MOUNT CLEMENS — Much can change in the span of a year. About half a year into the Cairns Community Center’s reopening and acquisition by the city of Mount Clemens, city officials agreed to extend the operating partnership with TCB Youth Mentoring and Advancing Macomb’s “Breaking Barriers to Play” program.

MACOMB COUNTY — It was an election two years in the making. After Michigan voters passed Proposition 2 in 2022 with a 60% majority, the first statewide election with nine days of early voting arrived in February.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A new way to cross the Clinton River Spillway will soon arrive.Harrison Township is building a new pedestrian bridge to connect the spillway along Jefferson Avenue, budgeting $3.45 million for the bridge and associated walkways.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The on-site investigation into the March 4 fire at a Clinton Township business has begun, according to township officials.

MOUNT CLEMENS — Nearly 200 art students across Macomb County will feel the joy of success as their work adorns the walls of the 2024 Macomb County Annual Secondary Student Show.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The Macomb Township Board of Trustees took steps toward ensuring the township’s water and sewer infrastructure remains in order by approving a five-year $53 million capital improvement plan at its Feb. 28 meeting.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — An explosive fire that obliterated a Clinton Township business claimed the life of one person and scattered debris around 15 Mile Road and Groesbeck Highway March 4.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — If testing one’s abilities is the path to improving one’s craft, Chippewa Valley Musical Productions is preparing itself for Broadway.

MACOMB COUNTY — Despite some odd winter weather, cold-weather traffic safety concerns have not melted away.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — After 25 with the department, Clinton Township’s fire chief is calling it quits.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The last meeting of a politically deadlocked group brought one final flash-up on Feb. 26 as the  Clinton Township Board of Trustees voted 3-3 on paying the bills for the State of Clinton Township address.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Republican Dan Kress won the Feb. 27 election for the open Clinton Township Board of Trustees seat for a partial term which will be up for election again this November. Kress won with a 51.

MOUNT CLEMENS — A suspect has been arrested in connection with a morning shooting in Mount Clemens on Friday, Feb. 23. Around 7:10 a.m., Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the 200 block of Hubbard Street in response to a reported shooting.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Building a car is always a challenge. From the monetary cost to the hours spent hammering out issues only to find a new one, the ability of seeing a project car through is an achievement of commitment to one’s vision.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — It takes a lot to move a building: a lot of labor, a lot of time and a lot of money.