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Local priests reflect on first American pope BY GENA JOHNSON gjohnson@candgnews.com
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The outfall of the George W. Kuhn Basin at the Red Run on April 3, 2025, hours after a 1.2-million-gallon overflow of sanitary sewage. Photo provided by Macomb County Public Works Office
MILLER SLAMS OAKLAND DRAIN OFFICE OVER DISCHARGE RESPONSE BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
LEFT: Andrew Dawson. Photo provided by Prince of Peace Catholic Church. CENTER: Monsignor Timothy Hogan. Photo provided by St. Fabian Catholic Church. RIGHT: Pope Leo XIV. Photo provided by Vatican Media.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller released a statement on June 5 criticizing the office of Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash over its response to a state agency about recent dis-
charges into the Red Run. On April 29, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy sent a letter to the Oakland County Water Resources Commission about a sanitary sewer overflow that occurred at the Red Run on April 3. The agency’s letter required the commission to provide information about the April 3 overSee DRAIN on page 11A
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FARMINGTON — With the excitement for Pope Leo XIV — the first pope from the U.S. — still reverberating, C & G Newspapers met with two local priests to hear their thoughts on the new pontiff, the impact on their parishes and their hopes for the new papacy. Sharing their perspective were Monsignor Timothy Hogan, pastor of St. Fabian Catholic Church in Farmington, and Andrew Dawson, priest of Prince of Peace in West Bloomfield. The College of Cardinals voted to make Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost the pope May 8, after the April 21 death of Pope Francis.