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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1970
Page
1
An unidentified young woman chose the only logical way to travel on Maple Rd as heavy traffic and construction reduce the road to a towpath. Sanitary sewer installation for the new high school has begun and water lines will follow. The school will not open.
Development plans for North Maple Rd include 90 town houses a 74 unit mobile home park and a possible $1 million industrial facility. A Detroit area firm eyes 70 acre site owned by the Robert Merchants pending annexation road plans and utilities. Traffic and jurisdiction issues loom as officials meet with Pittsfield Township Board members Saturday morning.
City Council, with State Highway Department engineers, reviewed dam site risks to the highway and bridge during wet weather. They tentatively endorsed mill pond restoration as feasible and an improvement over the current setup, linking to a Jaycee opinion survey on local interests.
Richard Carter district manager for General Telephone said the new Saline directory is larger due to expanded white and yellow page listings. Community names appear in bold at page corners to help locate numbers. Over 5 000 editions will be distributed in the Saline area.
The Saline Police Officers Association is named exclusive bargaining agent for the Saline police force. A first meeting is scheduled for Thursday with George Johnson appointed as the Council representative and Henry Ritchie acting for the SPOA urging a single spokesman.
Taxpayers in Saline receive assessment notices as the City Equalization Department completes a re evaluation to meet the statutory 50 percent market value standard. City Assessor Dick Cole notes prior under assessment and says notices and appeal forms are at City Hall. The Board of Review meets March 16, with Council postponing their March 16 session to March 23 to keep the chamber free. A long line of appeals is expected.
School officials disagree on income changes as higher district valuations from increased assessments promise more local tax revenue, offset by possible state aid changes under deductible millage. Final figures hinge on Board of Review outcomes and upcoming legislative proposals in Lansing.
Applied Dynamics Inc a Ann Arbor based maker of hybrid computers has optioned about 70 acres of Maple Rd land owned by Mr and Mrs Robert Merchant. If problems are solved quickly the firm may build a 1 million plus facility on the site. Key questions exist on annexation utility access Maple Rd improvements and ADs share of utility costs ongoing with Saline Pittsfield Township and county authorities.
A century old residence on N. Lewis St known as Met the Saints THIS OLD HOUSE was razed by bulldozers. A nearly illegible bulletin found beneath plaster mentions Milwaukee actions dated February 23, 1872. The Marken family owned the site around 1900, later sold to Ken Volz and his mother who plan two duplexes on the property.
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