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DECEMBER 17, 2025 • Vol. 37, No. 26
B & B COLLISION
Trustees hear department consolidation report BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
Fraser hosts groundbreaking for new high school expansion FRASER — On Dec. 9, Fraser Public Schools staff, construction staff and public officials hosted a groundbreaking at Fraser High School to kick off construction for a new addition billed as an all-purpose expansion area. “This is going to encompass and accommodate room for the wrestling team, which is a growing team here, our dance team, our cheerleaders as well as the gymnastics team,”
Fraser Public Schools Director of Operations and Maintenance Jim Birko said. The expansion will provide more room for the teams to perform their exercises, routines and practices. Previously, the teams had to utilize other areas of the school that had more room and higher ceilings to practice. They will no longer have to move around mats or practice during late hours to accommodate activities for the rest of the school. Birko said due to overlapping practices, teams would be spread throughout the school See GROUNDBREAKING on page 11A
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Township Supervisor Paul Gieleghem speaks at the Dec. 8 Clinton Township Board of Trustees meeting.
ABOVE: Fraser Public Schools staff, students, public officials and others gathered for the groundbreaking of a high school expansion project on Dec. 9.
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A plan to merge two township departments has seen its first major public review, but further action will take place later. At the Dec. 8 Clinton Township Board of Trustees Meeting, professional services firm Plante Moran presented the results of its study on the potential administrative merger of the township’s senior center and recreation departments. While a prior board expressed interest in merging the departments under one department head with two assistants, Plante Moran was brought in to examine the potential effects of the merger compared to the status quo. “The conclusion up front is that there would be a savings enabled through that, and it’s to the tune of ($202,862),” Plante Moran Senior Manager Scott Patton said. “The majority of those savings come from that position that is currently vacant (senior center director) and then