By TOM TIGANI Sunday Times Newspapers SOUTHGATE — Resurfacing of at least one of two major roads here is scheduled to begin this month. City officials recently signed documents giving crews from the Roads Division of Wayne County’s Department of Public Services to set up within the city limits for repairs on Allen Road from North Line to Pennsylvania. City Council members were briefed on the signoff at their July 22 meeting. The project also requires similar permission from officials in Taylor, which is bounded on the east side … [Read more...] about Orange crush? Construction barrels coming soon to Allen, Dix-Toledo
Southgate
Man sought in apartment complex robbery
SOUTHGATE – Police are looking for a man believed to have robbed two women late Monday in the parking lot of the Village on the Park apartment complex, 13330 Village Park Drive near North Line Road. The women, one of whom had just moved into the complex that day, were outside talking to some friends near the building’s east entrance about 10:30 p.m. When the friends went inside, a man carrying a large sliver semiautomatic pistol came walking toward the two women from the north. They said he then yelled at them to turn around and … [Read more...] about Man sought in apartment complex robbery
Police blotter
Lincoln Park Trash cans set ablaze Trash receptacle fires were reported at two businesses early last Sunday. At 3:38 a.m. at Southriver Collision, 517 Southfield, a fire caused $200 in damage to the receptacle and $100 worth of damage to the paint on a brick wall south of the building. Firefighters also doused a blaze about 3:45 a.m. in a garbage can outside Applewood Liquor Store, 743 Southfield. Truck swiped during stop for smokes A 2001 Dodge Ram was stolen from a gas station at 3848 Fort about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday … [Read more...] about Police blotter
Police blotter
Lincoln Park Birthday night ends in burglary for couple A resident of the 2100 block of Progress returned home with his wife just before 2 a.m. last Sunday from a celebration of her 30th birthday to find that their house had been burglarized. Two flat-screen television sets were among the items taken, along with a computer and monitor with a combined value of $800, a $400 DVD surround sound set, a $600 video game console and several jewelry items. Police found pry marks near the handle of a door on the house’s east … [Read more...] about Police blotter
Retooled festival to features, families, fun, fireworks
SOUTHGATE — The city’s annual festival returns this week with a different name, different time and on a smaller scale. Founders Day Week-end, formerly known as Heritage Days, will run Friday through next Sunday at the municipal complex, 14400 Dix-Toledo. The carnival associated with previous celebrations will not be held because of contractual issues. The event will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, with the band Top Shelf Tuna scheduled to play from 7 to 11 p.m. The 34th annual Heritage Day Parade steps off at 10:30 a.m. Saturday from … [Read more...] about Retooled festival to features, families, fun, fireworks
Board votes to end high school principal’s contract
By Tom Tigani Sunday Times Newspapers SOUTHGATE — Members of the Southgate Community School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to end a contract for the services of Southgate Anderson High School Principal Michael Kell. Kell met with the board just prior to the vote to explain some information he had given them last week about what he believed were the reasons behind his effectively being fired. During the meeting he continued his efforts to elicit an explanation from board members and Supt. David Peden as to why he was … [Read more...] about Board votes to end high school principal’s contract
Mayor wants to end civic service on high note
By TOM TIGANI Sunday Times Newspapers SOUTHGATE — One of the city’s longest-serving elected officials has decided to call it quits. After serving for 26 years as a city councilwoman and mayor — more than half the years of the city’s existence — Mayor Norma Wurmlinger recently announced she will not seek re-election in November. The filing deadline is June 23. “There wasn’t any one thing,” Wurmlinger said. “I just thought it was time to step down. I’m not upset with anybody or any thing.” Her city … [Read more...] about Mayor wants to end civic service on high note
Lincoln Park and Southgate Blotter March 22nd
Lincoln Park Woman fends off intruding acquaintance A 57-year-old woman was asleep in a recliner in the living room of her house in the 1300 block of Arlington March 14 when she heard glass bottles falling off a shelf over her kitchen sink. She awoke to find a black woman standing in her kitchen wearing a suede zipper coat with a light-colored collar, dark pants and a dark mask. The intruder grunted, cursed at the resident and tried to run past. The resident grabbed her and pulled her to the floor. The … [Read more...] about Lincoln Park and Southgate Blotter March 22nd
Teachers’ concession first step toward reducing schools’ deficit
By TOM TIGANI Sunday Times Newspapers SOUTHGATE — Officials in the Southgate Community School District are hoping to build on recent salary concessions made by teachers on the way to further cuts to avoid a budget deficit for the coming fiscal year. Last month the United Teachers of Southgate union agreed to a 1 percent salary concession that Supt. David Peden said will save his 5,500-student district about $250,000. “The teachers can sense that there is no money, not just in Southgate, but in all school … [Read more...] about Teachers’ concession first step toward reducing schools’ deficit
Council mulls longer terms of office
SOUTHGATE — It might be an idea whose time has come — or not. City Council members are revisiting the notion of changing terms of elected office to four years from two, and discussed the issue before their regular meeting Wednesday. Officials have no plans to change the current limit of eight consecutive years in office. “I don’t see it winning,” Council President John Graziani said of the ballot proposal needed to amend the city charter to lengthen the terms. Councilwoman Patricia Ganzberger agreed, saying, … [Read more...] about Council mulls longer terms of office