Allen Park boys basketball player suspended for racial slur
A member of the Allen Park varsity boys basketball team has been suspended from the team and school after racial slurs were found on an eraser board in the basketball team room before Tuesday's...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: City borrows $2.2 million from state
ALLEN PARK — Residents went to Tuesday’s City Council meeting already knowing the city was going to have to go deeper into debt. That wasn’t the worst news they heard. Before the council, by a 4-3...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: Property values to see slight increase
ALLEN PARK — The assessor’s office is adding a slight increase to the value of houses in the city, but most homeowners still will see lower property tax bills in the coming year. The 2.7 percent...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: City will ask voters for a millage as soon as Feb. 14
ALLEN PARK — The city appears ready to ask voters to approve a millage and could ask as soon as Feb. 14 to place it on a ballot. Mayor William Matakas recommended during Tuesday’s special meeting that...
View ArticleCity asking employees for concessions, debate asking voters for millage
ALLEN PARK — The city wants wage and benefit concessions from its police and fire unions and has engaged in a standoff with the groups that could end with the appointment of a state emergency financial...
View ArticleAllen Park holding special council meeting as city deals with mounting...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. WXYZ - As the city faces increasingly dire financial circumstances, a special Allen Park City Council meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 21, 2012. The meeting is in...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: Police decline concessions, willing to meet with city
ALLEN PARK — Last week the firefighters union agreed to conditional wage and benefit concessions, but the police department has declined to do the same. In a letter dated Feb. 27 from both the Allen...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: Firefighters agree to conditional concessions
ALLEN PARK — The International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1410 took the full two weeks, down to the hour that Mayor William Matakas gave them to consider wage and benefit concessions. The...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: City’s bond rating decreased by Standard & Poor’s
ALLEN PARK — Standard & Poor’s announced late Tuesday that the city’s bond rating is downgraded from BB+ to B. A report from the financial services company says that uncertainty on how the city...
View ArticleAllen Park discussing asking for a review that could lead to an Emergency...
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (WXYZ) - With the city facing serious financial problems, Allen Park's leaders are considering an Emergency Manager. During a Tuesday City Council meeting members voted to have the...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: City wins appeal; Won’t hire more firefighters
ALLEN PARK — A ruling issued April 6 by the state Court of Appeals reverses a decision by Wayne County Circuit Judge John Gillis ordering the city to hire more firefighters. Presiding appellate Judge...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: Cops to pass on pay raise
ALLEN PARK — On the eve of a special election that will ask the voters to pass a milage to help out city coffers, the members of both Allen Park police unions decided to pass up on a two percent raise...
View ArticleALLEN PARK: Millage vote could decide city’s fate
ALLEN PARK — When voters head to the polls Tuesday, they could very well decide the fate of the city. A ballot question will ask for a two-year, variable- rate millage to pay off the debt on the...
View ArticleHuman Resources department head resigns
ALLEN PARK — The head of the city’s Human Resources Department, Don Wood, resigned his post effective Friday. According to City Administrator John Zech, he was told verbally, but had not received...
View ArticleIn Allen Park, barricaded gunman surrenders after police fire tear gas into home
A barricaded gunman who kept police at bay for hours after his wife was shot and ran out of their home in Allen Park surrendered after tear gas was fired into the home, police and neighbors said....
View ArticleAllen Park considers subcontracting public safety to shore up $1.6M deficit
Allen Park — The city might consider subcontracting police and fire services with a neighboring community as it prepares its 2012-13 budget that is expected to garner the attention of state officials...
View ArticleAllen Park Council Votes to Outsource Police and Fire
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (WJBK) -- Allen Park City Council passed a balanced budget Tuesday, but to do that they had to vote to eliminate the police and fire departments. Residents are stunned. The city is...
View ArticleSenator Hopgood to Host Press Conference on the Need to Pass Children’s...
For Immediate Release: Contact: Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood November 12, 2012 (517) 373-2406 Senator Hopgood to Host Press Conference on the Need to Pass Children’s Protection Act Hopgood will discuss...
View ArticleStop Bullying Campaign
As part of a recent campaign to raise awareness and stop bullying, several Allen Park Students took place in a photo shoot by <a title="Lesa Photography"...
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