Politics & Government
Around Canton: Week in Review
A forum on Sikh articles of faith, a swearing-in for freshman Michigan Sen. Patrick Colbeck, and Canton Township's Leisure Services Department gets a new director.
There may never be a dull week in Canton Township. Here are a few highlights from the first week of 2011:
About 75 people attended a forum to and why a was carrying a kirpan, a small, blunt-edged knife kept in a sheath. Plymouth-Canton School District policy forbids weapons, but the kirpan is an important religious item in the Sikh faith and is not used as a weapon. School officials will continue meeting with leaders from the Sikh community to find a solution, according to a school spokesman.
was sworn in as District 7's state senator and promised to work quickly on reforms.
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Canton Police asked the public for help finding the .
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools opened registration .
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officially started her new job as director of Canton Township Leisure Services. She succeeds retiring director Ann Conklin – and just in time to kick off “.”
In sports:
returned refreshed from winter break and beat Dexter on the ice. had a pretty good week, and winning the but losing to . Bowlers representing , while of the season on the lanes.
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