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January 10 - 16, 2013
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One of the most revered
businessmen in Wayne was
honored by both the City
Council and the Chamber of
Commerce recently on his
retirement.
See page 4.
The Romulus Public
Library is seeking donations
that would enable a company
to digitize the last 45 years of
the Romulus Roman newspa-
pers.
See page 2.
A temporary drop box for
donations of men's winter
clothing in the lobby at City
Hall is part of an Eagle Scout
project to help the homeless in
Detroit.
See page 4.
Water rates for Northville
Township residents will
increase by 5 percent, begin-
ning tomorrow, in an effort to
maintain the necessary fund
balance in the budget.
See page 3.
The
Downtown
Development Authority has
urged the city to proceed with
an application for a state grant
to fund the improvements at
the public docks at Horizon
Park.
See page 2.
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The Inkster Chamber of
Commerce is planning the
14th Annual Business
Community Networking Mixer
for 6-8 p.m. Jan. 22 at The
AvenueBanquetHall.
See page 3.
For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.
Last week, the city Tax
Increment Finance Authority
board members approved
spending the necessary $1.8
million for the former Circuit
City which will be the new city
hall.
See page 5.
Visitors to downtown Plymouth
wouldbewise not tomalinger.
The Plymouth Downtown
Development Authority (DDA) has
recently adopted a new fine sched-
uled for parking violations of the 2-
hour on-street and parking-deck
spots. While the first offense for
staying too long in the parking spot
is free, the charges escalate rapid-
ly for second, third and even
fourthoffenses in the same year.
In a letter sent to business own-
ers last week, the DDA reminded
business owners downtown of the
newgraduated parking fine sched-
ule, effective Jan. 3. Overtime
parking fines will nowbe based on
the number of tickets offenders
have received during the previous
12-monthperiod.
The first overtime parking
infraction is a warning of sorts and
includes no fine. The second
offense will cost the vehicle owner
$25, the third offense $50 and the
fourth and all subsequent parking
infractionswill cost $75 per ticket.
In addition, late fees of $10 will
be added to the fines if they are
unpaidwithin 14 days. A reduction
of $15 for each amount will be
deducted if the ticket is paid with
48 hours of issue.
The areas impacted are the
lower level of the parking deck
downtown and the lot off
Penniman, where there is a three-
hour limit. There is a two-hour
limit on all on-street parking
throughout the downtown area.
One year from the issuance of
the first, free parking ticket, the
schedule will reset for individual
vehicle owners allowing for a first
time infraction at no cost, with the
subsequent fee schedule enforced
with the second offense.
In the letter informing local
businesses of the new regulations,
the DDA suggested, “To avoid get-
ting tickets at all, there are 8-hour
Ford Road was closed near-
ly all day last Friday while
police completed their investi-
gation into a crash involving
two passenger vehicles and a
semi-trailer.
See page 5.
A 48-year-old man from
Westland was one of three people
killed in a Jan. 4 collision in
Dearborn Heights. A second
Westland man was also critically
injured in the accident.
According to police reports, the
accident took place at the intersec-
tion of Ford Road and Telegraph
when Daemon Maniaci ran a red
light at about 12:34 p.m. Maniaci
was driving a black Ford Ranger
pick-up truckwhich struck a green
Honda Accord traveling north on
Telegraph Road. The truck
smashed into the passenger side
door. Police reports indicated that
the traffic signal was green for
traffic on Telegraph at the time of
the collision.
Maniaci was pronounced dead
at Oakwood Hospital where he
was transported from the accident
scene by paramedics from
DearbornHeights.
The driver of the Honda, 19-
year-old Adnan Berisha of
Dearborn Heights, and his cousin,
Markel Jackson-Willis, 18, whowas
riding in the front passenger seat,
were pronounced dead at the
scene by paramedics, according to
police reports.
William Willis, 21, of Westland,
who was riding in the back seat of
the Honda was removed from the
crushed Accord by firefighters
using the jaws of life. Willis was
critically injured and taken by
ambulance to Henry Ford
Hospital in Detroit, according to
police reports.
Police sources said that evi-
dence indicated that Maniaci may
have been involved in another hit-
and-run crash at Ford Road and
Mercury in Dearborn, about 5
miles from the scene of the fatal
accident. He may have been flee-
ing that scene, police said. There
were no injuries reported in that
hit and run accident.
While the accident remains
under investigation, police said
that preliminary findings indicate
that Maniaci may have been trav-
eling far in excess of the 40 m.p.h.
speed limit. The Honda, according
to police, was not speeding.
Maniaci reportedly had five
speeding violations on his driving
record and a citation for driving
without due care causing an
injury.
See
Fees,
page 4
If you choose to park in a private lot, you will not
be ticketed by the city. However, you maybe subject
to being towed by the owner of the private lot.
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Plymouth parking fines are restructured
Down to earth
Local designer is honored
by state landscape group
Westland driver, 2 others, killed in collision
Anyone who knows Susan
Glessner agrees she is certainly
“well-grounded.”
That's because her career as a
landscape designer, master garden-
er and construction manager keeps
her very down to earth.
Glessner has
been a certified
l a n d s c a p e
designer since
1985 although
she began her
career in auto-
motive design.
“I did that for
several years and
then switched to something I was
more passionate about and that was
gardening and landscape design,”
she said.
Last month, her passion paid off
as Glessner and her employer,
Baldwin Landscape Group, were
honored for their design and con-
struction work by the Michigan
Green Industry Association.
Glessner won a Gold Award in the
$100,000 to $125,000 category for an
installation inPittsfieldTownship.
Mark Baldwin, the owner of the
company, was also honored with a
Bronze Award for one of his proj-
ects and the company was also hon-
oredwith a design award.
Glessner has been working with
Baldwin since March of 2011 and
said that she really enjoys the
opportunities she has with the com-
pany, which has
been located in
Plymouth for
more than a
quarter of a cen-
tury.
“We've been
here awhile,”
Baldwin said.
He added that
he was exceptionally proud of the
work that Glessner had done on
this particular job.
“She faced a real challenge. This
is a 150-year-old farmhouse and she
managed to blend the new hard-
scape seamlessly into to the exist-
ing site. I am very proud of Susan
and the crew that did this work.
They did a fantastic job.”
The results were obviously
something to see. The crew of four
men worked 10 hours a day for 25
See
Design,
page 4
Mark Baldwin, at
left, and Susan
Glessner, certified
landscape design-
er, show off their
awards from the
Michigan Green
Industry Assoc-
iation. Glessner's
work, shown above
and below, was for
a design in the
$100,000
to
$125,000 category.
Her work com-
bined the new
installation with a
150-year-old farm-
house.
She faced
a real challenge...
They did a
fantastic job.
”