Don’t separate teacher effectiveness from student achievement
Apr. 23, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION By: Molly Macek Repealing reforms will only hurt students School boards across the state have their work cut out for them. Leading a school district is hard enough, and now they must prepare to bargain with teachers’ unions
Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 102
Apr. 22, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Louis Anthony Conter Sept. 13, 1921 – April 1, 2024 Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the USS Arizona, an American warship that was bombed and sank in Pearl Harbor in 1941, has died. He was 102. Conter died
Seniors pay the price for political “party-crashers”
Apr. 18, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Political shenanigans have unfortunately disrupted a senior ‘coffee’ with the supervisor this week. The Plymouth Community Council on Aging is a popular senior group that organizes events and hosts monthly activities at the Friendship Station in Plymouth Township. Seniors are kept
Sewage crisis – punitive action created by Salem’s political leaders
Apr. 8, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION Guest Editorial By: Kurt Heise On April 4, more than 700 residents from Plymouth, Canton, Northville, and Salem attended a Public Hearing hosted by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy regarding the proposed Salem Sewer Plant.
Electric rate hike request now under scrutiny by AG
Apr. 1, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Recent outcry after DTE Energy announced their latest rate hike request has apparently caused alarm and provoked the ire of democratic Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel. Just months after the Michigan Public Service Commission granted DTE a $368 million rate increase
After years of neglect, energy giant DTE again unabashedly asks to raise rates
Mar. 29, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION After years of neglect and power outages, too numerous to count, often attributed to tree-trimming and not the infrastructure, DTE Energy unabashedly filed another rate increase request-four months after the last one was approved. This time claiming the funds
Salem’s sewage is a real threat
Mar. 25, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION DOES ANYONE CARE? We recognize that people in our community do inherently care about the issues at hand if they’re informed and overcome community apathy and get involved. Here is a critically important issue that needs our full community
Salem’s application for sewage plant triggers enviro, municipal and political turmoil
Mar. 17, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News State of Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is holding a Public Hearing, April 4 Salem Township applied for a permit for a wastewater plant with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). Salem has
Canton Police search for missing 12 and 15-year-old children
Mar. 15, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News UPDATE Mar 16, 2024 McKenzie Giddings and Anthony Richardson were found safe and returned to their family. Canton Police are seeking public assistance in locating missing children last seen in the area of Haggery Rd. and Michigan Ave. early morning
Wayne man charged with First Degree murder of ex-girlfriend
Feb. 26, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Wayne resident, Joseph Michael Slocum, Jr. 23, was charged and remanded to jail this afternoon before 35th District Court Judge James Plakas in the connection with the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend at the Canton Suites Hotel on Feb. 16. Slocum