Moving Day! Accepts Plea, Avoids Trial INDEX by Art Aisner Sentencing on Oct 5; Where He Special Writer Faces up to 15 Years in Prison
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The new post officers located in a portion of the ' Old Polly's grocery store and its initial opening at the end of August was delayed when final details in the building were not complete, The new space is 6,000 squar,e feet with rice-white ": walls and blue-and-gray trim- It will offerv24-houraccess -to4he^bQUt-500-postal boxes, and lots of parking spaces in the front. Customers will enter the new location, at the corner of Old US 12 and M*2, from a front door that faces Main Street, The mural/which used to hang above the post master's office in the old building, will tie on a side wall when it's installed later in the year. : For postal employees, park ing will be on the side, next to the building and they'll • be able to push their carts , through specially equipped "impact doors. "Dock space and parking arethe two majorimprove- ments from the downtown post office," Ted Duve, Chelsea's post master, said last month. The postal service occupied the downtown building since -1936, An island has been , installed in the parking lot • with a drop box so people can drive up to mail letters, and there are two handicapped spaces. Chelsea's Post Office han dles about 101,000 letters and about 800 packages a day. •*••..• Lisa Allmendinger can be reached at [email protected] Dexter Area firefighter or at 877-995-NEWS(6397). Moving Day! accepts plea, avoids trial INDEX By Art Aisner sentencing on Oct 5; where he Special Writer faces up to 15 years in prison. Editorial PageoW A ranking officer with the As a result of his plea, Dexter Area Fire Department Gochis, who joined the depart Obituaries Page 10-A ment nearly seven years ago, avoided trial this week (Aug. 31) Sports Page 1-B on burglary and drug posses was immediately suspended ion charges by entering a plea without pay, Dexter Area Fire Faith Rage6-B deal with prosecutors. Chief Loren Yates said. Court records show Lt Scott His status with the depart Community Page 1-C ment,, will likely be deter Gochis pleaded guilty last week Calendar Page 4*C to one count of second-degree mined later this month after home invasion and one count ,- a review by the Dexter Area of possessing burglary tools • Fire Authoriry'snln^ember Printed in a case that began with his board. Yates said union rules on ® NEWS TIP arrest inside the bathroom dictate a formal review of fire HOTLINE: of an acquaintance's home in fighter conduct must take place recycled •Dexter."'- :••••;.•':'* within 28 days of suspension.' paper 475-1371 Gochis, 41, was to stand trial Gochis, of Stockbridge, had last week in Washtenaw County been on paid administrative Circuit Court on three other leave since last fall when he felony charges that could have was charged with three counts landed him in prison for up to of home invasion, possessing Photo by Burrlll Strong •; .'.; • ;'\ '^ . •/ "? :':;<;';;, 20 years; Those counts of first- burglars tools and possession PiHpliRoiMMitfiTiovttoVBrjtei^ degree home invasion and drug of acdnlrclledsubstancei . possession will be dismissed at 04001 thaArtt. The fluato ttplar fans haveboon wattnq far begh* a 14-week run on Sapt 17. PLEASE S£E PtEA/14^A Models Open Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p^m. '•'J/je'/t- f/te- {/<<<< f: , <) a I I i'> h <• r Si <i iu!;n"(l () ( I n tno A UM*£ StWK>* UVIWG <X>M*iUM*7%- 201 forthertoeWay- Dexter.Ml 48130-.734-433-1210 |- ***i*** *. , 1 Page 2-A » Thursday, September 10,2009 « HERITAGE NEWSPAPERS/WESTERN REGION *, • - 's freeze nation's roads, bridges and mass MDOT has 400 transit systems since the creation Road construction locations: of the national highway system 'jtartftaAifc.^; scheduled road in the 1950s," according to www. 1¾¾^ recbvery.gov. projects this year Shreck sees it a different way, &SJ By Sara Waisanen % "Once it's done, we're back on Washtenaw County Projects: AciarkRoad City of Ann Arbor Projects: Special Writer the same road we were before," A Stale Street-between • A Warren Road between Dixboro A West Stadium Boulevard from he said. "In the short run, it helps Washington and Huron Street Road and Earhart Road Pauline to Suffolk - through Sept. 11., Detour ahead. Road closed. us keep our transportation sys A Washtenaw Avenue - East and , Brand Road, Dexter township A Packard between Fifth Ave. and Hill. Expect delays. tem up to date... Once the money westbound between Carpenter > Curtis Road, Salem township A Huron River Drrve'between Maple These are some signs drivers goes away, our roads start to dete ..' and Normal Street , East Stonyfield Drive, off of and Main Street-through encounter on roads throughout riorate right away." A Huron Street between State Wylje Road in Dexter township "September Washtenaw County during .cwt. _ The Washtenaw County Road Street and Fletcher - begins in September A South State Street between Commissiohlias benefited from- A Washtenaw/Jackson Co line to A Hankerd Road, Dexter township . Stimson and Oakbropk - through struction season and are going Parker Road between mile A Hitchingham Road, Ypsilanti Aug.31 to continue to see throughout the reinvestment act, but is down marker 156 and 162 township - through November South Ashley ., September. about $15 million worth of road- A M-52 will be closed on 8/29 for A Zhoelzer Road, Bridgewater 1 t City and county road crews, as work compared to last year, said a parade i township-through September 'Washtenaw Avenue and West Main well as the Michigan Department Managing Director Steve Puuri, A East Delhi Road Bridge over - A Midway, Ypsilanti. townships- : - through Aug 26 of Transportation, are working There has been a steady decline the Huron River through September MDOT projects: on completing their scheduled Jnrevenue in the last five years, A Jackson Road from Dino Drive A North Territorial Road, Lyndon AI-94 between the Jackson. County projects before snow falls. he said. • to Honey CreeK township - Begins in - line and Chelsea in Washtenaw This year, there are more proj Last year was the commis A State Road/ North and south of September . • County ects to complete because of fund sion's record high expenditure Michigan Avenue (US-12) t Russell, Ypsilanti township A US-23 north of I-96 in Livingston ing from the American Recovery level of $65 million. A Hewitt Road between Packard i Schneider1 Road, Bridgewater Coanty ' and Reinvestment Act. "It's kindof amixed year," -and Clark Road i Starlield Court, Dexter - begins A1-96 between US-127 and M-52 In MDOT has about 400 scheduled Puuri said. "We're down from our A'MilafrOakvllle Road September Ingham County . projects this year, with 137 of record high, but there's still a lot A Plymouth Road Bridge over A Streamwood subdivision, A US-127 between l-96and I-496 in them being funded by the ARRA, of work going on." ;-,Fieming Creek ' . Ypsilanti - begins September Ingham County . said Bill Shreck, director of com The Washtenaw County Road A Plymouth Road at Gotfredson A Tuttle Hill Road, Ypsilanti - A M-14 over the Rouge River in munications for MDOT. Commission has completed about Road • - begintf week of Aug. 24 . Wayne County • "We;re building everything we" 50 percent of its road projects for planned this year," plus projects the year. All road segments that from the ARRA, Shreck said. are closed w^llMopeh by winten "Its putting people in Puuri said. Michigan back to work," he said. m Michigan, road workers . More man 7j000 workers are repair Washtenaw County Road working on getting their projects shortening, kids are going to be only have a few months to get out there in the dark." employed because of the reinvest all of their projects and madnte- Puuri said a major road con Commission will be getting its completed, and Puuri asks that ment act. struction project has a 20-year trucks ready tor winter. The drivers be careful when bringing School buses will be informed . nance completed before its win longevity, but every five years For the next two years, the ter again. With Michigan being agency will convert to salters their kids to school or driving to of roadwork and construction ARRA will "enact the larg there needs to be upkeep. on the back of trucks and will work. changes, he said. est increase in funding of our ah industrial state and constantly "We have a lot of long-term get chains ready and make sure "Drivers need to be aware Visit; jvwwmichigan.gov/drive having trucks on the roads, need,* he said.