Articles tagged:Green Oak Township

Posted: Sun Jul 24 2:05 p.m. by Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter
Saline's Summerfest serves up two days of summer fun for all ages

Watermelon eating (and seed-spitting) contests, egg tossing and tricycle racing for children and adults. A full slate of musical and dance performances, a beer and wine tent, cars, remote car racing, and a teen block party.

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Posted: Fri Jul 15 5:30 p.m. by Angela Cesere Staff Photographer
Images from Quidditch at the Ypsilanti District Library Whittaker branch

Ypsilanti District Library Whittaker branch hosted a game of Quidditch to celebrate today's opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in theaters. Quidditch is a game in the Harry Potter universe played on flying brooms. Kids at the library played a modified version of this, balancing a ...

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Posted: Mon Oct 11 3:25 p.m. by Heather Lockwood

University of Michigan student Heather Comstock, 19, of Okemos was one of five people killed in a head-on crash on US-23 north of Ann Arbor Sunday afternoon, according to a Green Oak Township police news release. The others killed in the crash were Matthew Kolstoe, 18, of Okemos, who was driving the silver ...

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Posted: Mon Oct 11 6:31 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Updated story: Police release names of five killed in head-on crash on US-23 Three Okemos teenagers and two Ohio residents were among the five people killed in a head-on crash on US-23 north of Ann Arbor Sunday afternoon that also seriously injured four others, including three children, according to Green ...

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Posted: Sun Oct 10 8:38 p.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director
5 killed in head-on crash on US-23 in Green Oak Township

Five people were killed and four others were critically injured in a head-on crash on US-23 in Green Oak Township this afternoon, township fire officials said. Investigators are still piecing together what led to the high-speed crash when a Toyota Prius heading northbound on US-23 crossed the median into southbound ...

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Posted: Mon Apr 5 2:40 p.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer

An Ypsilanti man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg Saturday night at a gas station in Green Oak Township, the Livingston Daily reported. The article said the 21-year-old man shot himself with a 40-caliber Glock while sitting in a pickup truck while his father pumped gas at ...

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Posted: Sat Jan 30 9:45 a.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director

Police say two women stole items from a JC Penney store in Green Oak Township, then sprayed a loss prevention officer in the face with a substance and fled the store - leaving a 7-year-old child behind Friday evening. By the time they were caught a short time later, Green ...

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Posted: Wed Jan 27 8:43 p.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director
T.G.I. Friday's holding benefit for injured Whitmore Lake woman who was abducted

T.G.I. Friday's in Brighton is holding a benefit Thursday evening to raise funds for a Whitmore Lake woman injured after she was abducted earlier this month. Courtney Beard is still recovering from the ordeal, officials say. Her former boyfriend, Brandon Smith, is accused of kidnapping her at knifepoint as she ...

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Posted: Fri Jan 15 1:33 p.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director

A 49-year-old South Lyon man was arrested Thursday evening after police say he crashed his car while driving drunk, fled the scene and eventually struck a patrol car with his vehicle. Green Oak Township police responded to Eight Mile Road east of Marshall Road at about 7:19 p.m. for an ...

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Posted: Tue Jan 5 2:10 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Man charged with multiple felonies in kidnapping of Whitmore Lake woman

A man accused of kidnapping the mother of his children outside the Green Oak Township restaurant where she worked was arraigned on multiple felony charges Monday and was ordered held without bond. Brandon Jay Smith, 23, faces charges that include kidnapping, torture, three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, unlawful ...

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Posted: Fri Jan 1 10:15 p.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director
Green Oak Township police searching for couple after physical confrontation outside Olive Garden

Update: Missing Whitmore Lake woman found injured in northern Michigan; former boyfriend arrested Green Oak Township police are searching for a woman whose boyfriend forced her into a vehicle following a confrontation outside an Olive Garden restaurant today. Courtney Beard, 21, is considered an endangered missing person, a police press ...

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Posted: Sun Nov 22 8 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Police say a 15-year-old boy who was ringing doorbells as a prank in Green Oak Township was shot by a 69-year-old man at one of the homes. Green Oak Township police said in a press release the boy and three other teens were ringing doorbells on Friday night in Green ...

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Posted: Wed Oct 21 6 a.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director

A 19-year-old driver was killed Tuesday evening after police say her car sideswiped a semi tractor-trailer on southbound US-23, overturned in the grassy median, went airborne into the northbound lanes and landed on another vehicle. The crash occurred on US-23 near Silver Lake Road in Green Oak Township, north of ...

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