April 15, 2025

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Government

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Articles for category: Government

Saline Makes Appointments to 2024 Boards and Commissions

January 8, 2024 Saline City Council Meeting. Photo courtesy City of Saline. On Monday, January 8, 2024, during its first meeting of the year, the Saline City Council appointed staff, council, and citizen representatives to serve its various positions, boards, and committees. Larry Sirls, Saline’s Director of Public Works, was officially appointed Street Administrator. As ...

Holiday Campaign in Support of Gordon Hall

In the year of Dexter’s Bicentennial, Gordon Hall has been standing proudly on the hill overlooking our town for 181 of Dexter’s 200 years. This grand old house was completed in 1843 by the town’s founder, Judge Samuel Dexter. It is now owned by the Dexter Area Historical Society (DAHS), who plans to restore it ...

An informational meeting being held regarding the cleanup at a former Dexter Township business

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is hosting an informational meeting about the contamination at the former Silver Lake Grocery. EGLE sent out notification on Oct. 9, to different interested parties, about the “informational public meeting regarding the EGLE-funded cleanup of historical gasoline contamination at the former Silver Lake Grocery (11100 ...

Saline City Council Modernizes Nondiscrimination Ordinance

In a uniquely forward-thinking move at its meeting on October 2, 2023, the Saline City Council voted unanimously to update and enhance its nondiscrimination ordinance, first enacted in 2018. The change stems from the city council’s previous request to, “assemble a working group to review the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance,” said City Manager Colleen O’Toole. O’Toole, ...