Saturday, May 19, 2012
With arts authorities now established in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, the question of a .2 mill property tax to support the DIA is guaranteed to appear on the Aug. 7 ballot.
Come August, Macomb Township voters will not only be nominating candidates for dozens of local offices, but also deciding the fate of funding for the Detroit Institute of Arts, as the proposed DIA millage will appear on the primary ballot. With the Oakland County Board of Commissioners finally joining its Macomb and Wayne counterparts Thursday in voting to create an arts authority, voters in all three counties can expect to see a .2 mill property tax on the Aug. 7 ballot. All three counties had to establish their own arts authorities before the millage request could appear on a ballot. "Our real job starts now," said Annmarie Erickson, executive vice president for the DIA," in an interview with The Detroit Free Press. "We've got to do …
Macomb County is bringing its veteran outreach program to the Marvin Blank Senior Center in Macomb Township on May 22, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday, May 18, 2012
The Macomb Town Center Committee voted May 17 to recommend that the Macomb Township Board of Trustees bring back the subdivision's original architect to review current and future building plans for Town Center.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Through Oct. 15, Macomb Township water customers will only be allowed to water their lawns every other day.
As temperatures creep higher, it will be hard to resist turning on the sprinkler system, but Macomb Township homeowners will need to use discretion as a mandatory odd-even lawn watering restriction in once again in effect. For the fourth year, the township has implemented its mandatory lawn watering restriction through Oct. 15. The township will enforce this restriction and write citations for homeowners disregarding it. Disregarding the restriction could also be classified as a misdemeanor with a $500 fine and 90 days in jail, said said Gerry Wangelin, Macomb Township Water and Sewer Department superintendent. Watering dates are dependent upon the calendar day and a water customer’s home address. Water customers with an address ending in …
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Macomb Township Water & Sewer Department
22861 23 Mile Rd, Macomb, MI
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U.S. Rep. Candice Miller says Michigan citizens are "getting fleeced" by the National Flood Insurance Program. She is proposing the program not be reauthorized, but replaced and privatized.
The U.S. House of Representatives has delayed a vote on a bill that would extend the National Flood Insurance Program for another 30 days. Some 20,000 communities across the U.S. participate in the NFIP by adopting floodplain management ordinances to reduce future flood damage. In exchange, the NFIP makes federally-backed flood insurance available to homeowners, renters, and business owners in these communities, according to the Federal Emergency Management Association. The NFIP is scheduled to expire at the end of May unless both houses of Congress reauthorize it. U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (District 10) made the following remarks Wednesday on the floor of the House in opposition to continued reauthorization of NFIP: What in the world is …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Voters will have only Republican candidates to choose from when choosing their nominees for the township's seven-member board in the Aug. 7 primary election.
Macomb Township residents won’t have to worry about voting along party lines this August, as all 14 candidates running for the township’s seven-member board are Republican. All seven board seats–supervisor, clerk, treasurer and four trustees–are up for election this year, with each carrying a four-year term. Incumbent Supervisor Mark Grabow entered his bid for a second term, but will face challengers Charles T. Missig and current Trustee Janet Dunn for the Republican nomination in the August primary. “I take this action because of my long standing professional and personal desire to serve our community, and my belief that those who serve should be responsive to the needs of the residents of this fine township,” wrote Missig on his campaign…
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Macomb Township Town Hall
54111 Broughton Rd, Macomb, MI
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The former commissioner has filed to run for the District 24 House seat, which serves a small portion of Macomb Township.
The self-described model/actress/private eye, Carey Torrice, has announced her return to Macomb County politics. Torrice, a former county commissioner in District 16, filed to run for the state House on Monday, according to The Macomb Daily. However, she must first defeat fellow Democrat Philip Kurczewski, of Clinton Township, in the August primary before she can challenge District 24 incumbent, Rep. Anthony Forlini, in November. With its lines only recently redrawn, District 24 now includes a small portion of Macomb Township, in addition to Harrison and Clinton townships. “I think I’d like to serve this time at a higher level,” Torrice told The Macomb Daily, explaining her bid for a state post. “A county commissioner is kind of limited. …
The Macomb County Board of Commissioners approved Katherine Grenda, of Macomb, to the Macomb County Art Institute Authority on Monday.
A Macomb Township woman will be one of seven individuals responsible for placing a millage request to support the Detroit Institute of Arts on a future ballot for Macomb County voters. Macomb Community College Dean of Arts & Sciences and Macomb Township resident, Katherine Grenda, was one of five appointees approved by the Macomb County Board of Commissioners Monday to serve a three-year term on the seven-member Macomb County Art Institute Authority. The authority, created by an 8-5 vote of the Board of Commissioners on April 24, is responsible for drafting a contract with the DIA and ensuring the question of a millage funding the DIA is placed on a future ballot. It will then be up to voters to pass or reject the proposed 10-year, 0.2 …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on June 5 to amend the language of township zoning ordinances to provide for the location of fireworks sales.
It isn’t a question of whether Macomb Township will allow fireworks sales this summer, but rather an issue of where, as the township’s current Code of Ordinances prohibits those sales now permitted by state law. According to the Michigan Fireworks Safety Act, which went into effect on Jan. 1 of this year, “A local unit of government shall not enact or enforce an ordinance, code, or regulation pertaining to or in any manner regulating the sale, display, storage, transportation, or distribution of fireworks regulated under this act.” Prior to the passage of this state law, the sale of fireworks was prohibited in Macomb Township and as a result, zoning ordinances have never made provision for such sales. However, with July 4 quickly …
Macomb County is bringing its veteran outreach program to the Marvin Blank Senior Center in Macomb Township on May 22, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Macomb Township veterans and their families are invited to the Marvin Blank Senior Center May 22 to learn about county programs and benefits available to them as well as to register for the county’s new veterans photo ID program. Hosted by the township's County Commissioner Joe Sabatini, in partnership with the Office of County Clerk/Register of Deeds Carmella Sabaugh, and Macomb County Veterans Services Department, the event will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at the senior center on 23 Mile Road. All military veterans, active duty military and their families are invited to learn about the full range of programs and benefits available through the county’s veterans services department and speak with Sabatini on issues concerning…
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Marvin Blank Senior Citizens Center
19925 23 Mile Rd, Macomb, MI
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Philip Langford
8:53 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
The region should be willing to support several institutions that normally rely upon individual and corporate donations that benefit the Detro-Metro area. The Detroit Zoo and the DIA are two locations that need to be first class to benefit the education & enjoyment of our children and depict us as an area that cares about our social environment. If we want to retain our population, bring in … more ›