Fenton News

Fresh off victories in last week's city council elections, Brad Jacob and Ben Smith were formally sworn into office Monday night, taking their seats as first-time members of Fenton City Council.

Fenton Township wants to know how residents want to spend a projected $163,000 in Community Development Block Grant dollars.

Construction workers returned to another one of Fenton's main traffic routes last week as the city began the first phase of rehabilitation on Silver Parkway.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Instead of living in fear from a string of summer home invasions and robberies, one Fenton Township neighborhood has fought back against any would-be thieves by forming a neighborhood watch - and the benefits of doing so have exceeded expectations in several ways.

County voters had something stuck in their craw Tuesday and weren't the least bit shy in showing the powers that be what they were prepared to do about it.

Brad Jacob, Ben Smith and Dianne North all received about 30 percent of the total votes in Fenton to win three seats on Fenton City Council, but the big story from Tuesday's election was the overwhelming defeat of the proposed millage.

With the first snowfall of the season right around the corner, the city of Fenton is hoping this year's winter maintenance costs are much less than last year.

The Fenton Township Board of Trustees took time to remember one of its own Monday night.

Fenton residents will head to the polls Tuesday to decide three city council seats and whether to levy 1.5. mills over 10 years for capital improvements.

Voters will decide Tuesday whether they want to pay more taxes for upgrades to the city's infrastructure.

Three Genesee County businesses that encourage physical activity and promote health in the workplace have been recognized by the American Heart Association as Start! Fit-Friendly Companies.

Fenton residents can get ready to see orange barrels, yellow tape and construction equipment along another one of the city's main traffic routes.

Residents, employees and former city workers turned out in full force at Monday's Fenton City Council meeting to thank exiting councilmen Carl Hammond and Doran Kasper for their years of service to the city.

Lake Fenton doesn't strike me as a good place for a high seas heist, and it seems these mixed-up maintenance workers would agree.

Three of the five candidates vying for a trio of city council seats in the Nov. 3 election answered questions about the upcoming millage proposal and community in a "Meet the Candidates" night Thursday at the Fenton Community Center.

That cloaked man leading a dozen or so people past our table in the dining room at Mackinac Island's Mission Point Resort ? Just leading a tour of resident ghosts like "Harvey," who was supposedly jilted by his girlfriend while the both attended Mackinac College and got so depressed he threw himself off the bluffs.

Here is a look at some recent police blotter items reported to the Fenton Police Department: Shoplifter apprehended after stealing beer, medicine A 22-year-old Fenton man was arrested on Oct.

The Nov. 3 Fenton City Council elections are going to be a little bit interesting, after all.

A youth pastor, who maintained his innocence, was sentenced Thursday to the Livingston County Jail for molesting a then-10-year-old boy.

The new theater for the Fenton Village Players now has permanent - and quite comfortable - theater seats.