One building at Kings Mill Cooperative, off Northville Road near Seven Mile, was evacuated, and one fatality has been reported.
A 96-year-old woman was found dead in her townhouse at Kings Mill Cooperative in Northville Township Monday, according to John Werth, Director of the Northville Township Public Safety Department. There have been no other injuries reported. Firefighters from Northville Township, Plymouth and Livonia were at the scene of a fire on the 18000 block of Jamestown. The condominium cooperative is located off Northville Road, just south of Seven Mile Road. One building was evacuated, according to Northville Township fire dispatchers. The fire was called in by a maintenance worker who was replacing smoke alarm batteries in a neighboring unit and heard the smoke alarm going off. Werth described what firefighters saw when they arrived on the scene to…
$53,917 has been allocated to the project.
Northville Township's board of trustees voted Thursday night to allocate more money toward the demolition of two buildings on the Seven Mile property, the former psychiatric hospital. Almost $54,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) monies were approved for reallocation. The money was moved from two funds, including one that provides services to the senior living facility Allen Terrace. "We have a $200,000 grant from the EPA which is being used to take down the powerhouse and the maintenance building," said Thelma Kubitskey, the township's Finance Director. "The money from the CBDG will help with that project. And as we go forward the CDBG money will assist any future plans of demolition." The Environmental Protection Agency …
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Seven Mile property
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Firefighters rescue about 20 occupants; one woman hospitalized.
An overnight blaze that damaged part of a condominium complex might have been caused by an unattended candle, Capt. Dan Phillips of the Plymouth Community Fire Department said this morning. Plymouth Fire officials are continuing to investigate the fire at the Meadows condominium complex at Deer Court — just blocks from downtown Plymouth — which Phillips said was "fully occupied" with residents. Phillips said about 20 occupants needed to be rescued from their units as firefighters fought the blaze. The fire left the complex's occupants seeking alternative living arrangements. Phillips said the fire, which primarily affected the second and third floors of a unit on one end of the complex, appeared to originate in a bedroom. He said that room…
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Deer Ct & Deer St, Plymouth, MI
The Meadows Condominiums
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Boiling
12:12 am on Thursday, May 24, 2012
Vivi – stats: First of all; this property purchase was put before the residents in the form of a question that authorized (mandated) that the Township seeks bonds (loan) and then purchase the property. This was not a business decision, it was voted on following our Democratic process. Second; don’t worry about the Township being sued. If someone trespasses and gets injured then they have little … more ›