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July 29, 2026  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   By:  Don Howard   Forth Member Announces Resignation Another elected official is leaving Plymouth Township government, adding a new and potentially significant chapter to an extraordinary period of turnover, political division and increasingly contentious relations at Township Hall. Trustee Mark Clinton

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Jul. 5, 2024  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   It is now known there was between 80 and 85 gallons of oil and kerosene that spilled from eight drums and a storage container last month at the former Northville Downs demolition site according to a recent statement by the Michigan

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May 28, 2024  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   With a $10 million federal lawsuit hanging in abeyance, owners of Michigan’s last parimutuel horse racetrack are reportedly scrambling to find a new home to replace the now dismantled Northville Downs. On the drawing board is the Handy Township Fowlerville track

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Jan. 18, 2024  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   The plans for opening a harness track in Plymouth Township has received a lot of media attention in the last year, especially this week now that Northville Downs will hold its last harness race early next month. Northville’s $200 million planned

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Dec. 23, 2023  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   We want to take this Joyous occasion to thank all of our loyal readers and followers. Over the past decade we have relied on you to share your observations, concerns and opinions so that you would have a voice in our

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Jun. 26, 2023  PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Michigan News   A final decision on the construction of a new harness race track in Plymouth Township could come before the board of trustees by the end of this month. Following approval of the development plans by the Plymouth Township Planning Commission earlier

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Jan. 19, 2023  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Displaced and uprooted Northville Downs Racetrack, after years of poor attendance, fewer races, reduction in live wagering and wrangling with the City of Northville over the lease of their 48-acre property, track owners – Northville Driving Club Corporation – has decided

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May 5, 2022  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Northville Farmers’ Market is held each week May through October. Now open for the season on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the corner of Sheldon and 7 Mile Road. There’s something for everyone at the Northville Farmers Market. Visitors

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Apr. 2, 2021  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Northville Downs Race Track has amassed a lot of attention in the past two years as planned downtown development threatens to forever change the quaint small town. In the meantime harness racing will continue at the track located in the center

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Dec. 29, 2020  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Northville officials last week approved a settlement agreement with Northville Downs racetrack regarding a hazardous materials accident that occurred over six-years-ago. According to synopses of the Dec. 21, Northville City Council Meeting, the dispute was over an unpaid invoice issued by

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