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APRIL 2, 2025 Vol. 22, No. 7
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Building featuring Berkley marquee to be sold MARQUEE TO UNDERGO STRUCTURAL REPAIRS THIS MONTH BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
BERKLEY — The marquee that stands tall over the city of Berkley in the heart of its downtown soon will have a transfer of ownership. The Berkley marquee, located on 12 Mile Road between Robina Avenue and Wakefield Road, once housed a theater before it closed down in 1993, and recently it was the home of a Rite Aid. After the theater’s closure, Berkley and See MARQUEE on page 13A
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Ferndale project to rehab almost 6,000 feet of sewer main BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale will undertake its cured-in-place-pipe sewer program beginning at the end of this month. At its March 24 meeting, the City Council approved the cured-in-place-pipe sewer rehabilitation program with a contract awarded to DVM Utilities Inc. for $661,047. Cured-in-place-pipe, or CIPP, is a process in which the city rehabilitates existing sewer lines “by inserting a flexible resin-saturated liner into the damaged pipe,” city documents state. “Once in place, the liner is inflated, pressed against the pipe walls, and cured creating a durable and seamless inner layer, effectively renewing the pipeline without excavation.” “The (liner) goes in, we blow steam through it, it cures, it hardens, it turns into what you’d see as PVC,” Department of Public Works Director James Jameson stated. “It’s obviously a little different than that, but that’s how it’s done and it avoids digging everything. … A lot of these sewers are in easements or under roadways. You can’t just dig them up and replace them.” Jameson said Ferndale has about 81.8 linear miles of sewer main, of which the city has replaced around 27.4 linear miles since 1991. Tentative construction is expected to begin April 30. Phase one of the project is estimated to be completed by June 30, with phase two starting July 15 and exSee SEWER on page 7A
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The brightly lit Berkley marquee will be powered down for the month of April while it undergoes structural maintenance.
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