Ypsilanti Citizen News Sidetrack

City Council approves all mayor's re-appointments
By Dan DuChene
Jun. 16, 2010   ·   3:42 a.m.

Jone Coleman, president of downtown business LookInTheAttic, shares his thoughts with City Council about the discussion and procedure taken to pass mayoral re-appointments, which he was being considered for the Downtown Development Authority.

After much procedure, Ypsilanti City Council approved six mayoral re-appointments to city boards and committees Tuesday, including the two postponed from earlier...read more

Council postpones two reappointments
By Mark Tower
Jun. 4, 2010   ·   4:57 p.m.

Two of Ypsilanti's volunteer board members were not reappointed on schedule Tuesday night, owing to a 4-2 vote by City Council to delay the appointments until...read more

Downtown properties to be rehabilitated
By Mark Tower
Jun. 4, 2010   ·   10:40 a.m.

The three properties located at 120, 122 and 124 West Michigan Avenue in downtown Ypsilanti will soon be rebuilt into commercial and office space and loft apartments, thanks to a planned $1.7 million investment by developers.

Three recently-vacated properties in downtown Ypsilanti, two of them condemned, will soon be renovated owing to recent purchase by a local development company and...read more

Ypsilanti Township authorizes litigation against Liberty Square
By Mark Tower
May. 28, 2010   ·   6:53 p.m.

Many of the homes in the Liberty Square complex on Grove Street in Ypsilanti Township are already boarded and ready for foreclosure sale. All 151 units, some of which are still occupied, will be condemned Tuesday, Ypsilanti Township has resolved.

Residents living in the Liberty Square complex of townhouses will see a sticker appear on their homes Tuesday, when the Ypsilanti Township Building Department places...read more

Ford plant granted tax exemption by township
By Mark Tower
May. 24, 2010   ·   5:44 p.m.

Ford Motor Company's Rawsonville Plan, located at the intersection of Textile and Bridge Roads in Ypsilanti Township, will soon be the new home for production of Ford's Electric Focus batteries, formerly produced in Mexico.

New machines and equipment will soon be wheeled into Ford's Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti Township as it begins manufacturing a line of batteries for the new global...read more

Passenger from Monday’s crash dies

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Names of victims released by police

By Dan DuChene
Apr. 28, 2009    ·    12:05 p.m.


The driver in the crash that killed a Lincoln High School teen Monday died in the hospital as a result from her injuries.

Jessica Lynn Varney, a 24-year old Ypsilanti Township resident, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, where she was taken after Monday's crash in Ypsilanti Township.

She was the cousin of the vehicle's passenger, 16-year-old Augusta Township resident Caitlyn Nichole Varney, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The information is according to a report issued by the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office.

The accident occurred at 8:45 a.m. on Whittaker Road, near Sea Mist Drive, when a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix crashed into a tree. Police said the vehicle was traveling north on Whittaker, ran off the road and struck the tree head-on.

The case is still under investigation, but police said, “The lack of seat belt usage appears to be a factor.”

Anyone with information related to the crash is asked to call Sgt. Lisa King at 734-973-4694.

Stay with the Citizen as information develops.

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