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Trump announces new Selfridge fighter mission
BY DEAN VAGLIA
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HARRISON TOWNSHIP — During a stop in Macomb County on April 29, President Donald Trump announced that Selfridge Air National Guard Base would receive a new mission with 21 “brand new” F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets.
Announced at Selfridge alongside state and federal officials to an audience of Michigan National Guard members and press, the F-15EX jets will replace the aging and outgoing A-10 Thunderbolt II jets as the base’s offensive mission. The planes are expected to arrive at the base in fiscal year 2028, according to the Department of Defense.
RELATED: Supporters, protesters gather to mark Trump’s 100th day — PAGE 5A
“Well, I guess they think we’re going to save this place,” Trump said to begin his speech at the base. “And you know what? They’re right. A hundred percent right. We’re going to save it and make it better, actually.”
Finding a new fighter mission for the base to replace the A-10 mission has been a priority for Michigan officials in recent years. The state switched its focus to securing an F-15EX mission for the base in 2023 after failing to secure an F-35 Lightning II mission.
U.S. Rep. John James, R-Shelby Township, described the F-15EX as “the airframe (Selfridge officials) saw the highest like-
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WHITMER CELEBRATES SELFRIDGE GAINS IN MACOMB ADDRESS
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
SHELBY TOWNSHIP —
Nearly a week removed from the announcement of new fighter jets destined for Selfridge Air National Guard Base, neither state nor county executives have recorked the champagne.
Around noon on May 5, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave an address to Macomb County business leaders at The Palazzo Grande banquet hall during a luncheon for the Macomb County Chamber and Connect Macomb. The governor’s remarks to the Macomb audience would ultimately revolve around bipartisan cooperaSee WHITMER on page 16A Bipartisanship, collaboration core of governor’s speech
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President Donald Trump delivers an announcement before members of the Michigan National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base on April 29. Trump said the base would receive 21 F-15EX fighter jets in the coming years, fulfilling a goal of Michigan officials to maintain a fighter mission after the A-10 Thunderbolt II is retired.
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Meeting for about an hour on May 6, the Macomb Township Planning Commission advanced all of the items on its agenda for final approval.
First to be discussed and given recommendation for approval was the final site plan for the Rockwood Park site condominium development, located next to Waldenburg Park along 21 Mile Road. The development will feature 21 condominium units and a detention basin between the properties and the Middle Branch Clinton River. Given the development’s proximity to the river, commissioners and residents alike had concerns about flooding. Commissioner Aaron Tuckfield brought his flooding concerns to Land Development Director James Van Tiflin, who spoke about the engineering behind the site.
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EMERGING AND VETERAN ARTISTS FEATURE IN DOUBLE SHOW Planning Commission advances condos, commercial rezoning
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MOUNT CLEMENS — Experience and youth share the stage at the Anton Art Center’s first-ever double exhibition.
From now through Saturday, June 14, the Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens is hosting two exhibitions on behalf of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.
“This exhibition focuses on two different spaces in our gallery,” Anton Art Center Exhibitions Manager Stephanie Hazzard said. “We’ve got two floors, so each floor is dedicated to an exhibit
Tomahawk Steak
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The Macomb Township Planning Commission gave its recommendation to rezone the southeastern parcel at the 23 Mile Road and North Avenue intersection, formerly a pharmacy, to C-2 commercial designation at its May 6 meeting. The Macomb Township Board of Trustees will give its final approval on the rezoning at its Wednesday, May 14 meeting.
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From left, Catherine Haggerty’s painting “Fishbowl” and Madison Forbes’ painting “The Swan” and are on display at the Anton Art Center as part of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors’ Emerging Women Artists of Metro Detroit exhibition.
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Supporters, protesters gather to mark Trump’s 100th day
BY MARIA ALLARD AND NICK POWERS allard@candgnews.com • npowers@candgnews.com
Editor’s note: While your local newspaper was denied credentials to cover the president’s remarks at Macomb Community College on April 29, our team of journalists spoke to those outside of the event who came to applaud or protest the first 100 days of his second nonconsecutive term. Here is what they had to say.
WARREN — Tien Tran, a resident of Fullerton, California, traveled from the West Coast to Warren to see President Donald Trump April 29 at the South Campus of Macomb Community College in Warren.
Trump, elected to his second term last November, held a rally at the local college to observe his first 100 days in office that has centered around tariffs, the Department of Government Efficiency, illegal immigration, securing the border and the possible dismantlement of the U.S. Department of Education.
“He’s a real leader. He cares about his people,” said Tran, 59, who wore a white suit, cowboy hat and Trump flair. “This is historic. This is an important event for the future of my three children.”
Tran was born in Vietnam and said he spent two years in a refugee camp before coming to the U.S. He is pleased the Trump administration has clamped down on illegal
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NEWS & NOTES
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Township receives state funding for fountain
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — A placemaking project for the Macomb Township Center project received state support on May 7, when the Michigan Economic Development Corporation awarded a $982,000 grant to the township.
The grant will help pay for a water play fountain in the square on Broughton Road located between the Macomb Township Hall, the Macomb Township Recreation Center, the Clinton-Macomb Public Library’s North Branch and old township hall. Bathroom facilities, pathways and landscaping will be covered by the grant funding as well.
With the township having already set aside $400,000 for the project, the state funding is expected to accelerate the project’s timeline by two years.
“The Township Board has been aggressively pursuing grant opportunities to bring residents’ state tax dollars, often sent to Lansing and redistributed elsewhere, back to Macomb Township,” Treasurer Leon Drolet said via press release. “We fought to bring these placemaking funds back to our community, which will benefit all our residents, especially our children and families.”
Suburban Ice celebrates 20 years in Macomb
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Located at the corner of Broughton Road and 25 Mile Road, Suburban Ice Macomb is celebrating its 20th year in Macomb Township with special events and activities.
On Thursday, June 5 from 7:05 p.m. to 7:55 p.m., Suburban Ice is hosting a free event for kids ages 4-12 wishing to try hockey or ice skating. The event includes expert instruction and all necessary equipment at no cost.
On Thursday, June 12, Suburban Ice is holding Macomb Hockey Night at Jimmy John’s Field in Utica. For every ticket purchased, $10 will be donated to the Suburban Hockey Foundation, supporting efforts to expand youth access to ice sports.
For more information or to register for anniversary events, go to suburbanicemacomb.com.
South River Elementary Principal Cathy Ciolino shows off pictures of the 1974 second grade class of room 104, as preserved in a time capsule opened on May 4.
ABOVE: Old South River Elementary paraphernalia was on display for guests at the school’s 150th anniversary celebration.
SOUTH RIVER ELEMENTARY CELEBRATES 150
HARRISON TOWNSHIP — On May 4, residents and alumni of L’Anse Creuse Public Schools celebrated the 150th anniversary of South River Elementary’s opening.
Opened in 1875 as a one-room schoolhouse, South River Elementary is one of the oldest schools in the district.
A highlight of the May 4 celebration is the opening of a time capsule buried in 1975, with Principal Cathy Ciolino guiding the room through the objects left behind by students 50 years ago. Objects in the capsule included newspaper clippings, notes and postcards from students and staff, 1974 lesson plans, textbooks, and personal mementos like a horseshoe, a safety patrol belt and photos of staff and students. Items from the capsule were cleaned up and put on display, alongside the doors from the 1928 South River Elementary building and other historical memorabilia.
‘Yoga on the Hill’ returns
STERLING HEIGHTS — On Saturday,
July 26, the Macomb County Board of Commissioners will host the 10th annual Yoga on the Hill at Freedom Hill County Park in Sterling Heights.
Held in partnership with Bodhi Seed
Yoga & Wellness, the free event takes place inside the park’s pavilions from 9-11 a.m. A raffle will take place featuring items donated by commissioners. Visit bocmacomb.org/events/yogaat-the-hill/ to register.
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CRIME WATCH
Truck bed on fire
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — On April 28 at around 5:30 p.m., Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the 23000 block of Hickory Creek Drive for a truck on fire.
The truck’s owner, a 40-year-old Macomb Township man, pulled into the driveway when his family alerted him that his truck’s bed was on fire. He called 911 after failing to put the fire out with a garden hose.
The Macomb Township Fire Department extinguished the fire and examined the truck, noticing a large amount of dry pine needles in the bed.
Equipment violation
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — On April 25 at around 10 a.m., Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies performed a traffic stop near the intersection of Hall Road and Romeo Plank Road.
Deputies pulled over a gold-colored Chevy Tahoe for an equipment violation as the vehicle did not have a muffler. The driver, a 62-year-old Pontiac man, told deputies he was unaware of the muffler situation as he was borrowing the car.
The man told deputies he did not have a valid license, which was confirmed by running a check on the man’s state ID. The man was told to find a licensed driver to pick up the vehicle.
Construction site robbed
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — On April 9 at around 10:40 a.m., Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a construction site in the 20000 block of Logan Drive for a larceny report.
Deputies met with the construction coordinator, a 34-year-old Marlette man, who told them thieves entered the complex overnight and stole pallets of various items using a rental truck. Five units in the site were broken into. Stolen items included water heaters, toilets and various construction materials.
Scam thwarted
MACOMB TOWNSHIP — On April 8 at around 3:45 p.m., Macomb County Sheriff’s Office deputies met with an 81-year-old Macomb Township woman about a scam that targeted her.
Around 9 a.m. that morning, the woman received a voicemail from a North Carolina number claiming she owed $1,400 to Amazon for a laptop. She called the number for more information and was asked a number of questions. She then received another call telling her to withdraw $5,000 and lie if anyone from the bank questions the withdrawal.
After withdrawing the money, she was told to deposit the money in a Bitcoin machine, which she did not do.
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BRICK REPAIR
Everything can be coming up roses for proactive gardeners
BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — They’re beautiful, symbolic and have been immortalized in poems and songs, but even seasoned gardeners can express trepidation when it comes to roses.
As one gardening pro recently observed, “They are fussy.”
Still, that doesn’t mean that gardeners should avoid this legendary bloom.
Monica Sabella is a rosarian, horticulturist and greenhouse specialist who takes care of the roses at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores. During an April 8 presentation on rose care, she said there are three main categories of roses: old garden roses (sometimes called antique or historical), wild roses and modern garden roses. Sabella said old garden roses — which have been around since before 1867 and only bloom once per year — “are not as diseaseresistant and not as hardy” as modern roses; modern roses are the ones most common in stores today.
The Ford House has 16 rose beds, with 30 to 50 roses in each, Sabella said. She said they include wild roses, tea tree roses and climbing roses.
Floribunda roses are the most popular and easiest to grow, and they don’t need to be pruned often, Sabella said. They include Knock Out roses, which she called “very, very low maintenance” compared to many other varieties.
“Roses are really not as difficult as people make them seem,” Sabella said. “They are just needy.”
George Papadelis, owner of Telly’s Greenhouse and Garden Center in Troy and Shelby Township, knows a lot about roses — the Troy location grows about 4,000 of them in more than 100 varieties, although roses can be purchased from either location.
“First and foremost, they should be planted in full sun, or as much sun as you can get them,” Papadelis said. “The more sun, the better.”
There should be more organic material in the soil than clay, Papadelis said.
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Selfridge
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lihood of gaining” and worked to get additional funding for F-15EX production into a draft version of the 2024 federal budget. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who was in attendance to greet Trump when he arrived at Selfridge on April 29, pledged to fund a northward expansion of Selfridge’s runway and approved a $13 million allocation to do so in the state’s 2023 budget.
“Since day one, I’ve been laser-focused on securing a new fighter mission at Selfridge and supporting the brave service members who step up for our communities every day,” Whitmer said via press release. “I appreciate the President’s partnership on this new fighter mission that will protect jobs and show the world that Michigan is the best place to pioneer the next innovations in national defense. Because of our tireless work with partners on the ground in Macomb County and on both sides of the aisle, the future of Selfridge is bright, lasting and secure. I’ll keep working with anyone to get things done on the kitchen-table issues and make a real difference for Michigan families.”
Local officials were quick to applaud the announcement with both Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, a Democrat, and Ma-
comb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller, a Republican from Harrison Township, releasing statements of support.
“This is the best possible outcome, better than either F-16 or F-35,” Miller said via press release. “The F-15EX is a refurbishment of the F-15, a major overhaul/upgrade that just entered the active inventory in 2024, so it will be around for a long time, and it is an extremely important mission. It can be configured for airto-air or air-to-ground operation … With the F-15EX, plus the KC-46s that are in the pipeline for us, the Michigan Air National Guard will be playing a major role in national defense for decades.”
Hackel’s comments in a press release reflected the bipartisan nature of the campaign to bring a new fighter mission to the nearly 110-year-old base.
“It’s fitting that a coalition of this size and scope rallied around Macomb County to help uplift Selfridge,” Hackel said. “This effort went beyond partisanship, and united us in the mission to protect our hometown airbase. I want to personally thank President Trump, Governor Whitmer, the servicewomen and servicemen at Selfridge and all of our military and civilian partners who were engaged in these conversations.”
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immigration through Immigration and Customs Enforcement and feels if people want to move to the U.S., they need to do it legally.
“We escaped communism. We lost South Vietnam 50 years ago. When you came here then you had to be vetted, you had to learn English and you learned how to adapt,” he said. “You came here to support yourself. The government doesn’t support you.”
Trump was scheduled to speak at 6 p.m., and attendees needed a ticket to get inside the Sports and Expo Center. Doors to his rally opened at 1:45 p.m. Many supporters — wearing Trump T-shirt, hats and buttons — lined up early in the day. Merchandisers sold everything from flags to bumper stickers, media lined up to speak to supporters, and there was a police presence.
Cheri Veradi, 56, of Adrian, stood in line in the early afternoon waiting for her sister and cousin.
“I want him to know he has a lot of support. I love how strong he is,” she said. “He makes the United States strong.”
ecutive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. The department has not closed; by law, that would still have to go before Congress for a vote.
“I’m fine with that,” Veradi said of it possibly closing.
She commended the Republican president for working to secure the borders and deport known criminals.
“That needed to happen because of crime,” she said.
Veradi has attended about five Trump rallies.
“The camaraderie is what I love about them,” she said.
When asked why Trump supporters are viewed in a negative light, Veradi said “They think we’re bullies. I think it’s because we’re strong-minded people. But we welcome everybody.”
Nathaniel Baker drove from Lansing April 29 to attend his first Trump rally.
“He is a great person. Everyone here is nice, and they’re great people. They let you say what you mean. None of that fake news,” Baker, 27, said. “We just want what is best for the United States. It’s nice to see our president on TV every day.”
“He’s doing a good job getting rid of the people coming here illegally. Those people are gang leaders and violent people,” Baker said. “As long as you (come here) the right way, there’s no problem.”
Shah Mehdi, of Prentice, Wisconsin, and Norma Holm, of Hammond, Indiana, met a few years ago at a Trump rally. They keep in touch, and both made it to Macomb for the rally.
“I’m here to speak for my nine grandchildren,” Holm, 55, said. “I want them to have the same freedoms I had growing up. Liberalism is confusing to them. The woke agenda has affected the kids.”
Holm remembers seeing Trump appear on talk shows in the 1980s, including “The Oprah Winfrey Show” about what he would do “to help our country get stronger” if he ever ran for president.
“He’s executing that plan,” Holm said. “These tariffs aren’t going to be fine overnight, but it’s going to benefit us in the long run.”
Rob Cortis, of Livonia, brought the “Trump Unity Bridge” to the college campus. He drives the patriotic float across the country in an effort to unite it.
said. “There are more people that like him that don’t, and the mainstream media doesn’t get the word out. They don’t tell the good side of the story. They don’t tell how good the tariffs work, how good the economy works.”
Hundreds gather to protest Trump
Hundreds of protestors fanned out on the corner of Hayes and 12 Mile roads to show their dissatisfaction with Trump. There was the persistent sound of car horns honking. There were also occasionally people who drove by to yell their support for Trump or yell obscenities at the crowd.
While many held up signs with the phrase “I Dissent,” there were a variety of messages displayed from Ukrainian solidarity to warnings of creeping authoritarianism. Some attendees wore black to symbolize loss.
Jon Halock, a Roseville resident, said Trump and his supporters have prioritized an earlier ideal of the American family, crowding out the LGBTQIA+ community. He ties this narrow vision of a preferred American into authoritarian movements of the past.
On March 20, Trump signed an ex-
For Baker, a former Democrat, one of the biggest issues for him is the Mexico border, which he said is now “very secure.”
“It’s to spread the message of unity through Donald Trump. Since 2015, his campaign is to put America first,” Cortis
“I think trans people are under attack,” Halock said. “If we don’t have people out here doing this type of stuff, trans people are going to be the number one target. They can’t
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Planning
“It meets all of the requirements as far as the flood plain goes,” Van Tiflin said. “Essentially what they’re doing is they’re filling the property where the road is going to go and to where some of the lots are towards the north end, and they’re mitigating that flood plain in the detention basin. This detention, from the normal water elevation to the flood plain, is about 6 feet deep. A foot of it is for detention, the rest of it is all for flood plain mitigation, so they are taking that volume that they are filling and putting into the detention basin that they’re digging out.”
The detention basin’s effects are expected to be limited to the development itself.
Commissioners then advanced a proposed rezoning of the former CVS Pharmacy at the southeast corner of the 23 Mile Road and North Avenue intersection from C-3 commercial (shopping center) district to C-2 general commercial district. Brought to the board by the township itself, Planning Director Josh Bocks described the request as bringing a nonconforming site into line with the township’s master plan.
“It came to our attention that there used to be three separate parcels there, and they were zoned C-3,” Bocks said. “I’m not
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quite sure how they were zoned C-3 … and there was a contract rezoning agreement put in place to rezone them from C-3 to C-2. That agreement also stipulated that a drug store is the only use allowed at that location and … if that drug store is no longer operating, the parcels should revert back to the C-3 zoning. The issue with the C-3 zoning is that it requires a minimum of 5 acres, and this parcel is only just over 3 acres, therefore by reverting back to C-3 we’re creating a nonconforming parcel, and we typically try to avoid those.”
Bringing the parcel back to C-2 changes little about how the site could be used with the township’s zoning code describing C-2 as encompassing “business and commercial activities, conducted within an enclosed building only, of a general character of large service activity and normally depending for support on more than a small neighborhood area.” The biggest difference between C-3 and C-2 is that C-3 allows shopping centers such as a grocery store, though the size of the parcel would prevent such a business from being built there.
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Whitmer
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tion to solve mutual problems, and no example fit the subject and audience better than the idea of factory-fresh F-15EX fighter jets replacing an aging and retiring fleet of A-10s at Selfridge.
“This is a really important moment in our state and our country,” Whitmer said. “We know that there’s a lot of uncertainty for a lot of different reasons, but for us to be able to say we know what the future of Selfridge is a big (deal).”
Whitmer described the fighter mission as not only a lifeline for the base but for the numerous defense manufacturing jobs located around the county and state, claiming the continued mission would support 30,000 jobs, 5,000 military families and $180 million in annual economic impact.
In a room of people that included the 127th Wing’s Brig. Gen. Matthew Brancato, Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel may have been the most excited about the Selfridge news. Hackel, who wore a custom Selfridge baseball jersey and recalled getting “choked up” watching the April 29 announcement, was not shy about praising Whitmer’s role in the effort, particularly in light of criticism she has received for working and appearing with President Donald Trump several times.
“This did not go without some criticism, that she may have gotten on one extreme within the party, or the president getting criticism on extremes within his party,” Hackel said. “Yet the two realized the importance of this, and that announcement that was made was an incredible asset to Macomb County and Macomb County’s future.”
Whitmer, who is term-limited as governor, addressed her intraparty critics from the lectern with a defense of bipartisanship.
“I was in the minority all 14 years I was in the Michigan Legislature,” Whitmer said. “As governor, I’ve signed over 1,500 bills that are bipartisan — and 1,000 of them came out of a completely Republican-controlled legislature. It’s the same approach that led me to the White House a few weeks back.
I am committed to working with the Trump administration on any priority we can find common ground on. I am not going to pretend that that’s always going to be possible — I know that’s the case — but Michiganders elected both of us twice, just two years apart, and I know from looking at this room that you all expect us to get things done.”
Speaking to reporters after the speech, Whitmer said her primary goals when meeting Trump were to secure jets for Selfridge and federal aid or funding for northern Michigan communities ravaged by a lateMarch ice storm. She had not yet received word from Washington on the aid from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Bipartisan collaboration was the theme through the rest of the governor’s speech, which moved from the Selfridge runways to Macomb County’s roadways. As part of her pledge to “fix the damn roads,” Whitmer highlighted the completion of the Innovate Mound project and the ongoing Restore the Reuther work. Now in its final phase, sections of Interstate 696 will be closed between Lahser Road, Dequindre Road and the interchange with Interstate 75 from 2025-2027.
Whitmer mentioned the need to find new revenue sources and make cuts in order to fund roads in the future, and called upon the audience to help find a solution to this issue.
“We can’t put all of this on the backs of hardworking Michiganders. Businesses also benefit from strong, reliable roads and we all need to be part of the solution,” Whitmer said. “It’s a simple equation: Fewer potholes means fewer delays, means safer roads, means more predictability and certainty in a world that feels very uncertain in many ways. So, when it comes to fixing our roads and bringing Michigan manufacturing back, every voice in this room matters.”
Whitmer ended her remarks by telling businesses that the state had their backs in creating an easier, less-uncertain economic environment and asked them to help “build a future of this state that we can all be proud of, we can all drive in and we can all brag about.”
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a luncheon in Shelby Township on May 5.
BEHIND THE WHEEL
Pontiac Transportation Museum gears up for its ‘Phase II Fanfare’ event
MUSEUM PAYS TRIBUTE TO PONTIAC’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE AUTO INDUSTRY
BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
Walking into the Pontiac Transportation Museum is like spending time in your grandfather’s pristine garage as a kid.
The museum is a leisurely walk back in time that pays tribute to the car manufacturers and assembly line workers who made everything from 19th century carriages to late ’60s GTOs in Pontiac-based automobile plants. That includes the Oakland Motor Car Co., Pontiac Assembly, the Pontiac Tractor Co. and GMC.
Memorabilia tells the city’s auto history, vehicles from different decades are on display, there’s a section dedicated to 50 years of Pontiac coach buses, visitors can view interactive videos, and much more. Volunteer docents are available to answer questions and take guests on museum tours. There’s also a gift shop that sells T-shirts, baseball caps, glassware and stickers.
“Our scope is basically wheel vehicles in Pontiac, either engineered here or manufactured here and or both. Forty-seven companies were here over time. We live in southeastern Michigan. Everybody is related to somebody that worked in the auto business,” said Pontiac Transportation Museum Board Chair Terry Connolly, a Rochester Hills resident. “The nice thing about opening the museum is people walk up almost every day with a box of stuff. You find some
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through Saturdays and from noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The public is welcome to attend.
LEFT: Pontiac Transportation Museum Board Chair Terry Connolly, of Rochester Hills, reads a map that shows the location of the former Pontiac auto plants.
Photos by Patrica O’Blenes
ABOVE AND LEFT: The Pontiac Transportation Museum, located at 250 W. Pike St., opened in May 2024. Its hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays
Artists
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presented by the same group, which is the (DSWPS). They come together often to hold a member’s exhibition at various locations, so we are hosting their 2025 member’s exhibition on our first floor, which is a juried show that comprises of members of this group.”
On the art center’s second floor is where the DSWPS’ Emerging Women Artists of Metro Detroit exhibition is being showcased.
“This is the first time that this group has done this project,” Hazzard said. “They hosted an open call for women artists between the ages of 18 and 35 to submit their artwork for jurying and the results would be part of the exhibit.”
While this is not the first time the art center has worked with the DSWPS or held shows that span both of its gallery-space floors, the ongoing DSWPS exhibitions are the first time a single outside organization has held two exhibits at the same time. Around 90 works of art from over 70 regional artists span the center’s two floors, with the works ranging from paintings to sculpture to jewelry to even video work.
According to Hazzard, the goal of the DSWPS’ membership with the emerging artists show was to promote the work of up-andcoming artists, which is reflected in the backgrounds of much of the works on display. A number of the works on display were made prior to the announcement of the show and some of the works, like Pontiac-based sculptor Taylor Knight-Turner’s bronzed raccoon fur “Pelt” and second-place-winning Royal Oak-based painter Madison Forbes’ “The Swan” and “Les Fleurs,” were created initially for art schools.
The featured artists have a mix of experience in the world of juried exhibitions. Thy Hoang, a painter from Sterling Heights, had been in four of the Anton Art Center’s secondary student shows before she saw her works “What Had I Wanted?” and “Things Left Unsaid” featured in the emerging artists show. Knight-Turner currently has another work on display at a show in California. Sterling Heights-based painter Catherine Haggerty, a first-place winner for her work, “Fishbowl,” had never been featured in a juried show until now. She plans on being in many more in the future.
“I’m an emerging artist now. I feel like I have a duty,” Haggerty said. “Part of the first place was winning membership in the (DSWPS) and so I’m really excited about that, because it means
Calendar
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• Lunches at 1:30 p.m. every second Tuesday of month, Moni’s Restaurant, 16600 24 Mile Road in Macomb Township, RSVP to Sue at (586) 5491041, www.widowedfriends.com
• Games from 1:30-3:30 p.m. every first Thursday of month, bring snack to share, Ss. John and Paul Parish, 7777 W. 28 Mile Road in Washington Township, text Ellen at (586) 489-2569, www. widowedfriends.com
Macomb Motivators Toastmasters Club: Meets 6:30-8 p.m. every second and fourth Thursday of month, St. Isidore Church, 18201 23 Mile Road in Macomb Township, 6104644.toastmastersclubs. org
Art exhibits: See “Members Exhibitions 2025” and “Emerging Women Artists of Metro Detroit,” presented by Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, on display 10 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaysSaturdays until June 24 (except May 24), Anton Art Center, 125 Macomb Place in Mount Clemens, free admission, (586) 469-8666, theartcenter.org
I get to have more resources, more connections and can be further involved.”
The Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors 2025 Members Exhibition and the Emerging Women Artists of Metro Detroit exhibit run at the Anton Art Center until Saturday, June 14.
The Anton Art Center is located at 125 Macomb Place in downtown Mount Clemens. Admission to the art center is free and it is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information visit theartcenter.org.
Bereaved Parents of Macomb Support Group: Also for grandparents and siblings, meets 7-9 p.m. every first Thursday of month, Washington Senior Center, 57880 Van Dyke Ave. in Washington Township, (248) 953-5970
United Shore Professional Baseball League: See Birmingham-Bloomfield Beavers, Eastside Diamond Hoppers, Utica Unicorns and Westside Woolly Mammoths on select Thursdays-Sundays until Sept. 6, Jimmy John’s Field, 7171 Auburn Road in Utica, (248) 601-2400, uspbl.com
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Image provided by the Anton Art Center
Thy Hoang’s painting “What Had I Wanted” is on display at the Anton Art Center as part of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors’ Emerging Women Artists of Metro Detroit exhibition.
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APC Towers, LLC is proposing to construct a 180-foot tall (overall height) monopole telecommunications structure off Pratt Road, Armada, Macomb County, Michigan (42° 52’ 52.4” N, 82° 58’ 17.2” W). The proposed tower is anticipated to utilize FAA Style E (medium intensity, dual red/white strobes) lighting.
APC Towers, LLC invites comments from any interested party on the impact the proposed undertaking may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering, or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Comments may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Annamarie Howell, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or via email to publicnotice@eca-usa.com. Ms. Howell can be reached at (770) 667-2040 x 108 during normal business hours. Comments must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice.
In addition, any interested party may also request further environmental review of the proposed action under the FCC’s National Environmental Policy Act rules, 47 CFR §1.1307, by notifying the FCC of the specific reasons that the action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. This request must only raise environmental concerns and can be filed online using the FCC pleadings system at www.fcc.gov or mailed to FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554 within 30 days of the date that notice of this proposed action is published on the FCC’s website. Refer to File No. A1311217 when submitting the request and to view the specific information about the proposed action. 25001164 CLS
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Driver arrested, turned over to ICE SHELBY TOWNSHIP — At 9:18 p.m. April 6, police officers from Shelby Township were dispatched to the area of 23 Mile and Shelby roads for a possible drunken driver in the area.
An officer located the vehicle in question and observed the driver drinking alcohol while in the driver’s seat. The officer was able to make contact with the driver and asked him to step out of the vehicle for sobriety tests. After the sobriety tests and a preliminary breath test, the driver was placed under arrest for operating while intoxicated. The man was lodged at the Shelby Township Police Department but was eventually turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to his immigration status.
Police called for shots fired, altercation occurs
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Police officers from Shelby Township were dispatched to the 8000 block of East Pearson Road, near Van Dyke Avenue and 26 Mile Road, for possible shots fired at 12:58 a.m. April 6. Upon officers’ arrival they met with a man at an address that the possible shots fired call came from. The man reportedly advised that he believed his girlfriend had left. The officers located the woman inside the garage. Both the man and woman were interviewed. The woman reportedly said the man became upset after an argument and it soon became physical. The woman reportedly stated she was struck in the head with a closed fist and strangled. The man was arrested and lodged at the Shelby Township Police Department.
Larcenies reported
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An officer met with the victim, a 57-year-old man, who stated three kids stole bikes from his unlocked garage. Video surveillance footage shows the three juveniles entering the garage and taking the bicycles. All three of them attempt to ride away, but one of them falls from the bike’s flat tire and leaves it there. Officers responded to another larceny where a man said his daughter’s bike was stolen. Another bike was left and matched the description of one of the bikes taken from the man’s garage.
Park aids in apprehension of suspects
GROSSE POINTE PARK — Three male suspects who were being pursued in a vehicle by the Eastpointe Police Department were arrested in the area of Mack Avenue and Marlborough Street in Detroit at around 2 p.m. April 18 by police from Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park. A report states that Eastpointe police followed the suspects’ vehicle as it made its way into the Park and Detroit. The suspects’ vehicle crashed, and the three suspects are then said by police to have gotten into another vehicle, which then also crashed. The suspects were fleeing on foot when Detroit and Park officers caught up with them and apprehended them. The suspects were turned over to Eastpointe police.
Wallet taken
GROSSE POINTE CITY — An unknown suspect is said to have stolen a wallet after its owner set it down temporarily on the Western Union service desk at The Village Kroger store at around 3:30 p.m. April 15. The victim told police he left the wallet to get his cart and when he returned, it was gone. The wallet contained an estimated $430 in cash, along with credit cards and other items. Police said they were able to recover the wallet and all its contents.
Larceny from auto reported
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