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updated: Mon Jul 07, 2008 01:49 pm

Garden City News

Local news for Garden City, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Monday | Hometown Life

Garden Clippings

Members of the Garden City High School Marching Band will going door-to-door today , as part of a returnable bottle and can fund-raiser. Band members have distributed fliers and will be in those areas rain or ...

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Monday | Hometown Life

City accepts stormwater proposal

Hoping to reduce the size of whatever stormwater project Garden City will eventually be required to build, the council has agreed to participate in a regional plan aimed at drying up stormwater that is getting ...

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Related Topix: Wayne County, MI

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Hometown Life

Championship hoopla comes to Garden City

Get ready to show your Cougar pride at a rally Monday, July 14, to honor the Garden City High School softball state champions.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

Hometown Life

Council seeks management audit of water department

A 9.5 percent combined water and sewer rate increase has been approved by council, which also authorized having a management audit of the water department.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Hometown Life

Garden City man dies in 2-car crash

A Garden City man died Wednesday morning, possibly from a medical condition, after his truck crossed into oncoming traffic on Warren Road in Westland and hit another vehicle head-on, a police officer said.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Hometown Life

Opening day: City ready for farmers market

In a matter of days, Garden City's first weekly Farmers Market will kick off in a spruced up area south of Kroger.

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Hometown Life

City plans to replace traffic signal arms

The traffic signal mast arms at Ford and Middlebelt are going to be replaced after failing to meet the current Michigan Department of Transportation standards.

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Related Topix: Wayne, MI, Westland, MI

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Hometown Life

Driver faces trial in fatal accident

A Redford woman has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of negligent homicide in a traffic accident that killed a 77-year-old Garden City man.

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Related Topix: Redford, MI, Wayne County, MI

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Hometown Life

Tree plantings honor late student

Students and staff at the Cambridge Alternative Education Center recently planted two trees as a living memorial to a classmate killed in a traffic accident.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Hometown Life

Man finds car missing from auto shop

Police were called to Professional Electronics, 29478 Ford, June 19 after an employee reported a man had stolen his lap top computer valued at $3,200. The suspect entered the business and was looking around, ...

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Related Topix: Livonia, MI

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Hometown Life

Ready to do God's work

Having grown up as part of St. Raphael Catholic Church, the Rev. Clint McDonell admits it's a little disconcerting to be back as a newly ordained priest.

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Related Topix: Westland, MI, Wedding, Plymouth Township, MI, Dearborn Heights, MI, Redford, MI

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Hometown Life

6 gardens featured during annual walk

It's time for that annual opportunity to see how the other half - the devoted gardeners - lives with the 15th annual Garden Walk 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 28.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Hometown Life

Don't factor Social Security into retirement equation

A few weeks ago on my radio show I had a discussion regarding retirement planning.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Social Security

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Hometown Life

Car rental businesses get spot in downtown Garden City

Rental car businesses can now locate in Garden City's Central Business District thanks to an ordinance amendment approved by council.

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

Hometown Life

City works on plan for Westland to install water meters

Work on an agreement to have Westland Water Department staff install new water meters at Garden City homes is continuing.

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Related Topix: Westland, MI

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Hotel Online

Hempstead IDA backs tax breaks for hotel developer

The Hempstead Industrial Development Agency approved tax breaks for the new purchaser of the landmark Garden City Hotel on Tuesday, despite protests from local school officials and residents.

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Mon Jun 09, 2008

Reuters

Ford says Mercury brand important part of line-up

Ford Motor Co's Mercury brand is an important part of the automaker's line-up and the company is continuing to invest in the nameplate, Mark Fields, Ford's president of the Americas, said on Monday.

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Sun Jun 08, 2008

Hometown Life

June 10 workshop focuses on annuities

Retirement is a major life-changing event that is becoming ever more difficult to finance, given the complexity of financial products such as annuities.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Estate Planning

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Hometown Life

Hey, Hey, hockey champs

The Red Wings were in Pittsburgh, but the celebration was right here. Local hockey fans took to the streets after Detroit beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, NHL Atlantic Division, Pittsburgh Penguins

Wed Jun 04, 2008

Detroit News

Garden City may charge court rent to cut deficit

Tight fiscal times are forcing the city to propose charging the 21st District Court rent as a way of balancing its budget.

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Related Topix: Inkster, MI, Westland, MI, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

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Garden City, Michigan is located in Wayne County and is part of the Detroit Metro Area. Zip codes in Garden City include 48135, and 48136.

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