November 2013

City lights holiday tree Downtown Plymouth in front of Kellogg Park will be the site of the annual city holiday tree lighting beginning at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15.  The Salvation Army will also begin the annual Red Kettle donation drive in the city during the event.     Young Eagles

WATCH VIDEO – PARC Spokesperson Don Soenen appeals for support from Plymouth Township Board of Trustees at their November 12th meeting.   Nov. 14, 2013  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.   A grassroots organization formed to save Central Middle School drew a standing-room-only crowd at the 400-seat Penn Theatre last week. The newly-formed

Staff Sgt. Thatcher, left, Lt. Col. Edward Saylor and Lt. Col. Cole stood in front of the Doolittle Raiders Memorial   Nov. 12, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE.   Three of the four remaining famed Doolittle Raiders, those who could still travel, met in Dayton Ohio at the National Museum of the

Nov. 11, 2013  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.   From a brand new construction to a Queen Anne farmhouse, the Northville Community Foundation Holiday Home Tour again offers unique holiday decorating ideas in real home settings. The 15th annual tour, sponsored this year by Toll Brothers, will take place from 10 a.m. until

Nov. 8, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE    They called it the “White Hurricane. The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the 100th anniversary of which is this month, exacted a toll far greater than that of the gale that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975. The former storm battered the lakes from

Nov. 8, 2013  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.    A majority vote of the five-member Plymouth Township Compensation Commission assured annual salary increases for all elected township officials in both 2014 and 2015. The Plymouth Township Commission members, all nominated to the commission by Township Supervisor Richard Reaume, met on Oct. 28 for

Nov. 7, 2013  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.   Canton Township will once again officially honor area service men and service women in a special “Salute to Service” ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, located 50400 Cherry Hill Road. This special Veterans Day celebration will

Nov. 6, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE.   A furnace repairman in prison nearly 20 years for armed robbery is getting his day at the Michigan Supreme Court. William Garrett’s case has bounced many times up and down the state’s court system. He was convicted in 1995 of armed robbery after an

Nov. 4, 2013  PLYMOUTH VOICE.   Veteran’s memorial ceremony planned   The annual Veteran’s Day ceremony in Plymouth will be hosted by American Legion Post 391, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6695 and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 528. The memorial ceremony is planned for 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at

             STEVE MANN FORMER PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE       Nov. 1, 2013  PLYMOUTH EAGLE.   The City of Detroit wants the land erroneously sold to Plymouth Township returned and intends to pursue every legal avenue possible to reclaim the 190-acre property. Last week, however,