April 2013

Richard Reaume (left), accepts $30,000 gift donation from Robert Bosch Corporation executives, along with trustees, (L to R) Steve Mann (not visible), Mike Kelly, and Kay Arnold (right), July 2012.   Apr. 30, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE.   “I (really) don’t remember that kind of numbers.” Richard Reaume, Plymouth Township Supervisor,

Apr. 29, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE.   OPINION   Voters in the Plymouth-Canton Community School District will be asked next month to vote on an issue that will go a long way toward determining the future of the district. Voters will be asked to approve $114 million in bonds to fund

Apr. 25, 2013  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.   Opinion   Last week, three area public safety departments agreed that their continued help in Plymouth Township might be doing more harm than good. The leaders of the three fire departments in Northville and Canton townships and the City of Livonia collectively agreed that

Apr. 24, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE.   No end in sight to spending spree   Plymouth Township officials approved a $1.9 million capital improvement bond during a special board of trustees meeting this week. The improvements will be financed over 12 years with the bond. The plan that was revealed to

Apr. 22, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE.   Old Village Annual Yard Sales & Trunk Sale Saturday April 27, 2013, 8am-3pm. Plymouth’s Historic Old Village will host its area wide yard sales. Residents who would like to participate, please email Mark Oppat at moppat@comcast.net and you will be placed on the map

Apr. 22, 2013  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.    “We can do what we can afford now. I don’t support borrowing money”   Plymouth Township trustees have approved a $784,000 bid to extend 1.25 miles of Ann Arbor Road streetscape. The approval came despite the resounding objections and no vote of Trustee Chuck

Apr. 22, 2013   PLYMOUTH EAGLE.   Fire chiefs from Canton Township, Livonia and Northville Township say their departments will no longer subsidize Plymouth Township Fire Department emergency medical calls. This week the three public safety professionals sent written notice to Plymouth Township Fire Chief Mark Wendel stating that effective immediately

Apr. 22, 2013,  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.   New system employed in Public Safety Department   When it comes to public safety in Van Buren Township, officers take their job descriptions seriously. Whether police or fire officers, the new philosophy of Interim Public Safety Director Greg Laurain and Fire Chief Dan Besson

Apr. 23, 2013  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.   Edwards to Hughes: You’re (the school district) the only entity in Plymouth Township that keeps getting tax increases   Plymouth Canton Community Schools Superintendent Jeremy Hughes received a less-than-cordial reception from Plymouth Township officials during their regular meeting last Tuesday. Hughes and school board

Apr. 19, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE.   Tim Wendel, author of the award-winning book, “Summer of 68: The Season that Changed Baseball and America Forever” will speak at the Plymouth District Library on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 1:00p.m.  This non-fiction work captures the tumultuous atmosphere in America that year.  In the