HARRISON TOWNSHIP — New year, new roads? That’s what one Harrison Township neighborhood might be getting.

MOUNT CLEMENS — City commissioners had a tough pill to swallow at their Jan. 16 meeting as they unanimously approved purchasing a new fire truck, but at a higher cost than expected.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The business of the Clinton Township Board of Trustees had to wait nearly two hours to begin on Jan. 8 as trustees battled over old items well into the evening.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Benvenuto Family Restaurant on Jefferson Avenue will be closed indefinitely after an early morning fire on Jan. 18.

METRO DETROIT — It has been more than seven years since Candice Miller left Lansing, but that does not mean she’s stopped following capitol politics. Macomb County’s Republican public works commissioner is undertaking an advocacy campaign against a package of bills that could place an extra cost on water customers throughout the state.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — The Department of Defense has selected Selfridge Air National Guard Base to receive brand-new air-to-air refueling planes, pending an environmental review scheduled for 2025.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — In a festive final meeting of 2023, the Macomb Township Board of Trustees received two gifts at its Dec. 20 meeting.

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — It may not feel like it, but 2023 was a busy year for Macomb Township.

FRASER/CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Leaders of local governments took time to examine the past year and give some idea of what can be expected in 2024.

MOUNT CLEMENS — About a quarter of a mile separates the Anton Art Center from Advancing Macomb’s offices in Mount Clemens. The short walk down Macomb Place only takes a few minutes at a solid clip, but few people’s trips match the magnitude of Phil Gilchrist’s.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Education is not just lectures in a classroom. It is paddling through a swimming pool, taking the first steps onto a wrestling mat, hearing a symphony that moves your soul and, above all, education is a lifelong pursuit.

MACOMB COUNTY — As confetti is cleared from Times Square and late-made resolutions begin to be broken, it can be easy to leave 2023 behind in favor of what 2024 will bring. But while the new year is still fresh, leaders of local governments took time to examine the past year and give some idea of what can be expected in 2024.

MOUNT CLEMENS — The county seat’s books are clean according to accounting firm Maner Costerisan at the Mount Clemens City Commission’s Dec. 18 meeting.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Another chapter in the partisan struggle on the Clinton Township Board of Trustees played out on the evening of Dec. 18 as the board rejected sending out an early voting mailer along party lines.

MACOMB COUNTY — As confetti is cleared from Times Square and late-made resolutions begin to be broken, it can be easy to leave 2023 behind in favor of what 2024 will bring.