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ENTERPRISE Plymouth OK's new liquor license request
THE BELLEVILLE
ENTERPRISE
Vol. 134, No. 28 the city commission for consid-
Don Howard
Concerns of nearby resi- Staff Writer ” eration. The site plan for the
dents apparently convinced The number of bars in the 2-square mile new business was previously
a developer to scuttle plans Members of the Plymouth downtown business section is also a OK'd by the planning commis-
for a $6 million hotel on the Liquor License Review sion, officials said.
I-94 Service Drive in Van Committee (LLRC) approved hot button issue with many residents. Stefanakis waited six years
Buren Township. the request of George for the current Class C license
See page 3. Stefanakis and his sons for a establishment in March of 2018. Liquor Management Ordinance and at the time it was approved,
Class C Liquor License for a The new license is for a second related to the operation of all he said the restaurant was “only
new bar in the basement of the establishment and the owners Class C licenses, the review looking at (serving) a small
THE CANTON former bank building at 306 of Greek Islands have made committee is required to make amount of beer and wine....”
EAGLE Main St. The request was also application to the state Liquor a recommendation to the city The restaurant opened in 2012.
EAGLE
Vol. 72, No. 28 unanimously approved by mem- Control Commission seeking commission related to applica- Stefanakis and his sons told
bers of the Plymouth City permission for a new bar, enter- tions, renewals and revocations. the members of the LLRC mem-
The Canton Loins Club Commission. tainment permit and extended After a brief discussion, the bers last week that the plans for
recently awarded a $2,000 Stefanakis, the owner of hours. The application with the committee members approved the new bar include a
scholarship to Jacob Ooms, Greek Islands Eatery, received state is still pending. the Greek Islands' request and
18, a graduate of Plymouth a Class C Liquor License at that Because the city maintains a sent the recommendation on to See License, page 2
High School.
See page 5.
Rolling along
THE INKSTER
LEDGER STAR Area landmark is
LEDGER STAR
Vol. 72, No. 28 topic of new book
Residents throughout the
area now have the opportu-
nity to help fund the 22nd Julie Brown
Annual Inkster Legends Staff Writer
Basketball Camp and the Anyone traveling along Interstate 94
annual Christmas giveaway through Allen Park, has seen “Giant
program. Tire,” which originated as a Ferris wheel
See page 4. for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.
“You cannot go there and pose for a
picture,” said author and historian
THE NORTHVILLE Steven J. Frey, whose “The Giant Tire:
EAGLE From New York World's Fair to Detroit
EAGLE
Vol. 19, No. 28 Landmark” details the history of the
landmark.
Members of the Frey entertained a crowd June 24 at
Northville City Council the Plymouth District Library and
recently approved several answered audience questions about his An attraction at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, and a former Ferris Wheel is the
purchases and upgrades to sources. subject of a book by author Steven J. Frey, pictured below. Photos by Jackie Walker
equipment in police depart- “I had to do quite a bit of digging,” said Ferris wheel with four passengers per
ment vehicles. Frey, noting records from the New York gondola, and an amputation risk that
See page 5. World's Fair are largely lost. required additional safety measures.
Frey showed a number of 35mm slides The tire on the outskirts of New York
that evening, “just like Dad used to show City intrigued Plymouth listeners, who
THE PLYMOUTH slides.” He was surprised at how many also learned about domestic automakers
EAGLE photos he was able to find on eBay, even present at the fair.
EAGLE
one that had been in Portugal for years.
“It was U.S. Rubber's way of showcas-
Vol. 19, No. 28 “As much as I hate Facebook, it was ing their products,” said Frey, adding the
beneficial in finding people to talk to,” 1964 Ford Mustang debuted at the fair.
Elected officials and lead- including a woman he's befriended who Nearby that fair attraction was the
ers from Webasto Roof worked at the fair. Frey said he enjoys the Sinclair Dinosaur, with Frey noting, “I
Systems, Inc, celebrated the 1960s slides, “I look at the people, see don't know if the Sinclair people were
ground breaking for a new what they're wearing.” happy” with the tire dominating fair-
plant recently that is expect- Plymouth District Library Adult grounds. One engineering firm built its
ed to bring 440 jobs to Services Librarian Marjorie Sadler was static portions, another the mechanical
Plymouth excited to hear Frey speak. parts.
See page 2. “His latest book struck a chord with The tire is about 80 feet tall, and the
me. I was thrilled when he agreed to Ferris Wheel portion was taken to
THE ROMULUS speak here,” she added, noting her family Atlantic City, New Jersey and was then
ROMAN
ROMAN enjoys unusual roadside attractions. See Tire, page 2
At the fair, the giant tire was used as a
Vol. 134, No. 28
Free summer meals are
by the Romulus Community Landfill manager promises odor mitigation efforts
being provided in Romulus
Schools District and
Chartwells Food Service. Mark Johnson, the new gen- ” discharged from the facility.
See page 3. eral manager at Advanced Some of the issues reported to us have been “Some of the issues reported
Disposal Services, got less than to us have been headaches, nau-
a warm welcome at a recent headaches, nausea, eye irritation, sea, eye irritation, light-headed-
Northville Township Board of ness and trouble breathing,”
THE WAYNE Trustees meeting. light-headedness and trouble breathing, Lassel said. “Members of an out-
EAGLE
EAGLE “Enough is enough,” side contracting team told the
Landfill officials have
Vol. 72, No. 28 Northville Township Supervisor blamed weather and other fac- annual operating budget at the family they were working for
Robert Nix said, after Johnson
landfill had been increased
that they couldn't believe how
The Art-O-Motive car explained his “plan of action” at tors for the increased odor prob- from $1.6 million to between $8 bad (the odor) was.
hood design contest will Arbor Hills landfill. “This has lems at the nearly 20-year-old and $10 million. “It's time to stop the excuses.
return to Downtown Days in gone on long enough. It needs to facility which had generated few “There has been significant Take accountability and fix the
Wayne for the second year be fixed and you need to be suc- complaints until 2015. Since that improvement from March until problems (that are causing the
Aug. 9-10 at Veterans Plaza in cessful. Going back to 2015, we time, complaints from residents now,” Johnson told the board. odors),” he said.
Downtown Wayne had one, maybe two, complaints have increased steadily, as has “That said, we still have work to Johnson said during his intro-
See page 4. a year. Nothing like we're having the smell, officials said. do and there may continue to be duction that there were “zero”
now,” Nix said. “You talk about weather and issues that impact our neigh- health risks related to the odors
Members of the board have other causes. Prior to 2015, we bors. I am personally doing at the landfill.
THE WESTLAND received thousands of com- had weather and everything everything I can to minimize I've been doing this for a very
EAGLE
EAGLE plaints about the stench from else that is going on today, with- those impacts.” long time and I am committed to
The president of the Stop
Vol. 72, No. 28 the landfill since 2015. A recent out the violations,” Nix said. Arbor Hills Conservatory group getting this fixed,” he said. “I am
going to get it fixed. We've made
Johnson told the officials that
township meeting drew a large
A former Westland priest crowd of homeowners who his 30-year career included suc- said that residents have contin- progress already, but progress is
is facing charges of third- protested and complained about cessful landfill problem mitiga- ued to report problems at the one thing and completion is
degree criminal sexual con- the smell to township officials tion and that the new team at landfill since June 1 and that another. We've gone from 400
duct involving a man in his and threatened legal action if Arbor Hills had already taken several have reported physical (complaint) calls to 10. But 10 is
20s whom he was counseling. some remedial action was not come corrective action with suc- symptoms which they believe still too many,” Johnson conclud-
See page 4. taken. cessful results. He said that the are caused by the odors and gas ed.
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