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With New City Charter, Dexter Adopts Non-Partisan Elections

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 12, 2014 0

THE PROPOSAL THAT Dexter adopt a new Charter and move from a village in the State of Michigan to a city just barely passed on Nov. 5. The vote was a squeaker: 955-814. The new Dexter City Charter calls for non-partisan elections in Section…

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Dexter Council Floats 10 year Bond to Raise $950K to “Rehabilitate” Roads

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 18, 2014 0

IN MAY 2014, Dexter officials determined, using a road survey, that streets in that village were rated an average of 5.2 out of a possible ten. The Village Council then issued a ten-year road construction bond for $800,000, to be paid for…

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Online News Site DexterUpdate.com “Closing its door.”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 8, 2014 0

FORMER ANNARBOR.COM reporter Lisa Allmendinger announced on June 2 that she was shuttering her online news site DexterUpdate.com. Modeled on Allmendinger’s popular ChelseaUpdate.com news site, DexterUpdate.com wasn’t able to get the…