Garden City News

There's a lot of talk around the country these days about rights and freedoms. The Second Amendment right to bear arms and the First Amendment right to speak freely have been of primary focus as the debate rages over gun control in the wake of December's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

A Plymouth resident came to the Garden City police station May 15 to report that someone used his stolen debit card to make a $137 purchase at the Shell gas station at 120 Middlebelt in Garden City.

Wayne-Westland Fire Authority and Garden City firefighters talk to the incident commander Capt.

After being mainly closed to the public for several years, the Little Red Schoolhouse again showed what school life and the area's history was like in a Sunday open house, held as part of Dearborn Heights' 50th anniversary celebration.

The Canton Farmers Market kicked off its new season Sunday with a record-breaking attendance of 1,000 people, according to Market Manager Tina Lloyd.

'There has been an overall reduction from 2012 of 5 percent,' said Sarah Traxler, a planner with Northville-based McKenna Associates.

"My role is to provide services for victims of drunk driving crashes whether they were injured in a drunk driving crash or are bereaved by somebody they loved who was in a drunk driving crash," she said.

"We are reducing one administrator at the alternative programs," said Garden City Schools Superintendent Michelle Cline.

Becoming a firefighter was something that Brian Woehlke had aspired to since childhood - he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, a Dearborn firefighter.

A woman who lives in the 31000 block of Rosslyn reported a home invasion May 9. She said she left the house for about an hour in the afternoon, long enough to pick up her child from school.

Darrel Manuel looked for a way to combine his love of motorcycle riding with his faith and came up with an answer several years ago.

Canton Farmers Market, shown here in 2009, has continued to grow and draws an average 600 people each Sunday / Bill Bresler Hundreds of patrons, spending their money locally, are expected Sunday as the Canton Farmers Market launches its six season featuring seasonal produce, a plant exchange, children's arts activities and a performance by acoustic ... (more)

Hundreds of emergency personnel from all over Michigan, out of state and Canada paid their respects Monday to a Wayne-Westland firefighter killed last week battling a strip mall blaze.

As a community mourns the death of Wayne-Westland firefighter Brian Woehlke, 29, who died Wednesday in a fire in the Electric Stick, two Garden City service groups are expected to experience a financial impact also.

"We really had a great event," said Jennifer Ross Music, an organizer and the Family and Senior services coordinator.

Some Garden City businesses and Westland residents are expected to be asked to pay more money because of some recently discovered underbilled accounts.

Letter carriers in the Garden City area and throughout the United States will be delivering more than mail when they make their rounds on Saturday, May 11.

Garden City Boy Scout Troop 1241 is looking for donations for its annual garage sale.

Susan Ianni, general manager of Gordon Chevrolet in Garden City, enjoyed at day at the Detroit Zoo after winning first place in a fund-raising campaign for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

A subcommittee of the Garden City Council will meet to negotiate a contract for Acting City Manager Robert Muery who wants to assume the permanent city manager position while continuing to serve as the Garden City police chief.