April 2020

Apr. 17, 2020  PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Michigan News   Ashley Benson, a first-grade teacher at Achieve Charter Academy in Canton Township, has been nominated as the 2020 Michigan Charter School Teacher of the Year. “I am thrilled for Ashley to have been chosen as a finalist for Michigan Association of

Apr. 16, 2020  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Don Howard Staff Writer In a letter dated April 15, Plymouth Township declared professional landscaping an “essential function of township government.” Supervisor Kurt Heise posted notice on the township website and instructed Police Chief Tom Tiderington that landscaping services would be

Apr. 15, 2020  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   The Plymouth Canton Community School District reports that a group of young men have been soliciting people in the parking lots and inside of Meijer, Buschs and Kroger stores in the Plymouth – Canton area and attempting to collect funds. The

Apr. 14, 2020  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Don Howard Staff Writer Late Monday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to grant financial assistance to struggling Michigan bar and restaurant owners suffering losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The order to provide communities with needed sustenance during the

The city administration presented the 2020-2021 proposed budget to the City Commission at last Mondays’ meeting.

Apr. 12, 2020  PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Michigan News   Don Howard Staff Writer Area public safety departments are taking extra precautions to make sure police officers and firefighters are safe when responding to 911 calls during the coronavirus pandemic. Officials said that with the onset of the pandemic their departments

Apr. 11, 2020  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Don Howard Staff Writer Last Thursday, Gov.Gretchen Whitmer extended her order to close non-essential businesses in the state through April 30. Her latest stay-home order has lawmakers, business owners and residents upset and in various states of confusion as to what

Apr. 10, 2020  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   A 46-year-old Canton Township man is accused of attacking his wife with a power saw and dragging his 8-year-old daughter by the hair after slamming her to the pavement. Oswald John Tallent is facing multiple felony charges following his arrest and

Aug. 9, 2020  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Don Howard Staff Writer With an uncertain future ahead, Detroit area hospitals and doctors are readying guidelines for patients with ventilators in the event of shortage. With the surge of critically ill patients they’re telling their staff which patients should and

Apr. 8, 2020  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Don Howard Staff Writer In the past four days COVID-19 virus deaths in the U.S. has increased by over 73 percent to 12,285. As the national death toll climbs and virus cases are set to peak, five Plymouth area communities have