CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Meeting for its last scheduled time in July 2025, the Clinton Township Board of Trustees took on an agenda with its usual mix of business and bluster July 28.

On the matter of the abandoned township-owned residential property at 21229 Vermander Avenue, trustees voted to reject a $23,300 bid to demolish the structure. The township acquired the home in January from the estate of John Brune, who died in the home during a fire, with the goal of getting the building demolished. This goal has not changed, but Building Department Superintendent Barry Miller believes the demolition costs can be brought under $20,000

“The house needs to come down,” Clinton Township Building Department Superintendent Barry Miller said. “It’s in a bad way inside. It’s on (a) half-crawl, half-pier

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