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New partnership brings improved internet access

The Huron-Clinton Metroparks have teamed up with The Library Network and the Suburban Library Cooperative to form an exciting new pilot partnership that aims to provide equitable access to wi-fi hotspot service for students in southeast Michigan. In the best of times, inequitable...
Posted On 18 Apr 2021
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Music man’s life reaches coda

By Carolyn Marnon – It’s hard to miss the huge guitar on the sign outside the humble house on Wayne Rd that was home to Victor Music Studio. This is the story of the man behind the music whose life sonata finally reached its coda. Alphonse Victor Tupakavich was born March...
Posted On 18 Apr 2021
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“It was great” 62 year DPW employee retires

By Carolyn Marnon – Patty has left the building. After 62 years working for the City of Wayne, Patty Ditmore has officially retired. She was most recently the administrative assistant for DPW (Department of Public Works.) When I interviewed Patty back in 2018, her plans...
Posted On 08 Mar 2021
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Paralyzed boy gets help from Wayne Police

By Carolyn Marnon – On September 12, 2020, officers from the Wayne Police Department were dispatched to the area of E. Michigan Ave. and Fourth St. in the City of Wayne for a serious injury accident. Officers arrived on scene to see that an SUV had collided with a tree in...
Posted On 08 Mar 2021
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Council receives and discusses financial audit

By Carolyn Marnon –  “June 30 was seven months ago, so a lot has happened over the summer and through the fall and into the winter and so the audit, it’s a little bit of old news at this point, but it does bear going over it,” said Brian Camiller of Plante Moran when...
Posted On 08 Mar 2021
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Planning for the future of Wayne

By Carolyn Marnon – The Wayne City Council approved the City of Wayne 2020 Master Plan at the January 19, 2021 council meeting. Mayor John Rhaesa commented, “We don’t want to just have a plan and not do anything with it, so I think that’s going to be the next challenge for...
Posted On 08 Mar 2021
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Spreading their love…stories

By Carolyn Marnon – February brings images of hearts, love and candy kisses. Every year, we bring you the love stories of community members willing to share what has made their relationship full of hearts. This year, we bring you the stories of Kurt and Angie Jarman, owners...
Posted On 10 Feb 2021
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Wayne library part of 1 million downloads record

By Carolyn Marnon – The Wayne Public Library has partnered with a group of 49 other TLN (The Library Network) libraries to establish Download Destination, a group of southeastern Michigan TLN (The Library Network) libraries making OverDrive digital materials available to...
Posted On 10 Feb 2021

Plante Moran explains budgeting for a city

By Carolyn Marnon – When you budget for yourself and/or your family, you keep track of what money comes in, what money goes out, and you generally have a plan for the year. When a municipality budgets, the budget is a prediction of what that local government is going to do,...
Posted On 10 Feb 2021

Wayne Police Department Awards

The Wayne Police Department has an Awards Committee made up of the Chief of Police and a selection of patrol and command officers. The Awards Committee meets each year to review incidents from throughout the previous year and make selections about awards for department employees....
Posted On 10 Feb 2021