Friday, May 17, 2013
The City of Plymouth will host an open house on May 22.
City of Plymouth officials and staff members invite residents to attend an open house at the Department of Municipal Services (DMS) on May 22. The open house will celebrate National Public Works Week and Arbor Day. DMS will be exhibiting the equipment used to maintain city streets, water and sewer systems and trees. DMS will give equipment demonstrations using a backhoe, which will be situated next to a sand pile. There will also be small loader digging in the road salt pile. Other equipment will be open for kids to climb through. Kids will also be able to try on safety gear an take home coloring and activity pages. There will be also be information on the care of city trees and Plymouth's status as a Tree City USA. The event will be …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony in Hines Park.
Come this September, Plymouth Township will be home to a newly completed First Responders Memorial for Wayne County police, fire and EMS agencies at the corner of Hines Drive and Haggerty Road. Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano said the memorial will be a tribute publicly to those who risk their lives day in and day out. "Many times it's so difficult to express the loss of someone who is a first responder," he said. "I think, like anything else, unfortunately for a couple of days, people sort of pay attention and then it fades from memory, which is really unfortunate. But the families carry on with it. It's like anything else, you never really leaves your heart. And if you have lost someone who is a first responder in the line of duty…
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Canton state representative and two of her colleagues are promoting a package of bills that supports women's health.
Discussions about women's health care in Michigan often revolve around one topic: abortion. But a package of bills supported by State Rep. Dian Slavens (D-Canton) and other House Democrats aims to change that. Slavens, Rep. Vicki Barnett (D-Farmington Hills) and Rep. Ellen Cogen Lipton (D-Huntington Woods) spoke at the Farmington Community Library Main Library Monday afternoon about four bills and three resolutions: "Earlier this year, House Democrats went on a listening tour ... and one of the things we heard repeatedly is that Michigan is letting down its women when it comes to access to health care," Lipton said. Democrats know they'll have to negotiate with their Republican colleagues to pass the bills, all of which have been …
Teachers, administrators and politicians gathered in Novi to discuss Michigan's responsibility toward educating its population.
Cuts to education funding in Michigan are a big concern for educators and parents of children in public schools. “We’re diverting a whole bunch of money from our public schools and I think it’s terrible,” said Michigan Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor), at an education forum at Novi Middle School Monday night. Teachers, administrators and politicians came together at the forum to answer the question of what Michigan's responsibility is toward educating its population. “All of our schools are being required to do more with less,” said Sheila Paton, treasurer of the Plymouth-Canton Community school board. Panelists spent the first part of the evening discussing student performance. Bill Rustem, Governor Rick Snyder's director of strategy…
Monday, May 13, 2013
WXYZ Channel 7 anchor JoAnne Purtan will moderate Monday's public education forum in Novi.
Teachers, administrators and politicians will come together Monday in Novi to answer the question of what Michigan's responsibility is toward educating its population. The Novi Education Association is holding the education forum, moderated by WXYZ Channel 7 anchor JoAnne Purtan, 6:15 to 9 p.m. Monday in Novi Middle School's auditorium. "We really wanted to make sure we give the parents and the general community an opportunity to learn about the education reforms taking place in Michigan," said Seth Furlow, Novi Education Association's public relations chair and science teacher at Novi High School. He said there was a similar forum in Ann Arbor a few weeks ago but many in Novi and neighboring districts thought important questions weren't…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The Marketplace Fairness Act was approved this week in the U.S. Senate, and is headed to the Republican-controlled U.S. House for consideration. Both Michigan's senators voted for the bill, which would require merchants to collect state taxes on internet
Michigan's U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, both Democrats, voted in support of a bill that requires merchants to collect state sales taxes for online purchases. The Marketplace Fairness Act passed the U.S. Senate 69-27 on Monday. Next up, the legislation goes to the GOP-led House. President Barack Obama has previously said he supports the bill. Supporters say the bill would level the paying field for traditional local retailers and collect much needed tax revenue for state. Opponents, including anti-tax activists and retailers, say it will be overly burdensome on small businesses and would effectively result in a tax increase. Neither Levin nor Stabenow issued public statements after Monday's vote explaining their support of the…
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The $114.4 million bond issue passed by a whopping 65 percent on Tuesday's election.
As votes were tallied on Tuesday, Plymouth-Canton Community School Board President John Barrett was in Albuquerque, New Mexico, visiting his daughter who is expecting a child any day now. On his way to her house for dinner, a rainbow appeared. "I thought to myself, either the baby is going to be born or the bond passed," he said. "And it turned out the bond passed!" The $114.4 million bond proposal passed with a little more than 65 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results from the Wayne County Clerk. Barrett said he was thrilled, but surprised at the margin. "I'm surprised because I know there was a large last-minute effort by a number of people to put out 'vote no' signs and sent emails out - we were all a little bit worried …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m. and we'll report the election results as they come in.
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools are seeking a $114.4 million bond proposal. The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Stay with us all evening for live updates on the outcome. Wayne County Results (All 45 Precincts Reporting) City of Plymouth Plymouth Township 2,409 Canton Township *Results are unofficial
The Detroit House of Corrections property was obtained by Plymouth Township in 2011.
A dispute over 190 acres in Plymouth Township that a city Law Department claims was illegally transferred to Plymouth Township in a tax foreclosure sale in September 2011, has reached Wayne County Circuit Court, according to the Observer & Eccentric. As Plymouth-Canton Patch previously reported, the parcel is the site of the former Detroit House of Corrections, or DeHoCo and was obtained by Plymouth Township in September 2011 for $606,150. The land was sold because of unpaid taxes, the report said. The Observer & Eccentric reports that the city of Detroit filed suit on April 5 and amended on April 18, against Plymouth Township and that Wayne County Treasurer Raymond Wojtowicz is asking that a judge return the property and award costs, …
Plymouth and Canton communities will decide whether Plymouth-Canton Community Schools will get a $114.4 million bond issue to build a new middle school and upgrade technology, facilities and buses.
Canton has had a steady stream of voters trickling into the polls on Election Day Tuesday, according to officials. In contrast, the City of Plymouth was experiencing light turnout all morning, according to the clerk's office. Canton reported 900 voters at its 10:30 a.m. call into the Wayne County Clerk's office. However, because of the nature of a special election, officials said they really couldn't compare to previous years because each election was something different. Canton residents McIver Richardson and his wife, Mary, stopped by their polling location, Summit on the Park, just before noon. Both voted yes for the $114.4 million bond proposal for Plymouth-Canton Schools. "Most neighborhoods want schools to have good education," …
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2:27 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
No one from the Township showed up. Sad that Jake and his friends hate the firefighters so much that won't even honor the victims. Wow. http://plymouthvoice.com/plymouth-township-officials-absent-from-wayne-county-ground-breaking-ceremony/ more ›