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Posts published in February 2016
Ann Burleson, 96, of Romeo, died Friday Feb. 5, 2016 at Henry Ford Hospital in Clinton Township. She was born Sept. 2, 1919 in Marion County, Ala., the daughter of Hoyt and Mary (Armstrong) Gregg.…
Julie A. (Fisher) Harwood, 69, of Romeo, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016 at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township. She was born on Nov. 4, 1946 in Detroit, the daughter of Jack B. and…
BY DEBI MARTONE STAFF WRITER A Washington Township man who was convicted in 2014 of felony murder and child abuse is expected to have a new trial for the case that sentenced him to life…
BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR The Romeo Village Council hired a budget consultant at a special meeting held Jan. 21 despite warnings from the village attorney and one trustee about the transparency of the hiring process.…
BY DEBI MARTONE STAFF WRITER The popular Romeo Post Office Valentine cancellation will be available once again from Feb. 1-28. This is the 21st year the post office has offered a special postmark to commemorate…
BY STACY SOBOTKA A major sewer project is one step closer to fruition in Armada Township. The Armada Township Board of Trustees learned Jan. 13 that the village of Romeo Board of Trustees agreed at…
The Starkweather Art Center is partnering with the Friends of the Romeo District Library to offer Altered Books, a contest and exhibit utilizing unneeded books to create a piece of papier mache art. The contest…
BY DEBI MARTONE STAFF WRITER Eighth graders at Powell Middle School are getting a first hand look at the ramifications of drug and alcohol abuse by spending some time at the 42nd District Court in…
Jurors began hearing testimony Jan. 20 in the trial for James VanCallis, a 34 year-old Wales Township man who is accused of murdering 14 year-old April Millsap while she walked her dog on the Macomb…