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A recommendation for an eight-month moratorium on new gas stations and car washes was approved 5-1 at the Warren Planning Commission’s Jan. 12 meeting. A Sheetz location opened on Van Dyke Avenue in December, and another is currently under construction at 12 Mile and Mound roads. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
According to an obituary for Kingsley Sears, he was a gifted tuba player. Sears was appointed as director of personnel for Warren Consolidated Schools after he moved to Warren in 1963. File photo
‘One of the most special people on earth’
Planning recommends moratorium on car washes, gas stations WARREN — Warren’s Planning Commission has voted to recommend an eight-month moratorium on new gas stations and car washes in the city. The discussion comes on the heels of a proposed plan to construct a new gas station at the corner of Mound and
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13 Mile roads, which is currently the site of The Gazebo Banquet Center. Mike Wiegand, who owns the facility, cites retirement and changes in the industry as reasons for wanting to sell the property. “It’s a tough time out there for businesses, and this is a good opportunity for me to go into retirement and do
WARREN — A man who had influence on Warren’s music and education fronts is being remembered by former colleagues as a remarkable individual. Kingsley Sears, who helped start the Warren Symphony Orchestra and directed the city’s choir, died Jan. 7. He was 98. “He truly was one of the most special people on earth,” said Robert Livernois, a former superintendent for Warren Consolidated Schools. “His whole mission was to help people, and you could see it in everything that he did.” According to Sears’ obituary, he was a gifted tuba player
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