candgnews.com APRIL 2, 2025 Vol. 38, No. 7
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fishing stores prepare for the season 3A
Harrison Township switches to Tringali for waste pickup
Signs, cones and barricades block off vehicle traffic to Macomb Place as the Mount Clemens Downtown Revitalization Project is underway. Photo by Dean Vaglia
BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
$6 million project begins with an overhaul of Macomb Place, transforming the one-way street into a curbless, pedestrianfriendly promenade. “I think it’s long overdue that these roads and things have been fixed or get fixed,” Clementine’s Pastries owner Melissa Lavender said. “We see a lot of accidents out here (and) things
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — In a 6-0 vote, the Harrison Township Board of Trustees chose to award a contract to Tringali Sanitation March 24. Clerk Adam Wit was not present for the meeting. According to an item attached to the agenda, the township first used Tringali in 2010 before switching to Rizzo Environmental Services five years later in 2015. The township currently uses Priority Waste through a contract that was an extension of a contract with GFL Environmental Inc., which was also an extension of the original contract with Rizzo. Supervisor Kenneth Verkest said in a phone call that the current contract with Priority Waste expires May 1. “The cost for three services for residential waste hauling, including furniture and white goods pickup, along with township dumpster service for five years, is $1,244.88 for Priority Waste and $1,404.00 for Tringali Sanitation,” the item said. “White goods” are appliances such as stoves, refrigerators and washing machines. “It was also unlikely that curbside chipping
See CONSTRUCTION on page 16A
See WASTE on page 12A
BUSINESSES, CITY LOCK IN FOR MACOMB PLACE CONSTRUCTION MOUNT CLEMENS — It has been a long time coming, but now it is here. Beginning the week of March 24, work on Mount Clemens’ Downtown Revitalization Project is underway. The nearly
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