No. 12
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
75¢
March 23 – 29, 2017
w w w . a s s o c i a t e d n e w s p a p e r s . n e t
The newly combined
Westland-Wayne Relay for
Life effort to raise funds for
theAmericanCancer Society
began with a Pizza Palooza
event that generated $550
recently.
See page 4.
Northville City Council
members are accepting
applications to fill two cur-
rent vacancies on the
Downtown Development
Authority (DDA) Board of
Directors.
S
ee page 5.
Vol. 132, No. 12
Vol. 70, No. 12
Vol. 70, No. 12
Vol. 17, No. 12
Members of the Romulus
Memorial Cemetery Board
of Trustees are urging a
clean-up of the historic facili-
ty thismonth.
See page 2.
Vol. 132, No. 12
Vol. 70, No. 12
Vol. 70, No. 12
For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Michael McElhone and
Dennis Bozyk have been
appointed to fill vacant
terms on the Westland
Historical Commission by
MayorWilliamWild.
See page 3.
The efforts of staff mem-
bers at the Canton Public
Library to provide the best
service possible to users has
been recognized by the
Library ofMichigan.
See page 3.
Vol. 17, No. 12
Michigan State Police are
seeking a 'good Samaritan'
who helped a stranded
motorist who was later shot
to death in Inkster.
See page 4.
Plymouth Township offi-
cials approved the purchase
of six new state-of-the-art
Automatic
External
Defibrillators last week in
response to a "critical need."
See page 2.
Registration is now under
way at the Belleville Area
District Library where a
series of computer classes is
being offered to area resi-
dents.
See page 5.
The long-anticipated Busch's
Fresh food Market officially
opened last Friday on Canton
Center Road in Canton
Township.
“We can't wait for the Canton
community to see all the hard
work that's been done here,”
saidMike Brooks, president and
CEO. “I believe our guests will
be pleased with our unique
offerings and emphasis on local
products.”
The 54,000 square foot store
includes features an expanded
produce department with a gar-
den manager station, more than
200 locally-sourced products,
Busch's-made artisan bakery
breads, bulk food stations, fresh
sushi and a hot Asian bowls
stand, an expandedhot food and
salad bar, a world-class wine
and beer department, a gelate-
ria with authentic Italian gelato
by Iorio's, a juicery, Indian and
Halal cuisine, a Starbucks kiosk,
and J.B.'s Smokehouse, Busch's
own restaurant featuring south-
ern-style barbecue, with a
Michigan twist.
“We are offering an expan-
sion of multiple departments
andwe are providing opportuni-
ties to 200 employees,” said
John Busch, chairman. “We look
forward to seeing the communi-
ty come together, while enjoying
all the new selections our one-
of-a-kind storehas to offer.”
A ribbon cutting with the
Canton Chamber of Commerce
took place March 17 and the
new market presented goodie
bags to the first 150 shoppers at
the new store. Numerous local
vendors were also on hand dis-
tributing food samples to guests.
Busch's Fresh Food Market is
located at 225 S. Canton Center
Road. This is the 16th location of
the chain and the first to include
a restaurant inside the store.
The restaurant features mod-
ern, rustic décor that is casual
and family friendly. Seating 170,
including outdoor patio seating
in warmer weather, J.B.'s
Smokehouse will offer a selec-
tion of Michigan brews and
indulge in cuisine prepared by
ExecutiveChef ToddBuchanan.
“We proudly use ingredients
you can pronounce and when
we say locally made, we mean
it,” said Buchanan. “Our barbe-
See
Market,
page 3
Plymouth Township firefight-
ers are a little hot under the col-
lar following accounts of a
recent house fire in the City of
Plymouth which they feel down-
played their actions during the
emergency and credited anoth-
er department for a “fast
response.”
Firefighter Greg Mangan of
Plymouth Township Local 1496
said it was the quick response of
the Plymouth Township depart-
ment which helped control the
damage at a two-story home at
1260 Ann Arbor Trail in the City
of Plymouth last week. He said
the call came into the dispatch
center at “about 11 p.m.” and the
Plymouth Township firefighters
responded to the call even
though it was in the City of
Plymouth, usually served by
paid on-call firefighters from the
cities of Northville and
Plymouth. The city and the
township departments operate
under an automatic modified
mutual aid agreement as mem-
bers of the Western Wayne
County Fire Department Mutual
AidAssociation.
The township firefighters
were at the home within 7 min-
utes of the alarm reporting a
“fireplace fire.” The published
comments
from
Northville/Plymouth Fire Chief
Steve Ott thanking them for
their “assistance”, did not sit
well when, Mangan said, it was
some time before the
Northville/Plymouth city on-call
firefighters arrived at the home.
He said by the time the other
department arrived, the town-
ship department had taken
charge of the scene, and town-
ship personnel were responsi-
ble for controlling and extin-
guishing the blaze. The fire,
which occurred during the
windstormWednesday, kept fire-
fighters at the scene for four
hours.
According to reports, the
township fire department
responding with a crew of eight
firefighters immediately con-
Plymouth Township firefighters
responded to the call even
though it was in the City of Plymouth...
”
See
Fire,
page 2
Meet the champs
The Romulus Eagles varsity basketball team fol-
lowed up their district title with the regional cham-
pionship last Wednesday. The Eagles beat the
Ann Arbor Pioneers 66-53 in the regional champi-
onship game improving the Eagles record to 20-4.
With the game tied at halftime, the Eagles came
out strong in the second half going on a 12-0 run.
Head coach Jerret Smith said, “We just had to
keep pushing, we knew we had to wear them
down.” The Eagles have advanced to the final
eight teams in the state tournament and are hop-
ing to win their second state championship in the
past five years. Jaren English goes for a rebound
during the game, above right, while above left,
Kaevon Merriweather scores with a dunked ball.
Crowds welcome newest Busch’s to Canton
Canton Township Supervisor Pat Williams was among those welcoming the new Busch's Market along
with Chairman John Busch and co-owner and brother Doug Busch, at the formal ribbon-cutting last
week.
Photo by Dave Willett
Don Howard
Staff Writer
Fire response report ignites tempers
