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Homicide at restaurant investigation continues

The shooting death outside a Garden City, Dearborn Heights did see an ambulance take at
popular Inkster restaurant last and Westland police depart- least one person from the scene.
week has left city residents shak- ments responded to the scene He admitted that he was upset
en and remains under investiga- along with State Police by the gunfire in the neighbor-
tion by state police detectives. Troopers. hood. .
Michigan State Police troop- The shooting took place at “If you can't just come to
ers and officers from several about 7:05 p.m. Nov. 13, accord- Moe's and pick up your chicken
police departments were called ing to police reports. without feeling like you could
to Moe's Fish & Chicken at about When police arrived at the possibly get gunned down, that's
7:20 p.m. last Friday following a scene, a crowd had gathered but just crazy,” he said.
report of a shooting. The restau- was dispersed. Terrance “This investigation remains
rant, a mainstay in the commu- Grantham, an Inkster resident, very fluid and no further infor-
nity, is located at Middlebelt and told police that the crowd heard mation will be released at this
Rosewood in Inkster. the shots and the crowd left the time,” stated a communication Detectives from the Special uing to investigate the death, the
Officers from the Inkster, area. He told reporters that he from the Michigan State Police. Investigation Section are contin- statement added.
Crime ratings show Sumpter as safest small town

Sumpter Township has received a top like burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, in the area based on a compilation of the Township: 10.4 / 8.8 = 32.7; Pittsfield
rating for safety from AdviserSmith, a site and arson, per 1,000 residents. Each site has violent crime rate, the property crime rate, Township: 7.1 / 14.8 = 35.1; City of Belleville:
which ranks communities according to both a slightly different methodology, giving dif- and the overall crime score from the site. 13.3 / 15.0 = 46.7; Van Buren Township: 16.3 /
violent and property crime. ferent weights to the two categories to com- Ranked from best to worst were: Sumpter 19.3 = 53.9 and the City of Romulus: 28.6 /
The ratings, published earlier this year pile their lists. The most recent rankings Township: 9.7 / 6.7 = 21.1; Augusta 22.9 = 96.6
were reprinted on the Sumpter Township from AdviserSmith also categorized the rat- Township: 3.3 / 17.7 = 28.0; Canton The complete list is available at:
Police Facebook page noting that several ings by population; large cities, midsize Township: 9.4 / 10.8 = 28.9; Huron https://advisorsmith.com/ data/safest-cities-
different sites publish a “safest” cities/ cities, and small towns. Sumpter Township Township: 10.9 / 7.5 = 31.4; Brownstown in-michigan/
towns lists based on the FBI annual crime is evaluated in the small town rating. The
reporting. AdviserSmith “crime score” is based on that
These lists are based on the rate of vio- methodology with a lower score equating to CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF NORTHVILLE
lent crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, less crime in the community. NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS
OFFICE CLOSING
and aggravated assault and property crimes Sumpter ranked as the safest small town
The Charter Township of Northville Administrative Offices will be closed on Thursday, November 26 & Friday, November 27,
2020 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. The offices will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 30, 2020
Meeting Trustee Matt Oddy commented that POLICE & FIRE EMERGENCY SERVICES WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE
Hurst had been reelected and has the
Marjorie Banner, Clerk
right to staff her office. He reminded
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Bednark that when his office got behind
in processing payments the first person
office your slogan was drain the Sumpter they called for help was Armatis. While CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF NORTHVILLE
Swamp,” he told Morgan. “You, (Morgan Bednark heatedly denied that claim, Oddy ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS - PUBLIC HEARING
and Armatis) are the swamp and you are insisted that he still had the emails attest- December 16, 2020 - 7:00 PM
putting cronyism ahead of your duty to the ing to the situation. The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) has scheduled a public hearing for December 16, 2020 at 7:00 PM by electronic remote
community,” he said. He repeatedly “I would remind everyone that there is access via Zoom. For information on how to view and participate in the meeting, please visit the Township's website at
https://twp.northville.mi.us. The ZBA will consider a variance request to Chapter 170, Article 15.2 C, Required Conditions, to
accused Morgan and Hurst of putting always another side in every situation,” he allow a component of the business to be operated outside of the buildings located at 15603 Centennial Drive and 15489
Armatis above their financial responsibili- said. Centennial Drive.
ty to the township and characterized Hurst offered to withdraw her proposal Written comments regarding these requests will be received by the ZBA at 44405 Six Mile Road, Northville, MI 48168. The
Armatis as Morgan's “sidekick” for more from consideration and it was not acted meeting will begin at 7:00 PM.
than 25 years. on by the board members during the offi- Paul Slatin, Chair
“We now need to heal the divide, the cial meeting which followed the work- Zoning Board of Appeals
loser will be the community,” Bednark shop. Publish: November 19, 2020 NT0102 - 111920 2.5 x 2.071
said, and then launched into
another blistering attack on
Armatis and Hurst.
“You are putting her above
the financial responsibility to the
township,” he repeated as part of
a personal attack on Armatis.
He called the proposed agree-
ment a 'sweetheart' deal and said
that “any trustees who vote to
bring her (Armatis) back are
“sowing seeks of discord.”

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Virus

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continue if it can be done with
strong mitigation, including
mask requirements, based on
discussion between local health
and school officials. Childcare
also remains open to support
working parents.
“The data we are seeing is
alarming. COVID-19 is impacting
every area of our state. Our
healthcare systems are becom-
ing overwhelmed, and our con-
tact tracers cannot keep up,”
said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief
medical executive and chief
deputy for health at MDHHS. “If
we do not act now, we risk thou-
sands more deaths, and even
more people having long-term
health consequences. The
actions we are taking today are
the best opportunity we have to
get this virus under control.”
Information around this out-
break is changing rapidly.
The latest information is
available at Michigan.gov/
Coronavirus and CDC.gov/
Coronavirus.