$5M retail, residential development proposed for key Muskegon Heights intersection
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
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MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – A nearly $5 million mixed retail and residential development is planned for a key intersection in Muskegon Heights.
The Shoppes on Sherman project includes a $1 million cleanup of a former dry cleaner shop at the project site on Peck Street and Sherman Boulevard that’s critical to the revitalization of the area.
The development about two years in the planning is the project of Joe Rone, a Muskegon Heights native who lives in Iowa but has never lost his love for his hometown.
“I have a very good kinship with the city,” Rone told city council members last month, explaining that his mother, Eleanor, owned a business in the city for more than 50 years.
Muskegon poet shaped by grief becomes a ‘voice of the community’
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
Posted Feb 13, 2021
Ebony Davis, a poet, activist and business owner, stands outside her Muskegon shop Poetic Aspirations, 3312 Glade St., on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Hope Davison | MLive.com)Hope Davison
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Steeped in loss, Davis found relief in writing poetry.
“Poetry has been my therapy,” she said.
Davis has two identities: a 39-year-old woman born and raised in Muskegon and Gemini DaPoet, a force in the community who drives change through art. These alter egos coalesce through her work as an activist, a business owner, a writer, and a candidate for Muskegon Heights City Council.
Muskegon Heights selects new police chief
Sain has been on the force for 22 years. He previously served as a patrol officer, a sergeant, a deputy chief and a school liaison officer. Author: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff Published: 4:59 PM EST January 26, 2021 Updated: 4:59 PM EST January 26, 2021
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. Muskegon Heights City Council members have selected the city’s next police chief.
On Monday night, the council voted unanimously to promote Maurice Sain from “Interim Chief” to “Chief.” Sain replaces Joseph Thomas, who left Muskegon Heights to become the public safety director for Ecorse City in Wayne County.
“I m proud of the fact that I got a lot of the trust of the community and a lot of support from the community,” Sain said. “I m looking forward to continuing to hold the community accountable for helping us solve a lot of the crime – knowing that if they see something to say something, call us,