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THE BELLEVILLE Cop’s lawsuit against city dismissed by court
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE
A federal court has dis-
Vol. 137, No. 08 missed the lawsuit filed by ” council agrees, “Thus, both
the police chief appointment
Sumpter Township Wayne Police Sgt. Abraham and removal are discretionary
Finance Director Scott Holtz Hughes against the city, City Thus, both the police chief acts, rather than contractual
gave members of the board Manager Lisa Nocerini, appointment and removal are discretionary acts, promises.”
of trustees a quick overview Mayor John Rhaesa and The court found in favor of
of the budget situation dur- Personnel Director Alyse rather than contractual promises. the city motion to dismiss
ing the regular meeting Feb. Leslie. Hughes' claims based on the
8. Hughes' lawsuit claimed city claim of “qualified immu-
See page 2. that Nocerini unfairly inter- nity” and stated that Hughes'
fered in the agreed-upon test- that the promotion would be court decision, states, “all complaint failed to state or
ing and evaluation procedure based on those independent administrative officers of the prove a constitutional viola-
THE CANTON in naming a new police chief test scores. He claimed in his City…shall be appointed by tion of his rights.
EAGLE in 2018. He claimed in his fil- filings that despite his higher the City Manager for indefi- “Qualified Immunity
EAGLE

Vol. 75, No. 08 ing that he had video evidence test score, Nocerini exerted nite terms of office, subject to shields public officials from
confirming that he obtained
the confirmation by the
undue influence on EMCO
money-damages liability if
The Canton Farmers the highest score on testing officials to ensure that Strong Council.” And “such officers their conduct does not violate
Market will return with performed by EMCO, the out- was promoted. shall be responsible to the clearly established statutory
special Off-Season Markets side company employed by The court, however, found City Manager and shall serve or constitutional rights of
at the Summit on the Park the city. He also asserted that that Nocerini was within her at his pleasure.” The court which a reasonable person
community recreation cen- both he and the other candi- authority as prescribed in the ruling also states that based would have known,” the court
ter March 20 and April 24. date for the job, current Chief Wayne City Charter to arbi- on the city charter, the city decision stated.
See page 4. Ryan Strong, were assured by trarily name the new chief. manager may remove the
Nocerini and EMCO officials The charter, as quoted in the chief of police so long as the See Lawsuit, page 3

THE INKSTER
LEDGER STAR Wild Wings
LEDGER STAR

Vol. 75, No. 08
State Rep. Jewell Jones Loss to Red Wings is win for Westland ice arena programs
pleaded guilty in a Feb. 15 to
four misdemeanors and two
felony charges stemming Their streak remains unbroken.
from his arrest on April 6, The Red Wings Alumni, led by leg-
2021. endary player Joe Kocur and comic
See page 5. Dave Coulier, who portrayed Joey
Gladstone on the hit TV series Full
House, pulled out a hard-fought 7-3 vic-
THE NORTHVILLE tory last week over Mayor William R.
EAGLE Wild's Westland Wild Wings. The for-
EAGLE
mer professional players were helped
Vol. 22, No. 08 to their 11th straight victory by hockey
Things are bound to heat legends Al Iafrate, Dennis Hextall,
up in downtown Northville Brent Fedyk, John Ogrodnick and
during the Chili in the Ville Larry Murphy. The 11th annual game
competition set for 1-5 p.m. was a community event to raise funds
Saturday, Feb. 26. for improvements at the Mike Modano
See page 6. Ice Arena and, as usual, drew a stand-
ing room only crowd of enthusiastic
supporters. Wild's team, which includ-
THE PLYMOUTH ed Pulitzer Prize winning reporter
EAGLE
EAGLE M.L. Elrick and WRIF rock DJ
“Meltdown,” was coached by Tony
Vol. 22, No. 08 Award winning actor and co-star of the
CBS series Blue Bloods, Greg Jbara.
In addition to a plan for The Wild Wings, including Craig
paid parking throughout Cobetto and Luke Wild, fought valiant-
downtown, the installation of ly but were no match for the retired
permanent bumpout professional players. The event was
'parklets' is being considered sponsored this year by North Brothers
by Plymouth City Ford. Proceeds of the event help fund
Commissioners. youth hockey and figure skating groups
See page 6.
who utilize the city ice arena.

THE ROMULUS
ROMAN
ROMAN
Vol. 137, No. 08
Visitors at the Romulus
Public Library this week will
see new carpeting through-
out a completely renovated
adult services area.
See page 4.

THE WAYNE
EAGLE
EAGLE

Vol. 75, No. 08 Plans for Northville Downs development move ahead
A Wayne man is facing
charges of first-degree murder Despite a slight delay, mem- ” Tinberg said. “We have to focus
and felony murder in the stab- bers of the City of Northville We want to see that the best possible, on it step-by-step. We'll do good
bing death of a 78-year-old Planning Commission unani- work at each step and then
Dearborn resident. mously approved a Planned most charming addition to Northville is built here. move on to the next one. When
See page 3. Unit Development (PUD) pre- you care a lot, as residents do,
liminary application for devel- plan itself. That meeting is commissioners found that it it's hard not to let the fears carry
opment at the Northville Downs scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, was. However, a complete appli- you beyond that step. It may
THE WESTLAND site. March 15, at the Community cation does not mean that the seem that our review is purely
EAGLE
EAGLE The project was determined Center with a Zoom (online) site plan itself was approved.” factual and technical, but we
Commissioners focused on
Vol. 75, No. 08 to be “generally complete” by option available to the public. the “completeness” of the plan (commissioners) live here too
Chairman of the Planning
commissioners during the Feb.
and are feeling some of the
The members of the John 15 meeting attended by about Commission Donna Tinberg noting that issues such as char- same things as people in the
Glenn High School DECA 170 individuals both in person said there were several steps yet acter, housing mix, traffic flow, community. We want to see that
were recently awarded the and on Zoom. The next step in to be completed before the proj- integration and accessibility will the best possible, most charming
Thrive Level Recognition for the process is the scheduling of ect was approved in the city. be addressed as the process con- addition to Northville is built
Community Service for the a public hearing so community “There was a narrow scope to tinues through regular develop- here. We want to work with the
2021-2022 school year. members can comment on the the meeting: to determine if the ment systems in the city. community and ask that they
See page 3. merits of the preliminary site application was complete. And “This is a long process,” stay in step with us.”

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