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Variance approved for Blissfield park sign
BLISSFIELD — The sign at the shared entrance to Clara Bachmayer and Ellis parks was a donation from the Rotary Club. The sign that is about to replace that message-carrier also will come from the Blissfield Rotary Club. After approval by Holly Koester, the village’s zoning administrator, and a public hearing on July 2, the village council has approved a variance that will allow an electronic… → Read More
Blissfield hires new DDA director
BLISSFIELD — The village has a new Downtown Development Authority director. And she is one of its own. The village council named April Welch to the position at Monday’s meeting. She replaces Tyler Dotson, who resigned June 1 to pursue other challenges. Welch has been a member of the village council for a year — she was appointed in July 2017. She also is a member of the village planning… → Read More
Nexus gas pipeline to be installed this summer
ADRIAN — Work on the second natural gas pipeline to transect the county in two years has begun and will continue throughout the summer. The Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline runs across Ohio, from southeast to northwest, and into Michigan. It will cut through Lenawee and Washtenaw and part of Monroe counties before connecting with existing pipe delivering natural gas to the Dawn Hub in Ontario,… → Read More
Tecumseh Army veteran recalls his service in World War II
TECUMSEH — Death in battle did not scare 18-year-old Mahlon Sebring. Crossing the ocean in a ship most certainly did. “I wasn’t scared of getting killed,” Sebring, now 93, said, referring to his trip from Boston to England on the USS Wakefield, a troop carrier. “The only thing I was scared of was dropping into the damned ocean. They had a lifeboat drill at about 2 o’clock and I looked at the… → Read More
Blissfield to host craft beer fest
BLISSFIELD — Blissfield’s getting crafty this summer. The village’s parks and recreation department is hosting the first “Blissfield On Tap,” a craft beer festival set for 3 to 9 p.m. Aug. 11 on Lane Street, from U.S. 223 to Jefferson Street. Parks and recreation director Eric May said the event will include six to eight craft beer vendors, performances by at least two bands, food vendors and… → Read More
Blissfield board discusses school safety, security
BLISSFIELD — The Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, caused school officials around the nation to review security and safety measures. The Blissfield Community Schools Board of Education joined that conversation on Monday. Blissfield Police Chief Dale Greenleaf and Blissfield schools Superintendent Jerry Johnson began the discussion after the… → Read More
Road work OK’d for Village of Blissfield
BLISSFIELD — A number of paving and resurfacing projects are in the immediate future for the village of Blissfield. The Lenawee County Road Commission was awarded contracts to resurface and fill cracks on streets around the village. A Toledo firm was the lowest of seven firms bidding to resurface the Pearl Street parking lot. And an Elsie company was awarded the contract to resurface the tennis… → Read More
Deerfield Twp. drain work scheduled
Drain to get cleaned out in coming weeks Mark Haney Daily Telegram Assistant News Editor DEERFIELD TWP. — In the coming weeks, part of a Deerfield Township drain will be cleaned. The township board learned Monday, through a letter from the Lenawee County Drain Commissioner, that plans have been made to clean the Burton-White Drain, from County Line Highway south five to six miles. Lazer Shot of… → Read More
Board appoints new clerk in Ridgeway Township
RIDGEWAY TWP. — Ridgeway Township has a new clerk. After interviewing three candidates on Monday, the township board on Tuesday named Laura Feldkamp as the new clerk. She takes over for Peggy Taylor-Albaugh, who died just after last month’s board meeting. The board also interviewed Mary Ann Mueller and Kirsten Huff before choosing Feldkamp, who took the oath of office at Tuesday’s regular… → Read More
Resignation adds to hole in Blissfield DDA board
BLISSFIELD — The Blissfield Downtown Development Authority/Main Street board is in need of some development. With the resignation of Julie Goll, accepted Monday by the village council and on March 14 by the rest of the DDA/Main Street board, the 11-member board is down to just six participants — village President Ray Jones, chairwoman Barb McHenry, Kayla Singleton, April Wolfe, Mike Gunter and… → Read More
Costs to drop with extension of Blissfield-wide recycling contract
BLISSFIELD — The news does get around. With what just happened in Adrian fresh on everyone’s minds, the Blissfield Village Council voted unanimously Monday to extend its contract with Stevens Disposal and Recycling Service for curbside recycling. The village council did not choose, as Adrian’s city commission did with its spring citywide trash pickup, to bid out the recycling contract. Instead,… → Read More
ReBicycle Lenawee trying to buy its Adrian home
ADRIAN — For the better part of a decade, ReBicycle Lenawee has met its obligations without once putting a hand out. That changed this week. The nonprofit, volunteer-run community bicycle shop has begun a crowdfunding campaign to raise the money needed to buy its current home at 313 E. Maumee St., just over a block from downtown Adrian. That’s something ReBicycle hasn’t done since it first… → Read More
Deerfield Village Council passes 2018-19 budget
DEERFIELD — The village of Deerfield has a new budget. After a public hearing March 6 that clerk Denise Wylie said drew no one, the village council approved the 2018-19 budget. That budget calls for revenues and expenses totalling $1,077,949. The council also set the millage rate at 9.4817 mills to support the village's general fund and 1.8961 mills for streets. The budget calls for nearly flat… → Read More
Cellphone boosters to be placed on utility poles around village of Blissfield
By Mark Haney Daily Telegram Assistant News Editor BLISSFIELD — Back in November 2016, Mobilitie asked the village of Blissfield officials to let it put some cellphone towers on three nearly 80-foot-tall structures it would place around the village. The village council turned Chicago-based firm down. But it also provided the firm with reasons — the zoning ordinance did not permit wireless… → Read More
Palmyra Township Board questions township's liability for those driving parade entries
PALMYRA TWP. — A Memorial Day parade is set for 9 a.m. May 28 in downtown Palmyra. But township officials have some concerns about the people who participate. Tradition has been that anyone can enter tractors and farm equipment in the parade, clerk Christine Whited said. The last few years, however, some township officials have noticed some very young people — as young as age 6, Whited said — at… → Read More
Britton Deerfield's kindergarten roundup labeled a success
BRITTON — The early returns look good for Britton Deerfield Schools. The district’s board of education learned Thursday that 40 children went through this year’s kindergarten roundup. “That’s really good for this time of the year,” Superintendent Stacy Johnson said. Johnson said the district usually has two or three sections of kindergarten each year, with 20-some students in each section. The… → Read More
History group buys Blissfield property
Land added to site of future American Farm Museum Mark Haney Daily Telegram Assistant News Editor BLISSFIELD — The site for the planned American Farm Museum and Education Center has grown. On March 2, Tri-County Historical Museum Inc. closed on the purchase of several blocks in a subdivision adjacent to the site at 420 E. Jefferson St. in Blissfield. Melissa Growden said in an email that the… → Read More
Britton-Deerfield schools go through security drill
BRITTON — In the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and other such incidents, school officials are stressing and testing security. → Read More
No pooling around for Adrian man
Carl Lamphier, 97, still plays a mean game Mark Haney Daily Telegram Assistant News Editor ADRIAN — Carl Lamphier turned 97 last week. He still drives. He still mows his own lawn. He still walks for exercise. And he still plays a mean game of pool. He said he’s still “trying” to play billiards. Some of his opponents say otherwise. “If you ever decide to play Carl,” Norm Redlin said, “make sure… → Read More
Ridgeway Township mourns death of clerk
RIDGEWAY TWP. — Once again, Ridgeway Township is mourning the loss of a beloved public official. In December 2009, it was longtime clerk Arlyne Becker. This week it is longtime clerk Peggy Taylor-Albaugh. Taylor-Albaugh died Wednesday night after a two-year battle with cancer. “She was a fighter,” Supervisor Bob Downing said. “She would and did do it all.” Taylor-Albaugh, 64, was named to… → Read More