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THE BELLEVILLE Offers for PARC property considered
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE
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It took five or six revi- Don Howard approval from the City of
sions, but a 12-page lease for Staff Writer Plymouth.
the hexagon house in According to Soenen, the lat-
Sumpter Township as a sup- The sale of 9.64 acres of land, est land sale is necessary to fend
plemental library has been the last large track of green space off expenses for major and essen-
approved. in downtown Plymouth, may be tial capital improvements need-
See page 4. imminent as talks with potential ed at the 100-year-old building
buyers continue. following voters’ rejection last
According to Don Soenen, year of a proposed .75 mill to be
president of the Plymouth Arts levied in both Plymouth and
THE CANTON and Recreation Complex, talks Plymouth Township. The fund-
EAGLE have been under way with city ing, requested for 20 years, would
EAGLE
officials regarding the sale of two
have allowed for maintenance at
Vol. 72, No. 34 thirds of the initial 16.6 acre site the former Central Middle
Registration is now under near the Miracle League fields School and provided funds for a
way for the Lead and the Plymouth Cultural performing arts theater on the
#LikeAGirl, Be A Center. site, Soenen said.
#ModelMan, and Youth Philanthropists Mark and “We have adequate cash flow
Advisory Council Programs Patty Malcolm spent $3.25 million now for everything we're now
for the 2019-2020 school year. in 2015 to purchase the property doing,” Soenen said of the cur-
See page 2. from the Plymouth-Canton rent PARC facilities which has 23
Community School District then full-time paying tenants.
donated the school to a non-profit Soenen said he hopes the
THE INKSTER 501-C3 corporation, the property located within walking The current land for sale in downtown Plymouth adjacent to the
LEDGER STAR Community Foundation for distance to the downtown district Plymouth Arts and Recreation Complex is being sold by Signature
LEDGER STAR
Associates.
will sell for at least $5 million. It's
Southeast Michigan, to save the
Vol. 72, No. 34 building from destruction. The a ready-to-build site with all utili- ment of the parcel is for “a com- feet south from the back of the
school district purportedly had a ties, zoned for residential and bination of apartments, condos PARC building to Farmer Street
An attempted routine traf- buyer who planned to construct master-planned for mixed-use and homes with walking path behind the backyards of the
fic stop in Inkster ended in a 63 single-family homes on the and multi-family development, and bike paths.”
death last week as a acreage, based on zoning he added. His vision for develop- The sale property runs 578 See Sale, page 6
Westland man was killed
while fleeing from Inkster
police on Aug. 20.
See page 4. Butt out

THE NORTHVILLE Lung disease, deaths prompt warnings about vaping, smoking
EAGLE Julie Brown
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Vol. 19, No. 34 Staff Writer
Katherine Willson, a pro- With the increasing news
fessional genealogist, has of teens being hospitalized
some answers for those who with serious lung damage
regularly get online hoping caused by 'vaping' and smok-
Google can help with ing, young people are being
research of their ancestry. targeted by non-smoking
See page 5. advertising and advocacy
groups, encouraging them to
avoid all nicotine delivery
THE PLYMOUTH systems. The recent death
EAGLE last week of a Chicago man
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Vol. 19, No. 34 who developed a serious lung
disease after vaping has
Alumni of Geer School, a prompted warnings about
one-room schoolhouse in any type smoking or vaping.
Plymouth, will meet for a The Centers for Disease
reunion this year during the Control and Prevention
Fall Festival. reported last week that 149
See page 3. people nationwide had con-
tracted a severe respiratory
illness after vaping.
THE ROMULUS At 28, Adam Jonik is grate-
ROMAN
ROMAN ful to be a nonsmoker and
grateful to his mom, who is a
Vol. 134, No. 34 big part of that life choice.
The Romulus Pumpkin “It was something that just “It was something I tried smoking a cigarette in front of tional teaching.
Festival will include a little didn't really interest me,” the one time when I was a child.” her, he said. “She knew peer Health care professionals
star power this year with the Canton Township resident Jonik's mother had her pressure was going to be a big
visit of American Idol winner said. middle school-age son try thing,” he said of her inten- See Warning, page 2
Ruben Studdard Sept. 21.
Multiple charges filed in death of missing woman
See page 4.

Anthony Kesteloot, 25, is fac- merged in the Rouge River in
THE WAYNE ing charges associated with the the Middlebelt Hills section of ”
EAGLE death of a Westland woman Hines Park at about 4 p.m. last Neither Rossi's cause of death
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Vol. 72, No. 34 missing for several days. Friday, Aug. 23. or time of death were provided
According to the prosecutor,
According to police reports,
A rare, century-old 1919 Kesteloot directed them to the Kesteloot went to Rossi's by police or the prosecutor's office.
Harroun auto, manufactured body of 23-year-old Olivia Rossi Westland home at about 10 p.m.
in the City of Wayne, and the which was found partially sub- on Sunday, Aug. 18 and picked
only known remaining her up in his truck. He eventual- After investigation by incident remains under investi-
model of the car, is set to be ly drove to his home in the 29150 Westland police, Kesteloot was gation. Neither Rossi's cause of
auctioned off next month. block of Manchester in Westland. formally charged in the incident. death or time of death were pro-
See page 3. The defendant's twin sister, He was arraigned Monday in vided by police or the prosecu-
Raquel Rossi, told investigators 18th District Court in Westland tor's office.
that her sibling had texted her before Judge Mark McConnell Kesteloot is scheduled for a
THE WESTLAND later Sunday night saying the on charges of disinterment of a probable cause conference Sept.
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EAGLE man “was acting weird” accord- dead body, obstruction of justice, 5 before McConnell and his pre-

Vol. 72, No. 34 ing to reports of the situation. removing a dead body, failure to liminary examination is set for
report a dead body and tamper-
Rossi was not seen again by her
Sept. 12 before Judge Sandra
Mack Mayfield has made family prior to Kestelloot direct- ing with evidence in a criminal Cicirelli.
a name for himself in his ing police to her remains. case. He received a $100,000 Rossi and her twin would
community and now his Police said that Kestelroot cash or surety bond from the have celebrated their 24th birth-
name will adorn one of the claims Rossi died in his apart- court. days this week. A GoFundMe
major amenities in the City ment and that he subsequently Westland police and Worthy's page has been established to
of Westland. transported her body to Hines office said no further informa- help the family with funeral
See page 5. Anthony Kesteloot Park. tion would be forthcoming as the expenses.

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