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APRIL 2, 2025 • Vol. 45, No. 7
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At its meeting March 17, the St. Clair Shores City Council received a progress update on the library. It is scheduled to go through extensive renovations in September, closing it temporarily from the public. According to items attached to the meeting’s agenda, the full project would cost an estimated $2,676,900, with around $1.5 million coming from a Department of Housing and Urban Development grant and around $191,844 coming from private donations for a genealogy room and circulation desk improvements.
MACOMB COUNTY — As the temperatures rise, local fishing stores prepare for the new season by stocking up and hoping for good weather. Julie Beltowski, owner of Lakeside Fishing Shop in St. Clair Shores, said she’s been preparing all year for different seasons. “We close out all the winter stuff and we start getting into all our spring stuff, and they prepare for the walleye and the perch fishing,” Beltowski said. She said they are ready for the summer season. “That’s our favorite, is the summertime,” Beltowski said. She’s worked at Lakeside for 38 years. The shop has been in operation since 1968. They carry rods, reels and more. Beltowski said summer is their busiest season with anglers fishing for walleye in local rivers and Lake St. Clair. “And then we have a huge industry for bass,” Beltowski said. She said that pretty much every weekend in the summer they had a bass tournament somewhere. While there is no specific day fishing season
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Julie Beltowski, owner of Lakeside Fishing Shop in St. Clair Shores, stands in front of one of the stocked displays in her store.
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The St. Clair Shores City Council recently received an update about the library renovations and its expected costs.
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