Saline News

Lansing -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm is taking her campaign for green technology to the governor's residence, where a wind turbine has been erected and solar panels will soon go up to increase the home's energy efficiency.

Area residents can look forward to road improvements this summer as the city embarks on street and utility projects.

"Pages and Passages" -- Saline's first community build-as-we-go art project --gets under way July 10 at the Saline District Library.

Cyndi McLennan has worked for the Saline Area School District's transportation department for 30 years.

There is local history, and then there is local history that makes you say,"Really?'' Capt.

Fiddlers ReStrung play a variety of music at the Blackmon Amphitheatre Tuesday night from bluegrass to Celtic music.

This past Sunday wrapped up the 25th anniversary of the Showcase of New and Remodeled Homes.

Photo by Lisa Allmendinger David Helmer of Braun and Helmer Auction Service displays farm toys similar to those that will be auctioned off to benefit the Washtenaw County 4-H Youth Show July 26 at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds near Saline.

Ritchie Coleman , Pittsfield Township public safety community coordinator, and Pittsfield Township Public Safety Director Matt Harshberger talked to Maria Dorantes about ways to deter her children from potential drug and alcohol use.

A high-speed police chase of two runaways from a youth detention center near Saline resulted in four people being hospitalized over the weekend.

Knife Fight will perform on Michigan Avenue Saturday night to benefit a new teen center to be built in Saline.

Saline High School quarterback Joe Boisture has switched his verbal commitment to Michigan State from Boston College, according to SpartanMag.com. 'I love everything about Boston College,' Boisture told the recruiting Web site.

Photos by Krystle Dunham Longtime bus driver Sandy Dindoffer gives instructions to kids who are enrolled in Saline Community Education's Safety Town Program.

Shelby Williams, 6, of Ann Arbor and Jordan Riske, 7, of Manchester show off the tie-dyed shirts they made on the first day of Cloverbud 4-H Camp.

Charles Blackmer was born in Massachusetts, and created new businesses in Milan.

Payne Gniewek of Trenton and Joseph Juszczyk of Dearborn Heights are tied at 5-under 66 after the first round of the Michigan Amateur golf tournament played at Spring Meadows Country Club in Linden.

Photo by Christina Gurtowsky Ypsilanti residents Sarah Rigg and A.J LoCicero were among a couple dozen people who turned out May 28 for Hoppy Hour, a wine tasting and silent auction to benefit the Great Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary, the largest rabbit rescue in the United States located in Augusta Township.

Wal-Mart has started the process of hiring about 300 full- and part-time employees at its new store in Pittsfield Township, the company said.

Robert Marshall leads the Ann Arbor Summer Festival's opening processional parade as the band NOMO follows along with community members Friday evening.

Four people were injured Sunday in a head-on collision in Saline Township that occurred as police were pursuing a stolen car occupied by runaways from a youth home, authorities said.