Canton News

She collects diapers, fund raises for diapers, gives them away and then asks for more.

All during July, a Canton hair salon, Great Clips, will give $1 off haircuts for anyone who brings in non-perishable food donations to help local food centers and shelters.

Photo gallery The Canton Chamber of Commerce has added a new and exciting feature to the Chamber Web site at www.cantonchamber.com "We now have a Photo Gallery, that covers all of our Chamber Events," said Dianne Cojei, President of the Canton Chamber of Commerce.

Police in Canton Township have arrested two suspects in a string of home invasions in that community.

Q: Dear Rick: You used to recommend funds such as the Janus Fund and the American Century Ultra Fund.

A vintage baseball game to raise money to fight ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig's Disease, had to be rescheduled due to inclement weather Thursday, organizer Bob Mosher said.

Canton residents, already hit with a 14.7 percent water-sewer rate increase on May 1, will not see additional increases following Tuesday's rate-hike vote by the Detroit City Council, officials said.

A recent trip to Washington, D.C., was more than sightseeing for Barbara Fichtenberg of Canton and her daughter, Ingrid, 24.

Livonia's Spree '59' week-long celebration will feature more than carnival rides, racing pigs, the circus, pie eating contests, battle of the bands and the Sunday night fireworks.

It didn't take a math problem to figure out that 20 youngsters were going home with new bikes.

Huge crowds flocked to Canton's 18th annual Liberty Fest, applauding a parade along Ford Road, delighting in a flurry of activities in Heritage Park and watching in awe as an impressive fireworks display capped the three-day event.

A group of youngsters from Westland and Canton are aiming high in cheerleading. Members of Westland Young Champions' All Stars, they're getting ready to compete for a national title after placing first in the state in Division 4. "It's a nice group of girls.

This editorial is reprinted from the pages of the Detroit Free Press, where it first appeared.

Canton Township has stepped up to the plate to fight the disease that killed New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig by hosting a vintage baseball game using mid-1860s rules.

There will be a new stop on the a Buy Michigan Nowa tour when the event begins next month.

Canton is expected to receive a second splash playground similar to - but smaller than - one that drew an estimated 25,734 visitors to Heritage Park in 2008.

Wayne County is one of eight counties in the state that will receive special road funding designed to boost employment.

A suspended Detroit police officer accused of trying to kill his estranged Canton girlfriend pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of reckless use of a firearm.

DETROIT: Cash flies off armored truck; reward offered The hunt is on for about $160,000 that disappeared after a bag of cash fell from an armored truck onto I-75 about 7:55 a.m. Thursday, officials with the truck company said.

The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority will start testing a commuter bus line to Canton Township by the end of August, financed by $495,000 from the U.S. Transportation Department.