By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – City officials are hoping they will receive the maximum $35,000 available through a housing rehabilitation allocation of the Community Development Block Grant program. With added estimated program revenue of $10,000, the city budget recommends $5,000 for demolition of dangerous vacant structures and $40,000 to rehabilitate code-deficient, owner-occupied homes of income-eligible families. Eligibility follows the guidelines of the Wayne Metropolitan Community Action … [Read more...] about City seeks maximum housing rehabilitation grant
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Oil company donates money to team, department
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – The Community Emergency Response Team and the Fire Department received year-end charitable contributions from Marathon Petroleum LLC. CERT received $1,750, while the department received $2,000. The City Council acknowledged the donations at its meeting Wednesday. Marathon’s local offices are at 1300 S. Fort St. in Detroit near the Melvindale city limits. The CERT program teaches people about disaster preparedness, including basic disaster response skills like fire … [Read more...] about Oil company donates money to team, department
Police say skipping seatbelt may have cost life
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – Police say snow, slick roads and not wearing a seatbelt may have created a deadly traffic combination Dec. 19 that cost a Detroit man his life just before Christmas. Augustus Richards Jr., 76, was removed from life support Dec. 23 at Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center after doctors determined that he no longer had any brainwave activity. Witnesses say Richards was traveling south on Allen Road in a silver 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix about 6 p.m. when he attempted a left turn … [Read more...] about Police say skipping seatbelt may have cost life
Melvindale mitten tree
City Hall employees Ann Sekmistrz (left) and Joan Luke admire the generous donations gracing Melvindale’s mitten tree. From its branches the nearly 100 hats and pairs of gloves will be distributed in January to students at Allendale Elementary School in need of warm outerwear. … [Read more...] about Melvindale mitten tree
Police blotter
Allen Park Middle school stoned Three windows collectively valued at $1,500 at Allen Park Middle School, 8041 Vine, were reported broken with large rocks just before noon Dec. 26. Holiday shoplifters stopped A middle-aged Melvindale man with five retail fraud convictions was arrested for shoplifting at Meijer, 3565 Fairlane Drive, about 5:30 pm Dec. 23. Concealed under his coat were two $100 shaving kits, sports team hats valued at $70 and $26 worth of steak. Employees at Old Navy, 3260 Fairlane … [Read more...] about Police blotter
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Allen Park Thunderbird missing, Dodge recovered A green 1997 Dodge was recovered in Lincoln Park about 6 a.m. Dec. 17 with a broken window and a damaged steering column. The owner last saw it at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at her place of business, Hopping’s Miracle Appearance Reconditioning Specialists, 16038 Southfield Road in Allen Park. A black 1994 Ford Thunderbird was taken from an apartment parking lot in the 14000 block of Champaign early Monday morning. The vehicle owner suspects his current live-in … [Read more...] about Police blotter
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Allen Park Shoplifters caught at local stores Nearly $400 in merchandise was shoplifted from Old Navy, 3260 Fairlane Drive, about 5 p.m. Sunday. A man and woman in their late 20s from Monroe set off security alarms when leaving the store with two shopping bags of merchandise. Witnesses described them and their red 2000 Pontiac without license plates to responding officers. Other officers then found it and made a routine traffic stop, recovering the stolen merchandise and arresting the two. * * * A 30-year-old … [Read more...] about Police blotter
Angels among us; Teens earn their wings with charitable youth mentoring project
Melvindale High School senior Miki Hernandez (left), third-grader Jazmin Gonzalez, third-grader Keshawn Taylor, and senior Sonia Hernandez enjoy their lunch after shopping with their charges. The high school girls are cousins. Elementary and high school students enjoy lunch after shopping. Misti Sensabaugh (right), a senior, shops with Shelbie Boutin, a 7-year-old second grader. By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – The Angel Project has striven to keep pace with the community’s fluctuating economic … [Read more...] about Angels among us; Teens earn their wings with charitable youth mentoring project
Police Blotter
Allen Park Silver sedans stolen A silver 2000 Lincoln LS belonging to an Eastpointe man was taken between 7 p.m. Dec. 2 and 9 p.m. Dec. 6 from the 10000 block of Carter while he was out of town with a resident. A silver 2001 four-door Pontiac Grand Am was taken from the 14000 block of Cicotte between 2:30 a.m. and noon Tuesday. The vehicle owner had been having trouble keeping track of his car keys, so he had been keeping them under the floor mat on the driver’s side of the unlocked car. Vandals hit city’s … [Read more...] about Police Blotter
Discretionary funds may be cut by a third to avoid future deficits
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – Failure to make cuts – and drawing from its fund balance this year —could place Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Public Schools in a budget deficit position for the 2010-11 school year. At a Nov. 23 meeting, district personnel learned they may have to cut discretionary funding by a third to maintain current teacher staffing levels at the existing salary and benefit level. The district faces unprecedented financial funding cuts from the state of Michigan. The current school … [Read more...] about Discretionary funds may be cut by a third to avoid future deficits