Westland News

Umbrellas were a must have Wednesday evening for the rain-soaked opening event of the 38th annual Westland Summer Festival.

Talking about what might have happened if Westland mail carriers Sharon Rulo and Lori Boljesic hadn't awakened her son when their home caught fire, Rita Suida gets choked up.

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Westland police are looking for information on a man who robbed a cash advance store at gunpoint on Tuesday.

According to a police report, the fire rescue was on route in response for a call for service at 28451 Ford to assist a 14-year-old bicyclist who was struck by a truck.

Armed robbery 1 A resident at the Landings Apartments, 7021 Lakeview, told police she returned home from work shortly after 1 a.m. June 29 and was robbed at gunpoint.

Federal money will be funding more than $82,000 in improvements to Westland Fire Station 5, located on Palmer east of Venoy.

You've already mastered scrapbooking and all its wonderful elements. You're an accomplished knitter and your pets have the hats to prove it.

Laura Perlowski is a "Y brat." Growing up in Wheaton, Ill., she took swim classes, baton twirling and gymnastics at the local YMCA, where she also landed her first part-time job.

There will be rides, food, games, entertainment and fireworks as the 39th annual Westland Summer Festival kicks off with a parade just after 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The carts have been delivered and bi-weekly curbside recycling kicks off Monday in Westland.

A state senator wants to ban Michigan public school officials from strip-searching students.

Choose to drive drunk and fireworks won't be the only flashing lights you see over the July 4 holiday.

It was the narrowest of margins but the Westland Fire Department can again claim victory in the Battle of Badges American Red Cross blood drive.

Copies of Westland's city charter will be revised with new language to accurately reflect a state law setting the filing deadline for city offices 12 weeks before the election.

Over some 40 years, Ernest Johnson was an active volunteer in Westland - president of the Westland Historical Society, a member of the Parks and Recreation Board and president of the Westland Cultural Society.

Strains of 1940s music will greet Garden Walk visitors during the Garden City Garden Club's annual walk Saturday, June 27.

Some would call it work. But the Diane and Andrew Warner family considers it vacation.

Andrew Warner doesn't mind being without his wife and two of their four children this Father's Day.

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