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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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400 Wayne residents receive COVID vaccine

By Carolyn Marnon – 400 City of Wayne residents were able to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, February 26. Wayne County held a vaccination clinic at HYPE Recreation Center in Wayne. Residents age 65 and older were eligible for the shots, which happened to be...
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

News Briefs – February 2021

Kathryn Sample, City of Wayne Finance Director, requested that City Council approve a waiver of the 3% Winter Tax Penalty on winter tax bills for payments received after February 15, 2021 through the end of the business day on March 1, 2021. “The City of Wayne has always followed...
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
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City hires full time Chief

After retiring from the City of Westland as the Fire Chief, the hiring of Michael Stradtner to become exclusively Wayne’s Fire Chief was approved by Wayne City Council on February 2. The interlocal agreement between Wayne and Westland was terminated. Wayne had shared Chief...
Posted On 10 Feb 2021
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Keeping up in the court

By Carolyn Marnon – Even while COVID rages on in the world, the 29th District Court and Judge Breeda O’Leary continue their duties to administer justice in Wayne. On December 8, 2020, Judge O’Leary was sworn in as the 29th District Court Judge after winning the November...
Posted On 10 Feb 2021

Wayne Memorial High School to host a virtual 8th grade parent night

Wayne Memorial High School will be hosting an 8th grade parent night for those transitioning to 9th grade or interested in getting more information about Wayne Memorial High School for the 2021-2022 school year. Students do not have to be currently attending a Wayne-Westland...
Posted On 27 Jan 2021