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Amazon delivers $1,000 donation to city police

Romulus public safety officers very generous to support the able to provide the saving care in
will be a bit safer thanks to a Romulus Public Safety ” the worst case scenarios imagi-
recent donation from Amazon. Foundation with this donation The donated equipment will be nable.” The donated equipment
Amazon DTW1 Loss and even volunteering their time will be used as a gunshot
Prevention Manager Jennifer at various foundation events used as a gunshot response kit, response kit, survival kit, and
Underwood and Procurement which support public safety survival kit, and individual first aid kit. individual first aid kit. The kit
Specialist Denzel Raines pre- awareness,” said Kevin Krause, allows for easy one-handed
sented a donation of $1,000 to the director of fire services and access to supplies in an emer-
Romulus Public Safety emergency management for the EMS Week, which Mark coordi- to the Romulus Police gency situation. The pouch is
Foundation last month. The Romulus Fire Department. nated,” he added. Department for immediate use. durable and includes a tourni-
donation came in response to a “Jennifer Underwood from Donations allow the Romulus The cost for 30 tactical kits quet, tactical gloves, pressure
month-long community safety Amazon as well as Mark Estes Public Safety Foundation to fund increased by $600 in the three bandage, gauze, burn dressing,
campaign which began in April from US Ecology are newer the purchase of items like 30 tac- months to collect and raise dona- trauma shears, foil blanket, and
2022. Funds are used to advance trustees with the foundation but tical gunshot and trauma tion funds to purchase them, he elastic bandages.
public safety interests such as their involvement has already response kits which cost nearly added. More information about the
innovative projects, education, made a huge impact in the $4,500, a foundation spokesman Romulus Police Chief Robert Romulus Public Safety
and equipment for Romulus resi- Romulus community. For exam- said. Donated funds from Pfannes said he was “grateful to Foundation is available at
dents, officials explained. ple a few weeks ago, US Ecology Amazon DTW1 offset the increas- Amazon and Romulus Public https://romuluspsf.square.site or
“We are very thankful to the donated meals to Romulus para- ing cost for tactical kits which Safety Foundation, that officers https://www.facebook.com/RomP
folks at Amazon DTW1 who are medic firefighters for National were purchased and sent directly will have the equipment avail- SF.
$50,000 Dunning grant will fund library technology upgrades

The Plymouth District Library has making high-quality hybrid programming
received a grant of $50,000 from the a reality for our community, she added.
Margaret Dunning Foundation. Meeting room users will also be able to
Library Director Shauna Anderson simply plug in their device to access the
said the grant will support significant full capabilities of the newly installed
technology updates in the community technology.
meeting rooms. With this grant, the “The grant-funded technology updates
library will update the audio-visual sys- will allow the library to continue reaching
tems in the Walldorf and Dunning meeting the strong online participation we have
rooms to better enable simultaneous seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic;
online and in-person program participa- it will also allow us to offer local nonprof-
tion, she said. its and community groups who use library
With the onset of the COVID-19 pan- meeting rooms the ability to expand their
demic, the library moved community pro- own audience, and create a more connect-
gramming to an online format, which was ed community,” Anderson said.
“very successful” Anderson said. Once in- The new technology is expected to be
library programs returned, it became in place by the first quarter of 2023 - the
clear that there are many in the communi- centennial year. Anderson said the library
ty for whom online programming remains staff was grateful to Margaret Dunning
the best option. Creating a simultaneous and the foundation that continues her was a successful businesswoman, philan- in the Woodward Dream Cruise with her
quality experience for both in-person and legacy of incredible support of both the thropist, and civic booster. She was a 1930 Packard 740 Roadster.
remote attendees, however, presented library and the Plymouth community. major supporter of many Plymouth non- Ms. Dunning died in 2015 at the age of
challenges beyond the existing failing The Margaret Dunning Foundation was profits, including the Plymouth District 104. Her estate provided additional fund-
technology. The new system will employ founded by Ms. Dunning in 1997. She was Library and the Plymouth Historical ing for the Margaret Dunning Foundation,
sophisticated cameras and microphones born in 1910 in Redford Township and Society. In addition to her personal phi- which continues to support her charitable
that can effectively capture activity in moved with her mother to Plymouth in the lanthropy, Ms. Dunning was a classic car interests and legacy. For more informa-
these large spaces for an online audience, 1920s. During her lifetime, Ms. Dunning enthusiast and was a regular participant tion: www.margaretdunningfdn.org.
Stolen

puppy

returned

Rocky has come home, thanks
to assistance the public provided
to Romulus police detectives.
The puppy, a French bulldog-
Boston terrier mix, was returned
to his owners Jason and Amber
Schlegel after being taken from
them at gunpoint during a rob-
bery last month. The owners
were lured to a location on Mesa
Way in the city in response to a
call for emergency locksmith aid.
When the couple arrived on the
scene, they were confronted by
gunmen who demanded cash
and tools from their locksmith
van. As the two suspects entered
a vehicle which arrived to take
them from the scene, one of the
men grabbed the puppy from his
owner's arms.
Romulus police detectives
thanked the public for assistance
in locating the stolen puppy and
reuniting him with his owners.
The investigation into the rob-
bery is continuing, they said, and
urged anyone with information
regarding the identity of the sus-
pects to call (734) 942-8400.

Absentee

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already submitted their applica-
tion can track that it has been
received and track the mailing of
their ballot, Benson said.
If a voter has already voted
absentee and wishes to change
their vote (because the candidate
has dropped out of the race, or for
any other reason), a voter can spoil
their ballot by submitting a written
request to their city or township
clerk.