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Vol. 139, No. 01
A Sumpter Township man
will spend 3 to 20 years in
prison for his part in a failed
attempt to kidnap Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer.
See page 4.

Wayne council members choose new city manager

Vol. 77, No. 01 Wayne City Council members “I want the council to be in August to take a city manager
Currently, Canton Town- have chosen Diane Webb as the working with the city manager. job near Grand Rapids.
ship is accepting applica- new city manager. Our job is to make you success- Nocerini is a named defendant
tions from qualified individ- Webb was selected by a four ful and our community success- in an ongoing federal case
uals interested in joining the to three vote of the councilmem- ful,’ Rhaesa said at the Dec. 19 brought by Mark Blackwell, a
Canton Fire Department as a bers with Mayor John Rhaesa, meeting. city critic who claims Nocerini
firefighter/medic. Mayor Pro Tem Alfred Brock Councilmembers expressed and other city officials violated
See page 3. and Councilman Donald their gratitude to Wayne Police his First Amendment rights and
Quarles casting the dissenting Chief Ryan Strong, who's been falsely accused him of a misde-
votes. interim manager since the meanor during a police chief
Webb told the councilmem- abrupt resignation of former city hiring process in 2019.
bers she was looking forward to Manager Lisa Nocerini. Strong Multiple council members
the new position and that she was one of four final candidates and city department heads
Vol. 77, No. 01 planned to meet with each of under consideration for the job. openly supported Strong for the
A decades-long effort to them. “I'm very excited about the position. He has been serving as
save a historical site in Currently, Webb is the town- opportunity to work with you interim city manager since
Inkster may see significant ship supervisor in Redford and move this community for- Nocerini resigned. He has been Diane Webb
progress this year, according Township. She has served elect- ward,” Webb said. with the police department for
to organizers of the renova- ed terms on the Garden City City Final candidates for the job, more than 20 years. favor of naming Webb.
tion project. Council and the Wayne County in addition to Webb and Strong, A motion by Councilman “I'm excited to see what the
See page 5. Commission. were Mohamed Ayoub and Ken Mathew Mulholland to hire City of Wayne can do with a city
Despite his negative vote, Marten. Marten failed for lack of a sup- manager from outside who gives
Rhaesa told Webb he thought Webb will replace Lisa port motion during the meeting. us a breath of fresh air,’’
she would “do great.” Nocerini, who abruptly resigned Mulholland then voted in Mulholland said.
Sweeping victory

Vol. 24, No. 01
Anyone contemplating a 6th Annual Curling Royale tournament set for Jan. 20 in Romulus
visit to the abandoned state
psychiatric hospital on One of the 'coolest' events in
Seven Mile Road in Romulus will return Jan. 20.
Northville can expect a cita- The 6th Annual Curling
tion for trespassing. Royale event will begin at 3
See page 6. p.m. at Mary Ann Banks Park
Jan. 20 and team registrations
are now being accepted.
Curling is a sport in which
players slide stones on a sheet
of ice toward a target area
Vol. 24, No. 01 which is segmented into four
One of the most highly concentric circles. The sport,
anticipated events of the growing in popularity, is relat-
year, the 2024 Plymouth Ice ed to shuffleboard. Two teams,
Festival, is set to transform each with four players, take
downtown Plymouth into a turns sliding heavy, polished
winter wonderland. granite stones, also called
See page 2. rocks, across the ice curling
sheet toward the house, a cir-
cular target marked on the
ice. Each team has eight
stones, with each player slid-
ing two.
Vol. 139, No. 01 The player can induce a
curved path, described as
The demolition of the for- Previous Curling Royale District R tournaments brought out multiple local teams who swept their way to
mer RJs Party Store marked curl, by causing the stone to victory or had a great time participating in the event.
the end of more than four slowly rotate as it slides. The
years of effort by members of path of the rock may be fur- distance. A great deal of strat- highest score for a game; trations from four-person
the Romulus Building and ther influenced by two sweep- egy and teamwork go into points are scored for the teams. Officials said registra-
Ordinance department. ers with brooms or brushes, choosing the ideal path and stones resting closest to the tion is not required, but is rec-
See page 4. who accompany it as it slides placement of a stone for each center of the house at the con- ommended. On site registra-
down the sheet and sweep the situation, and the skills of the clusion of each end, which is tion will begin at 2 p.m. The
ice in front of the stone. curlers determine the degree completed when both teams entry fee is $100 or $25 per
"Sweeping a rock" decreases to which the stone will have thrown all of their stones player. Officials stressed that
the friction, which makes the achieve the desired result, once. A game usually consists all the proceeds from the
stone travel a straighter path expert players explained. The of eight or 10 ends.
(with less curl) and a longer purpose is to accumulate the Romulus is accepting regis- See Curling, page 4
Vol. 77, No. 01
Wayne Memorial High
School may soon include a
tribute to servicemen and
women who have graduated
from the school.
See page 5.

Vol. 77, No. 01
Members of the Wayne
Westland Board of
Education unanimously
rejected Superintendent of
Schools John Dignan's sug-
gested staffing cuts during
their Dec. 21 meeting.
See page 6.

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