 94th, 27th and 71st squadrons flew into Selfridge as part of the Mitchell Trophy Air Race, a historic trophy first awarded to Selfridge-based units in the 1920s and 1930s, now revived as a cross-country training mission for the 1st Fighter Wing. ABOVE: Members of the 94th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base celebrate winning the 2025 running of the Mitchell Trophy Air Race on March 6. The race saw pilots from the 1st Fighter Wing navigate their way from Langley to Selfridge Air National Guard Base and back to Langley.
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