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CANTON - PLYMOUTH
CANTON - PLYMOUTH

Board cancels ‘take out’ order for food truck

Members of the Canton and mortar restaurants in the extension of the Slows license at
Township Board of Trustees community criticizing the $250 the emergency meeting last
reached a compromise and monthly license rate charged week.
agreed to a license extension for Slows, claiming that minimal Slows will now pay $750 per
the Slows Bar BQ food truck in fee gave the food truck an unfair month in licensing to operate on
Cherry Hill Village. financial advantage as their Saturdays and Sundays in
Following complaints from businesses bear “a much higher Cherry Hill Village until Oct. 5,
several local restaurants regard- financial burden in operating stipulations approved by a 5-2
ing the failure of the food truck costs and contribute more to the vote of the board members dur-
to pay taxes in the community community.” ing the emergency meeting.
and citing an unfair competitive Following that decision, Supervisor Pat Williams and
edge, trustees had rejected the Township Clerk Michael Trustee John Anthony cast the
Slows’ license extension request Siegrist called a special board no votes on the extension.
at the Aug. 25 meeting by a 4-3 meeting Sept. 1 at the request of Williams said his no vote was
vote. trustees Steven Sneideman and based on the extreme hardships
Trustees received a letter Anne-Marie Graham-Hudak, faced by all brick-and-mortar
from operators of six other brick both of whom supported the businesses by COVID-19.
District students set to begin virtual school year

Students in the Plymouth- the decision was based, in part, tocols and dangers of COVID-19. mid-August. that that is their choice. But we
Canton Community Schools will from information received in a Superintendent of Schools “These are crazy, stressful are confident they will return to
begin school this year from survey of district families and Monica Merritt told the board times for all involved and we P-CCS once (normalcy
home. input from the union which rep- members that it was imperative will be dealing with the returns).”
In an extended meeting resents district teachers. The the decision be made so that unknown for some time to Merritt added that when the
recently, members of the board district had been planning on a teachers can begin prepara- come,” Merritt acknowledged. rate of infection and safety pro-
of education approved a plan to blended system of in-person tions for virtual lessons. The “We realize that some families tocols allow for in-person class-
begin the school year virtually, and virtual classes, but that plan was required to be submit- may choose to leave Plymouth es, the district teachers, build-
for all students. Board members decision was changed during ted to the Wayne Regional Canton Community Schools as ings and administrators would
and administrators noted that the discussion of the safety pro- Educations Service Agencies by a result of the (virtual start), and be prepared.
Industrial fire destroys area building

Don Howard ”
Staff Writer
Faulty equipment was determined as We're happy the business owner called 9-1-1
the preliminary cause of an industrial fire
that destroyed a Plymouth Township man- quickly to protect the exposure all firefighters
ufacturing facility on Friday afternoon. experience and there were no injuries.
Fire officials said the building that
housed Netshaped Solutions, located at
9075 General Dr. near Joy Road, was likely
a total loss but there's a chance much of
the heavy industrial cold forming and cutting oil and fluids, believed to be the p.m.
thread rolling equipment was saved from main source of the fire. “We're happy the business owner called
damage. In addition to the Plymouth Township 9-1-1 quickly to protect the exposure all
Plymouth Township firefighters man aerial Township Fire Chief Dan Phillips said Fire Department, mutual aid was sum- firefighters experience and there were no
ladder truck, one of several fire apparatus an employee working overtime first moned from Northville City, Northville injuries,” Phillips said.
required to control massive industrial fire reported the fire at 3:45 p.m. According to Township, Canton, Livonia, Westland and An environmental cleanup crew was at
last week at an industrial facility. Phillips. the business entity performs Inkster Fire departments. Phillips said the scene of the fire on Saturday after-
Photo by Dan Phillips manufacturing operations that involve they had the fire under control by 8:30 noon.