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Richard Stathakis does not consider himself a politician.

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When many people think of the city of Utica, they picture a small city surrounding a portion of M-59, landlocked between the much larger municipalities of Sterling Heights and Shelby Township.

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Amidst the examination rooms, drills and other equipment in the Shelby Township office of Dr. Robert Antolak is a room filled with things you don’t expect to see in a dentist’s office.

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As the Mayfair Planned Unit Development moves closer to potential implementation with a Washington Township Planning Commission meeting the evening of Nov. 13 and a public hearing scheduled for the Washington Township Board of Trustees meeting Nov. 19, many questions still linger.

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What does Veterans Day mean to you?

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The tumbling economy lost another domino this week with the announcement that bankruptcy is possible for the corporate owner of Lakeside Mall, which owns 200 other shopping centers.

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Michael Furrey of the Detroit Lions is helping a group of local teenagers in their quest to feed the needy.

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Mayors from four of Michigan’s largest cities met Monday, Nov. 10, to draft a proposal seeking federal redevelopment assistance for communities facing huge losses in property tax revenue due to potential plant closings.

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As student counts decrease across the state, Romeo Community Schools is facing budget issues resulting from a lower-than-expected student count this fall.

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A group of five males from the area are being charged with home invasion after being caught in a house in Washington Township.

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Ever wonder what it would be like to have a stranger living in your home for six weeks after breaking their hip on your front stoop?

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In what is appearing to be a running theme in the state of Michigan and across the country, many people in the community are running into hard economic times.

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Romeo High School athletes committed more than 1,600 hours of their time this fall. Not to athletics, but to the community.

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Several local bands and guest speakers will unite at the Mirage Banquet Center in Clinton Township on Nov. 22 to help raise awareness and funds in the fight against suicide.

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Over more than 40 years and 21 movies, the success of the James Bond franchise has been attributed to a very simple axiom: Every woman wants to bed 007 and every man wants to be him.

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As the success of “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” showed, family films are Hollywood’s cash cows.

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Worship may seem like an irrelevant aspect of our present-day problems, but it’s really at the very heart of them. And once we come to realize the central place that worship possesses, we are able to see that faithful worship is essential to bringing us the real hope and change we need.

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Today, diabetes affects more than 23 million Americans, with that number projected to more than double by 2050. And every year, Americans spend $174 billion on direct and indirect medical costs on the disease, according to the American Diabetes Association. Diabetics are at a higher risk of complications such as dental disease, amputations and vision loss.

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Applied kinesiology is a form of testing a patient’s muscle strength against a known reflex point of the body to determine if the reflex point is in a state of health or dis-ease. The reflex point may represent an organ, gland, muscle or vertebra. Applied kinesiology is extremely helpful and goes hand in hand in the use of Contact Reflex Analysis. CRA is the greatest alternative illustrative technique in the world of health care management today.

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Macomb Community College has been honored by The Center for Digital Education and Converge magazine as one of the nation’s most “Digitally Savvy Community Colleges.” This is the third straight time Macomb has been included among the top 10 large community colleges in the nation in the survey.

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It’s almost time for Thanksgiving - a time when families and friends get together to enjoy a bountiful feast. Holidays can be wonderful, but they can bring added stress and excesses.

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The first day of winter is not until Dec. 21, but many homeowners in the state may be taken by surprise by dropping temperatures.