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Sixth-graders get smart working smartphones
Most students receive a firm reprimand from teachers when even a glimpse of a cell phone is spotted from across the classroom.
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Downtown businesses could get $100K for developments
The city of Ypsilantis Downtown Development Authority is coordinating a Faade Grant application for business and property owners in the DDA districts. The competitive grant program funded through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will afford property and business owners the opportunity to obtain up to a 50 percent match for faade improvements.
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Ypsilanti will get new city planner
The city of Ypsilanti will have a new city planner beginning Feb. 15.Teresa Gillotti Ypsilantis Michigan State University Extension Planner will replace City Planner Richard Murphy as he takes a new job with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance.It happened fairly quickly that Murphy was offered a job from the Michigan Suburbs Alliance and had to quickly take it Gillotti said of the city planner position Thursday afternoon.
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Body found near Pearl
A City of Ypsilanti resident was found deceased at approximately 2 p.m. today in the parking lot near the Ann Arbor Transportation Authoritys Ypsilanti Transit Center on Pearl Street.Evidence suggests the 52-year-old female may have overdosed according to a media release from the Ypsilanti Police Department.
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Early morning fire destroys law office building on Ecorse
Several fire departments were on the scene spraying water on a fire that ripped through an office space early yesterday morning.
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ecorse fire
Authorities are still trying to determine what started a fire that burned the building on Ecorse Road that housed the law office of Block Weider.
Police seek help finding suspects in Ypsi homicide
The Washtenaw County Sheriffs Office is searching for suspects related to a homicide at the 8700 block of MacArthur Blvd.
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Several arrests made following area burglaries
BurglaryAt approximately 1230 a.m. Friday Washtenaw County Sheriffs Office deputies were dispatched to the 1500 block of Harvest Lane in Superior Township for a burglary.
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Cafe Luwak will stay open for another year while owner Jim Karnopp looks for a business partner to run the cafe.
City to file to tear down Thompson Building
Assistant City Attorney Karl Barr said he would most likely be filing in circuit court mid-December to abate the Thompson Building at 400 N.
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Ypsilanti Township budget cuts 10 police officers in 2010
Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton said he will not relish the daunting task of deploying 10 fewer deputies in Ypsilanti Township come Jan.
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Ypsi Meals on Wheels funds down
Starting on the seventh floor of Clark East Towers apartment complex off East Clark Road Jackie Macy and her assistants begin to make their daily rounds for Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels.
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Ypsi broadens scope of Open Meetings Act
A recent vote at Ypsilanti City Council is helping shine some light on committee meetings throughout the city.
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City's state lobbyist paints dismal picture about budget
Kirk Profit with Government Consulting Services Inc. told city council Tuesday not to expect lost state-shared revenue to be restored any time soon if ever as the state grapples with its own budgetary quagmire.
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Lincoln schools see savings from energy-efficient plan
Lincoln Consolidated School District reported it has saved more than 380000 in energy expenses this year. Thats nearly 30 percent according to Bob Grosshans the districts energy education specialist.
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Municipal employee's union files grievance in Ypsilanti Township
Ypsilanti Townships municipal employees union have filed a grievance against the township.Township officials said the local chapter of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Union filed its grievance shortly after the Township reduced hours for municipal employees to 32 hours a week.
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Investigation of Depot Town blaze stalled
The City of Ypsilanti is collectively biting its nails as it awaits the results of an engineering study for the Thompson Block to see if the burned building is salvageable.
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Lincoln braces for a large loss in state revenue
Faced with a loss of approximately 1 million in state revenue Lincoln Consolidated is beginning to look at how it would make up the difference to balance its own budget.Superintendent Lynn Cleary said she would have a presentation made for the next board of education meeting outlining where cuts could come from and the impact those cuts would have on the district.Read the rest of this story at Ypsiciti.com
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Library to host Ypsi Songwriting Festival
Last year the Ypsilanti District Library won 5000 for drawing a young crowd to its Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival.
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'Talk' program aims to fill community center
The idea is if you show up on a Monday or Wednesday with 5 in your pocket there is going to be something for you to do.Its the Talk of the Neighborhood a new brand of programming at the Recreation Park Community Center.The brain-child of Ypsilanti resident Georgie Pachella Talk of the Neighborhood is a play on the name of National Public Radios daily program Talk of the Nation.
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