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               THE BELLEVILLE
          ENTERPRISE                      Romulus Fire Department awarded $15,000 grant
          ENTERPRISE

              Vol. 137,  No. 25             Representatives    from                                                             services; county emergency
            Flights in a Vietnam-era      Energy Transfer, one of the                           ”                               management agencies; county,
          Huey helicopter with the        largest and most diversified               Grants from the company                    regional and local police
          doors wide open will be         energy logistics companies in       are determined based on a competitive             departments and other eligible
          offered this Saturday, June     the country, received a warm                                                          agencies.
          25, the Yankee Air Museum       welcome in Romulus last                 application and review process.                 Grants from the company
          in Belleville.                  week.                                                                                 are determined based on a
                          See page 5.       Kevin Krause, director of                                                           competitive application and
                                          fire services and emergency  response time. Those faster  ment headquarters on Eureka  review process, according to
                                          management, accepted a      times will reduce overall    Road June 13 to show their   information provided by
                  THE CANTON              $15,000 donation from the com-  response times in the city,  appreciation for the donation,  Energy Transfer and written
             EAGLE                        pany to be used for dispatching  Krause said as he thanked  along with members of the fire  applications are accepted on a
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                                                                                                                                rolling basis.
                                          enhancements in the city. The
                                                                      Robin Tilley Hull, senior spe-
                                                                                                   department and staff mem-
               Vol. 75,  No. 25           donation, Krause explained,  cialist in public affairs for  bers.                       Energy Transfer, one of the
                                          will be used to implement a  Energy Transfer.  The Bryx sys-  The donation came from  largest uses the corporate First
            Canton       Township         Bryx system which will reduce  tem will be installed at both  the Energy Transfer First  Responder Fund to provide
          Firefighter     Maureen         emergency intake time and   Romulus fire stations, Krause  Responder Fund which is ded-  financial grants to help further
          Stoecklein has retired from     fire department and equip-  said.                        icated to providing grants to  the primary mission of first
          the department ending her       ment turn out time.            Mayor Robert McCraight    help improve the efforts of first  responder organizations. Grant
          22-year career in the town-       Bryx system is newly-devel-  and several members of the  responders across the county,  applications are accepted and
          ship.                           oped software used to alert  Romulus City Council were   including local fire depart-  reviewed by company officials
                         See page 3.
                                          firefighters  and   speed   also on hand at the fire depart-  ments; emergency medical  on a regular schedule.



                THE INKSTER
          LEDGER STAR
          LEDGER STAR
               Vol. 75,  No. 25
             The National Kidney
          Foundation of Michigan
          recently received a $45,000
          grant to fund development of
          a new trailhead in Inkster
          Park.
                          See page 6.



                  THE NORTHVILLE
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               Vol. 22,  No. 25
            Tickets are now available     City officials and fire department personnel were on hand last week to accept a $15,000 donation from Energy Transfer to be used
          for the 28th Annual             for a new software response system and both Romulus fire stations.
          Northville Garden Walk
          sponsored by the Country
                          See page 8. Update to Canton Township Master Plan under way
          Garden Club of Northville.

                                          The comprehensive Master                                                               owners, and business owners
                                       Plan for Canton Township is                              ”                                who expressed an interest in
                  THE PLYMOUTH         being updated by the staff of the           As part of the update process,                serving on the 12-15 member
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             EAGLE                     Planning Services Division.              a variety of public engagement events            board. Board members will
                                          The master plan is a long-
                                                                                                                                 advise the planning commission
               Vol. 22,  No. 25        range policy document designed            and activities have been scheduled.             and township board members
            James Harrington Knittel   to guide the community for the                                                            on topics ranging from corridors
          was named as the new police  next 10 - 20 years on a variety of                                                        and intersections, housing and
          chief in Plymouth Township   topics such as, land use, devel-  facilities including the adminis-  able. Planning staff members  neighborhoods, environmental
          last month.                  opment, housing and neighbor-  tration building, library, The  will also be attending communi-  preservation, transportation,
                          See page 5.  hoods, infrastructure, trans-  Summit, BLOCK and Cherry     ty events such as the Summer  and other topics relevant to the
                                       portation and corridors, envi-  Hill Theater among others.  Concert Series, Pride OUTside,  plan.
                                       ronmental preservation, and   Residents and business owners  and Rally on Ridge.             The board members will also
                                       others.                       are encouraged to visit these    Residents interested in    participate in monthly meetings,
                   THE ROMULUS            As part of the update process,  facilities and leave comments.  assuming a more active role in  serve as ambassadors to the
             ROMAN                     a variety of public engagement   All public engagement events  the update process were offered  plan and help with public
             ROMAN
              Vol. 137,  No. 25        events and activities have been  and activities will be posted at  the opportunity to serve on the  engagement.
                                       scheduled throughout the 12-18  www.canton-mi.org/masterplan.  Master Plan Advisory Board.   Regular email updates about
            Romulus city officials will  month process. Events sched-  In the coming months, educa-  Planning Services personnel are  the plan and more information
          be hosting "One Romulus"     uled this month include com-  tional videos, drop-in Zoom   is currently evaluating applica-  is available at masterplan@can-
          community meetings to lis-   ment boards set up at township  chats, and surveys will be avail-  tions from residents, property  ton-mi.org.
          ten to residents' concerns
                          See page 6. $2 million awarded to Wayne-Westland school program
          and answer questions.
                                                                                                ”
                                          The      Wayne-Westland                                                                Northern Michigan University,
                                       Community Schools district has               All of their hard work pays off,             Eastern Michigan University,
                  THE WAYNE            been awarded a federal Upward                                                             Lawrence      Technological
             EAGLE                     Bound grant of $2,116,145 from                and we are thrilled with our                University, Pratt Institute, and
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                                       the U.S. Department of
                                                                                                                                 others,” she said.
               Vol. 75,  No. 25        Education.                               student achievement and outcomes.                   Upward Bound programs
                                          The grant will help more low-
            Kroll Construction owners  income students who would be  Upward Bound alumni have      munity activities,” said Yvette  instruct students in literature,
                                                                                                                                 composition, mathematics, sci-
          donated all the materials and  the first members of their fami-  gone on to great success, includ-  Jonna-Moore, Wayne-Westland  ence, and foreign language dur-
          labor costs to replace the roof  lies to earn degrees to prepare  ing Academy Award-winning  Community Schools Upward  ing the school year and the sum-
          at Veterans' Haven, a facility  for and enroll in college, a dis-  actress Viola Davis, correspon-  Bound director.    mer. Upward Bound also pro-
          dedicated to helping service-  trict spokesperson said. The  dent for ABC News John         “All of their hard work pays  vides intensive mentoring and
          men and women.               Wayne-Westland Community      Quiñones and Hall of Fame     off, and we are thrilled with our  support for students preparing
                          See page 8.
                                       Schools Upward Bound pro-     NBA player Patrick Ewing.     student achievement and out-  for college entrance exams and
                                       gram has been in continuous      “Our students make a four-  comes. Our recently graduated  tackling admission applications,
                                       operation for 40 years.       year commitment when they     Class of 2022 comprised 26 stu-  financial aid, and scholarship
                  THE WESTLAND            Upward Bound, is an inten-  join our program and are     dents who applied to 271 col-  forms.
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             EAGLE                     sive intervention program that  required to complete an extra  leges and earned a record $9.4  According to the U.S.

               Vol. 75,  No. 25        prepares students for higher  academic class every semester, a  million in scholarships. They  Department of Education, 86
                                                                                                   have all committed to attending
                                                                                                                                 percent of Upward Bound par-
                                                                     six-week summer program, and
                                       education through various
            The Westland Police        enrichment courses. At least  monthly community service.    college next year. They will rep-  ticipants enroll in postsec-
          Department recently cele-    two-thirds of the students in  They also must maintain their  resent    Wayne-Westland    ondary institutions immediately
          brated seven promotions and  each local Upward Bound pro-  GPAs, attend tutoring, attend  Community Schools at various  following high school gradua-
          welcomed two new officers    gram are from low-income eco-  multiple educational and cultur-  institutions including all three  tion. In 2021, more than 70,000
          during a formal ceremony     nomic backgrounds and families  al field trips, participate in col-  University of Michigan campus-  students enrolled in 966 Upward
          earlier this month.          in which neither parent has a  lege visits, and have continued  es, Williams College, Michigan  Bound projects in the United
                          See page 7.  bachelor's degree. Many       involvement in school and com-  State, Wayne State University,  States.

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