candgnews.com MAY 28, 2025 Vol. 36, No. 11
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EXPLORE Sterling Heights, county to split cost of Schoenherr bridge rehab
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STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights is looking to the county to split the cost of rehabbing the Schoenherr Road bridge. At its May 20 meeting, the Sterling Heights City Council voted to approve a cost-sharing agreement between the city and the Macomb County Department of Roads for the rehabilitation of the Schoenherr Road bridge over the Red Run between Moravian Drive and 15 Mile Road. According to the agenda description, rehabilitation work includes deck replacement — which will provide barrier-protected public sidewalks on both sides of the bridge — as well as vehicle barrier relocation, beam end repair and bearing replacements, substructure patching, end diaphragm replacements, slope repairs and riprap, approach work and guardrail replacement and other miscellaneous repairs. The estimated cost of the project, including construction costs, administrative charges and preliminary and construction engineering, is $5.439,430, with $4,224,800 coming from federal funds. The remaining cost ($1,214,630) is to be split equally
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Help urgently needed as situation in Haiti worsens BY ANDY KOZLOWSKI akozlowski@candgnews.com
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METRO DETROIT — A mission group to Haiti that includes churches in Sterling Heights, Southfield and more is sounding the alarm on the plight of the country — the poorest in the Western Hemisphere — as gangs have captured the town of Mirebalais, once a safe haven. A letter by Kesner Gracia, an Episcopalian priest in Haiti, described the scene in April. “Haiti has become a veritable human slaughterhouse,” he wrote. “In Mirebalais, the streets are littered with corpses. … Unspeakable scenes of terror unfold before our very eyes.” Haiti Outreach Mission, a Troybased nonprofit, has been wiring funds to partners in Haiti since it’s no longer safe to travel there. Projects include medSee HAITI on page 11A
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Dr. Dominque Monde-Matthews, founder of Haiti Outreach Mission, treats a young patient during a trip to the country in 2012. Many families have been displaced following recent events there.
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