A cruise aboard the Diamond Belle treated visitors to a riverside view of Trenton’s Somewhere in Time festival Sunday. The 27th annual event under the direction of Trenton Parks and Recreation filled Elizabeth Park with friends and neighbors for music, a car show and an old-fashioned community picnic. Somewhere in Time shared space with Taste of Trenton and Beyond, offering samples from local restaurants. … [Read more...] about Cruising somewhere in time
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Oakwood Southshore celebrates 50th anniversary
Jack Kripowicz, a former Oakwood Southshore Medical Center board member, teacher and member of the Trenton City Council, stopped by to see the updates at the hospital. “I used to go down there all the time,” he said. TRENTON — Medical science and technology have come a long way in the last 50 years, and few people can attest to it the way Dr. Lilian Diakow can. Diakow, an OB/GYN at the Oakwood Southshore Medical Center (OSMC) delivered the first baby at the hospital and has worked there since it opened in 1951 as Seaway … [Read more...] about Oakwood Southshore celebrates 50th anniversary
Police seek to identify woman pulled from Detroit River
By JAMES MITCHELL Sunday Times Newspapers TRENTON — A man walking his dog along the Detroit River in Trenton Monday discovered the body of a woman police believe may have been the victim of foul play. Trenton police, with assistance from the Downriver Mutual Aid Team, Grosse Isle Township police and Trenton Fire Department, recovered the nude body of a black woman believed to be 30 to 40 years old. The body was discovered shortly after 6 p.m. near Meyer Ellias Park, east of Jefferson along the riverfront. The body was taken to … [Read more...] about Police seek to identify woman pulled from Detroit River
‘Time,’ ‘Taste’ together today
A timeline car show at Somewhere in Time presents vintage vehicles from the 1920s onward. By JAMES MITCHELL Sunday Times Newspapers It wasn’t quite nostalgia that gripped Joann Perna when she looked at the photograph, as she was clearly not among the Downriver residents pictured in a 1927 photograph of Elizabeth Park. The inspiration, however, was the birth of Trenton’s Somewhere in Time community celebration. Instead, she said it was “the whole atmosphere” of the scene as depicted in a photo at the Wayne County Parks and … [Read more...] about ‘Time,’ ‘Taste’ together today
Petkov free for Detroit Street return
By JAMES MITCHELL Sunday Times Newspapers TRENTON – After serving seven days in jail for violating a no-contact probationary order, Jennifer Petkov is free to return to her former Detroit Street residence. Petkov, known as the “Devil of Detroit Street” after gaining international, online fame for taunting a dying girl and her dead mother, was ordered to move from Detroit Street after pleading guilty on Feb. 1 to assault and battery charges for attempting to run down a neighbor with a vehicle. She was sentenced to 18 months … [Read more...] about Petkov free for Detroit Street return
All hands on deck for river exercise
River rescue drills These patients aren’t really suffering various wounds or distress, but they acted accordingly during a training drill held in conjunction with the Michigan Area Maritime Security Training and Exercise Program Tuesday. “Patients” at the Rotary Park boat launch in Trenton were treated by responders from the Oakwood Southshore Medical Center. TRENTON – The scene at the Rotary Park boat launch in Trenton could have been any parent’s worst nightmare: a group of children laying in various states of distress, some … [Read more...] about All hands on deck for river exercise
Compromise confirms teacher contracts
By JAMES MITCHELL Sunday Times Newspapers TRENTON – One thing that won’t weigh heavily on the minds of Trenton Public Schools teachers as the 2011-2012 academic year begins are lingering concerns about a contract that went unsigned. During a special meeting Wednesday, the Trenton Education Association allowed concessions in ratifying a two-year contract with school officials. TEA District Director Mark Hoffman addressed the board, and said the ratified contract was “a monumental one,” representing the first “truly concessionary … [Read more...] about Compromise confirms teacher contracts
Raise a colorful roof: Trenton plans ’Community Build’ for playscape
Parks and Recreation staff and friends Assistant Director Joann Perna (left), Director Pat Hawkins, Recreation Committee Chairman Bud Emmis and Commissioners Bob Watkowski and Ilene Flanagan are ready to welcome volunteers to Slocum Truax Park for a community build. By JAMES MITCHELL Sunday Times Newspapers Think of it as a really big set of Lincoln Logs. Friends and neighbors are invited to join Trenton’s Parks and Recreation crew for a community build on Sept. 30. The end result will be an ambitious playscape at the … [Read more...] about Raise a colorful roof: Trenton plans ’Community Build’ for playscape
Clerk steps down in time for campaign
By JAMES MITCHELL Sunday Times Newspapers TRENTON – It was inevitable, a formality necessary before the November general election, but City Clerk Kyle Stack’s announcement Monday of her retirement after 26 years of service still took an emotional toll. “It was with happiness but sadness I had to submit my retirement,” Stack said last week. Her final day in office, Sept. 30, allows a 30-day window prior to the November general election that pits Stack against Mayor Gerald Brown for the city’s top elected seat. “Working for … [Read more...] about Clerk steps down in time for campaign
Tax bonus restores service for Trenton Schools
By JAMES MITCHELL Sunday Times Newspapers TRENTON – Two months ago, the Trenton Public Schools Board of Education suspended bus transportation service for the 2011-12 school year. District officials said economic realities forced their hand as the $400,000-plus price tag for busing was beyond the budget’s ability for the coming year. In late June, however, Superintendent Larry Leapley heard from the Wayne County Tax Assessor, and news of delinquent taxes owed the district allowed the board to reinstate busing. After the … [Read more...] about Tax bonus restores service for Trenton Schools