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Meijer files lawsuit against Plymouth Township

Vol. 138, No. 34 Meijer, the Grand Rapids- ” tuted an arbitrary, capricious
Members of the Sumpter based retailer known for its and unreasonable decision, was
Township Board of Trustees supercenters across the Residents from Plymouth and Northville not based upon proper proce-
continue to discuss a solu- Midwest and Southfiled-based voiced their objections to the dure, was not supported by
tion to recycling services in developer Redico Holdings project during the June 21 meeting. competent, substantial and
the community. LLC have filed a lawsuit against material evidence on the
See page 3. Plymouth Township seeking to record, and/or violated applica-
overturn a decision of the town- ble law policy.”
ship planning commission. a 5-1 vote at their meeting June sultants, engineers, fire depart- Meijer is also asking the
The lawsuit, filed Aug. 9 in in 21. Plans included a 159,000 ment and traffic consultants for court for an order protecting the
Wayne County Circuit Court, square foot Meijer, a nature cen- the township. The court docu- development from interference
claims that the plans for a new ter, gas station and convenience ments claim that none of the by the township in the develop-
Vol. 76, No. 34 super-center and gas station at store on a 21-acre parcel at Five professionals objected to the ment of the property. In addi-
Jacob Weber, 19, a Canton Five Mile Road west of Beck Mile Road, west of Beck Road. special land use request or the tion, the complaint also asks the
Township resident, has been Road in the township is permit- Residents from Plymouth traffic impact studies. Meijer court to award Meijer legal fees
named as the recipient of the ted by special land use, “subject and Northville voiced their agreed to road improvements associated with filing the law-
2023 Disabled American to meeting standards set by the objections to the project during suggested in connection with suit.
Veterans (DAV) top $30,000 township zoning ordinance and the June 21 meeting. Several the project, according to the Township Supervisor Kurt
scholarship. is consistent with the cited the inconvenience and court filings. Heise said it was not the policy
See page 4. Township's 2015 Master Plan heavy traffic conditions already The lawsuit requests the of the township to comment on
and Future Land Use Map.” in the area. court to reverse the decision of any pending litigation. He said
Members of the planning The lawsuit claims, however, the planning commission and the board of trustees would
commission denied the special that the plans for the new store find “the township's denial of review the lawsuit and decide
land use request from Meijer by were reviewed by planning con- the special use request consti- on a course of action.

Vol. 76, No. 34
The rescheduled Friends
of the Rouge Outdoor Afro
Paddle Trip was the maiden
voyage on the Canton
Township stretch of the
Rouge River water trail
recently.
See page 2.

Vol. 23, No. 34
The first community bike
ride in Northville Township
drew a large crowd to
Maybury State Park last
week and four participants
won new bikes during the
event.
See page 6.
On the green

Romulus Community Schools went straight to the green during the Birdies 4 Eagles golf fundraising event last week at Gateway Golf
Club. Before players teed off, State Sen. Darrin Camilleri presented Superintendent of Schools Dr. Benjamin P. Edmondson with a
Vol. 23, No. 34 check for $1.6 million to be used to reinvigorate and reinvest in career and technical training programs at Romulus High School.
The final curtain could Camilleri was instrumental in securing the funding for the schools as the chair of the Michigan Education Committee which author-
come down at the iconic ized the grant funds. On hand to congratulate the schools were Romulus Mayor Robert McCraight and several school and city offi-
Penn Theatre in downtown cials. Photo by rober Kadau.
Plymouth without some
relief from current property
taxes. Canton Township Police arrest 7 in vehicle theft ring
See page 5.
Police from Canton Township, Texas, Arizona and Alaska. Police Plakas at the 35th District Court faces charges of conducting a
Northville Township, Novi, also recovered five additional last Wednesday. criminal enterprise and 10 counts
Farmington Hills, West stolen vehicles which were mod- Charged were Miguel Santiago, of receiving and concealing stolen
Bloomfield and Oakland County els other than Broncos, an AR pis- 19, of Troy, who is charged with property worth $20,000 or more.
Vol. 138, No. 34 arrested seven people last tol, and $28,426 in suspected cash conducting a criminal enterprise Samir Rashed, 21, of
Tuesday in connection with the proceeds from the sale of stolen and nine counts of receiving and Northville, is charged with con-
The report of a suspicious theft of 16 new Ford Bronco vehicles. concealing stolen property worth ducting a criminal enterprise and
vehicle resulted in the arrest Raptors valued at a combined The seven suspects were $20,000 or more. nine counts of receiving and con-
of a 28-year-old man and the $1,760,000. from a factory lot in arraigned on various felony Also charged was Oliaran
confiscation of weapons and Canton Township and locations in charges before Judge James Pernell, 20, of Detroit, who also See Arrests, page 4
nearly 300 rounds of ammu- Dearborn and Woodhaven.
nition last week. Officers from the Canton
See page 3. Township Police Department
Special Operations Group began
the investigation in October 2022,
following reports of the thefts
from a Ford lot in the township.
Vol. 76, No. 34 During the investigation, officers
A federal judge has discovered related Bronco thefts
from locations in Dearborn and
denied a motion to dismiss a Woodhaven. The Canton investi-
lawsuit filed against the City gation resulted in the recovery of
of Wayne, Police Chief Ryan 10 stolen Ford Bronco Raptors
Strong, Police Lt. Finley from locations in Northville,
Carter and City Manager Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Miguel Santiago Oliaran Pernell Samir Rashed
Lisa Nocerini.
See page 2.

Vol. 76, No. 34
Staff members from the
Westland Department of
Public Service (DPS) are still
working on the city Capital
Improvement Program to
improve neighborhood
streets.
See page 4. Julian Lyles Dominick Dumont Abdulfattah Hamed Janisse Moss

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