April 21, 2021
LACASA has named their 2021 Champion for Children award winner.
Sandra Parker of Pinckney was named this yearâs awardee during LACASAâs Child Abuse Prevention Councilâs virtual âPlant a Pinwheel Celebration.â Parker was named the Champion for Children in honor of her personal, professional, and community-wide work supporting and empowering children in Livingston County. She and her husband are licensed foster parents who have taken children-in-need into their home as well as providing respite for stressed children and families.
Parker runs groups within Pinckney schools that cover topics like anxiety, depression and substance abuse.
She was nominated by several coworkers and colleagues from her job at Karen Bergbower and Associates. According to a release from LACASA, her nomination stood out above others, as it conveyed Parkerâs ability to see goodness underneath and tenacity in reaching out to children. Her sen
April 21, 2021
Bridge Card holders can expect to receive some additional assistance beginning later this week.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced that 350,000 Michigan families will continue to have access to additional food assistance benefits through April as a response to the pandemic. Eligible clients will see the benefits on their Bridge Card April 24th to May 4th. These benefits will be loaded on to the card as a separate payment from the assistance that was provided earlier in the month.
Additionally, households eligible for Food Assistance Program benefits will receive additional benefits in April to bring all current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cases to the maximum monthly allowance if they are already not at that level. Eligible families do not need to re-apply to receive the benefits.
April 21, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
The City of Brighton has awarded a contract for a much anticipated, multi-million dollar road project.
Brighton City Council has approved the Northwest Neighborhood Road Reconstruction Project contract to Dunigan Brothers. DPW Director Marcel Goch said they had 6 submissions come in, with Dunigan being the low bidder.
The resolution awards Dunigan Bros. Inc. $6,656,722.37, with a 15% contingency, for a total of $7,655,230.
The City recently contracted with Dunigan for the Rickett Road Phase 1 project.
City Manager Nate Geinzer said it was a team effort to get to this point and they are proud of all the work staff has put in.
April 20, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
With a second consecutive forced adjournment for being over allowed capacity, Genoa Townshipâs Supervisor is considering options that will allow officials to conduct business.
Earlier this month, residents opposed to a proposed project by Catholic Healthcare International showed up in numbers large enough to force the Board of Trustees to adjourn due to MDHHS capacity orders. In an effort to aid business getting done in situations like this going forward, the Board put on its agenda for yesterdayâs meeting discussion about declaring a local state of emergency to allow for online meetings. Even though the CHI matter was not on that agenda, too many residents again showed up, forcing the Board to adjourn its second consecutive meeting. Supervisor Bill Rogers said they can fit 21 people in their Board Room, but 38 came to attend.
April 20, 2021 By Mike Kruzman & Jon King / news@whmi.com
The withdrawal of an application to build a proposed asphalt plant in Tyrone Township has residents cautiously optimistic and ready to become more involved in their community.
Nearly as soon as John Sawyer of Capital Asphalt unveiled a plan for the plant did residents rise up in opposition, forming the group Residents for Community Preservation.
The plan involved heavy industrial rezoning of 2 parcels covering 124-acres north of Center Road and west of Old US-23 (pictured) and a special land use permit for the plant.
On Monday, Tyrone Township Supervisor Mike Cunningham released in an email that Sawyer has withdrawn the special land use request, seeming to signal the end of the project.