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ALLEN PARK: City Administrator to stay on job despite resignation

Scott — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:36:09 +0000

ALLEN PARK — John Zech’s resignation didn’t last long.

The City Council and the city administrator reconsidered his resignation and Zech, who’s worked with the city since August, will negotiate a new contract.

Zech was on vacation Thursday and could not be reached for comment.

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Students from Cabrini High School were in Washington, D.C

Scott — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:29:55 +0000

Fifteen students at Cabrini High School in Allen Park were in Washington, D.C., two weeks ago for the annual March for Life on the National Mall. The walk commemorates the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that upheld a woman’s right to seek an abortion. The trip, with students from Divine Child High School in Dearborn, included [...]

ALLEN PARK: Cars left running in driveways still getting stolen

Scott — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:19:38 +0000

ALLEN PARK — The Police Department admonished residents to stop leaving their cars running last month, but not everyone got the message.

Detroit officers recovered a stolen Cadillac on Tuesday, six days after it went missing from Allen Park.

The circumstances of the theft were familiar to Allen Park’s detective bureau.

The owner started the [...]

ALLEN PARK: City administrator resigns

Scott — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:50:11 +0000

ALLEN PARK — The city needs a new administrator.

John Zech, who’d served the city on a day-to-day basis since his contract expired Dec. 25, resigned Friday afternoon.

Mayor William Matakas said the city would begin an immediate search for a candidate to replace Zech, who’ll stay with the city until Tuesday.

Zech and acting [...]

ALLEN PARK: City borrows $2.2 million from state

Scott — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:41:52 +0000

ALLEN PARK — Residents went to Tuesday’s City Council meeting already knowing the city was going to have to go deeper into debt.

That wasn’t the worst news they heard.

Before the council, by a 4-3 vote, approved asking the Department of Treasury for $2.2 million in fiscal stabilization bonds, the city assessor told the [...]

ALLEN PARK: Property values to see slight increase

Scott — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:36:01 +0000

ALLEN PARK — The assessor’s office is adding a slight increase to the value of houses in the city, but most homeowners still will see lower property tax bills in the coming year.

The 2.7 percent increase is an adjustment for inflation but it won’t affect most homeowners because the taxable value of their property [...]

ALLEN PARK: City will borrow state money to balance books

Scott — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:30:24 +0000

ALLEN PARK – The city will borrow $2.2 million from the state to ensure it can pay its bills through the end of the fiscal year. The City Council, in a 4-3 vote, approved asking the Department of Treasury for money to issue fiscal stabilization bonds during Tuesday night’s meeting. Councilmen Angelo DeGiulio, Harry Sisko [...]

Five cities to consolidate animal control into one shelter

Scott — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:28:26 +0000

SOUTHGATE — Working in conjunction with other Downriver communities, the city was awarded a grant to consolidate animal control services with Allen Park, Melvindale, Lincoln Park and Wyandotte.

The grant, for $235,000, will go toward either renovating one of the cities’ current facilities or constructing a new one. Currently, Allen Park, Southgate and Wyandotte have [...]

ALLEN PARK: Baker College introduces ‘SMART’ lab for students

Scott — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:55:15 +0000

ALLEN PARK — Baker College of Allen Park has opened SMART Lab, a 1,056-square-foot area on campus dedicated to interactive instruction for business students.

Developed by Baker, SMART is an acronym for Securities, Marketing, Accounting, Research and Technology.

“Our students will now be able to obtain hands-on instruction in business rather than acquire knowledge via [...]

ALLEN PARK: Kiwanis Club gives 381 dictionaries to pupils

Scott — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:35:18 +0000

Third-graders in Allen Park’s public and private elementary schools got an extra present just before Christmas thanks to the city’s Kiwanis Club chapter, which gave 381 dictionaries to pupils. It was the fifth straight year club members made the donation as part of the national Dictionary Project, which has distributed more than 14 million dictionaries [...]