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City prepares for bids for new refuse contract
Plastics are collected at the Sterling Heights recycling center. City officials discussed a plan in January to make universal curbside recycling a priority in a new waste hauling contract that would take effect in 2024. File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BY ERIC CZARNIK
eczarnik@candgnews.com
The city expects to have trash removal on its agenda this spring as it plans to weigh contract bids for a new city waste hauling contract. During a recent Sterling Heights City Council strategic planning session, officials explained that the city last signed a garbage pickup contract in 2016 with GFL Environmental that will expire April 30, 2024. As a result, it’s time to discuss a new contract and what that will entail. As part of a new deal, city officials said, Sterling Heights is seeking 95-gallon trash carts for homes — 45 inches tall and 29 inches wide — as well as universal curbSee REFUSE on page 7A
Photo provided by Marilyn Murphy-Feather
Sterling woman to become Mackinac Island artist-in-residence BY ERIC CZARNIK eczarnik@candgnews.com
Sterling Heights resident Marilyn Murphy-Feather has pursued the art of photography for over a decade, amid periods of taking photos of wildlife and
nature throughout the U.S. Her next major artistic endeavor will be Up North in her home state. Mackinac State Historic Parks recently named Murphy-Feather as an inductee into its fifth annual Mackinac Island Artist-in-Residence program. The
program’s goal is to create a conducive environment for producing art based on the island’s nature and history. Participating artists come to the island for two-week periods between June and September. They give a presentation See ARTIST on page 8A
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Sterling Heights resident Marilyn Murphy-Feather plans to do photography on Mackinac Island this summer as part of a Mackinac Island Artist-in-Residence program.