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Milan police increasing patrols

Vandalism on the increase this month
By Ben Baird
Heritage Media

Milan police are increasing patrols in neighborhoods, parking lots and other areas

after numerous cases of vandalism were reported earlier this month. Officers have been looking for any suspicious people or vehicles during late night and early morning hours, in particular, where this type of crime has been occurring. Four cases were reported Nov. 4, including two involving multiple tires slashed in both the 100

block of Lauff Drive and on First Street ,west of North Street, according to police. One vehicle in a parking lot in the 900 block of Kay Street was keyed, according to police, while another there had a broken drivers side window. A patrolling officer also found a drivers side window smashed on a vehicle at 3:45 a.m. Nov. 4

in the 1000 block of North Street. On Oct. 25, a drivers side window was also broken sometime overnight in the 200 block of East Michigan Avenue. Someone also broke a window by firing a BB gun during the early morning hours Nov. 5 on Lauff Drive. Its unknown if this vandalism is related to the recent

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After months of debate, the York Township board gave the go-ahead to repair the Buck Creek bridge on Sanford Road. Buck Creek does not produce a great deal of water, but the Washtenaw County Road Commission has marked the road dead end since the bridge is closed. Art Stuart spoke to the board and asked officials to deal with the bridge. He is a farmer, residing on Sanford Road, between Willow Road and Stony Creek Road. He worried about operating his farm machinery on busy Carpenter Road with Sanford Road closed. Treasurer Sally Louis brought a motion to authorize the Washtenaw County Road Commission to perform a superstructure repair costing the township an estimated $60,000 which includes certain matching funds. Clerk Helen Neill seconded the motion. We have a two-year period to pay for it, Louis said. There is no good way to get around it. York Township typically receives $30,000 per year from the Washtenaw County Road Commission to pay for dust control on the dirt roads. Referred to as matching funds, the money will be used for the Buck Creek bridge instead. Outgoing Supervisor Joe Zurawski said that if the township changes its mind about the bridge by next spring, it would still have to pay $20,000 for design and engineering, as a minimum expense.
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The head of Milan Area Schools is urging community members to contact legislators about bills pending in Lansing that could have drastic effects on the educational process. There are some bills in Lansing right now that may very well get passed during the lame duck session that are quite scary and possibly have the ability to overhaul the entire educational process for public schools in Michigan, Superintendent Bryan Girbach told Milans Board of Education last week. Girbach said he wasnt necessarily opposed to the legislation, but wanted to make sure lawmakers were taking the time they needed to pass well thought out legislation. Its really scary to think our legislators might tackle this legislation in the short amount of time they have left in the session, he said. The devils in the details and the details just arent there, he said. He highlighted Senate Bill 620 or whats known as the Conversion of the Schools or Parent Trigger Law. The bill, which passed the Senate 20 to 18 in June, would require schools in the lowestachieving 5 percent of schools

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