Week in Review: Higher Taxes Passed, Stranger Approaches Kids, Patch Reader Wins Contest
New Baltimore-Chesterfield Patch recaps the news of the week.
Get caught up on the news from this past week. Here we go:
- Chesterfield Township police identified a man who approached boys in the community, asked one of them a question and fled when a parent confronted him. The next day, the Wisconsin man was escorted off University of Michigan's campus in Ann Arbor for asking teen girls "creepy" questions. He was not charged with any crimes in those incidents.
- New Baltimore passed the 2012-13 budget that essentially means higher taxes for residents, due to the fluctuating housing market conditions and other factors.
- Local nonprofit group Save Our South Channel Lights is raising money to preserve a historic range light in Lake St. Clair. The group, along with local politicians, will light an 1850s-era lighthouse in August during a fund-raiser.
- Chesterfield Township will consider adopting an ordinance that helps electronically regulate pawn shop and second-hand dealer inventory. New Baltimore police also want to get onboard with the program called LeadsOnline.
- Loathed and loved fishflies returned to town, just in time for the Bay-Rama Fishfly Festival on June 20-24 in downtown New Baltimore.
- Speaking of the festival, organizers gave Patch a sneak peak to the fun-filled lineup.
- Patch launched its 2012 Summer Reading Guide for children of all ages.
- We also posted our New Baltimore-Chesterfield Patch Election Guide to keep you informed of the candidates and issues in upcoming election season.
- A Patch reader won tickets for Tuesday's Anchor Bay Tastefest in our second-annual contest for the event in New Baltimore.