School construction troubles subdivision residents
June 14, 2012 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. RESIDENTS ARE SHOCKED AT SIZE, PROJECT CONTINUES- new photos. Residents of the Rolling Hills subdivision have already learned a lesson from their new neighbor, Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy: Pay attention to zoning hearings. As bulldozers, cement trucks and heavy machinery of all kinds continues to
Worker rescued as home roof collapses
June 7, 2012 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Community Fire Department responded to an emergency medical call on Thornridge Drive in the Lake Pointe subdivision early Monday morning when a 50-year-old roofing contractor was seriously injured. The unnamed male worker, employed by Richard’s Roofing of Troy, required emergency care and rescue
Breakdowns, staffing hamper fire response
May 31, 2012 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Township fire fighters faced some extraordinary obstacles during an early-morning house fire last week as equipment failures plagued their efforts. The fire started in the basement of a home on Dogwood Court in the Lake Pointe subdivision. Homeowner David Mills said a telephone
Layoffs continue, fire station No. 2 is closed
March 8, 2012 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. At a special meeting of the Plymouth Township Board of Trustees last Thursday, board members voted 6-1 to immediately lay off six firefighters, leaving a full-time staff of 14 to protect a community of 28,000 residents. Following an emotionally charged meeting, Fire Chief Mark
Conflict of ‘interest’? Citizens group files court appeal; request for fire run records denied
February 16, 2012 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Township residents have filed suit with the Michigan Court of Appeals in an effort to derail the 10-mill question members of the Township Board of Trustees placed on the Feb. 28 ballot. After more than 4,000 residents petitioned for a 1-mill Special Assessment
Actions of Plymouth board remain puzzling
September 22, 2011 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Once again, the actions of the Plymouth Township Board of Trustees has us somewhat puzzled. We fully understand the financial constraints that plague nearly every municipality in the area-budget cuts an subsequent service cuts are becoming more the norm than anyone would like to