ALLENDALE TWP. Following months of division over a Civil War statue depicting a Confederate Soldier, the Allendale Township board heard the first report from a committee it formed to address a possible solution to tensions in the township.
The committee, consisting of several area residents, proposed three potential outcomes for the future of the statue during a meeting Monday, Feb. 22. The statue depicts a Union soldier and Confederate soldier back to back, with a a slave child kneeling in between them.
The potential outcomes:
Replacing the statue depicting the Confederate soldier with an obelisk or column inscribed with phrases and viewpoints from the Civil War era.
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EASTPOINTE The city of Eastpointe is welcoming a new assistant city manager, Mariah Walton.
Walton joined the city of Eastpointe’s staff in April of 2020 as an assistant to the city manager and was officially promoted to assistant city manager Feb. 8. She is taking over the position from Brian Fairbrother.
“I came from the Kent County Circuit Court in Grand Rapids, Michigan,” said Walton. “I finished my master’s at Grand Valley State University in public administration, and a position as assistant to the city manager for (human resources) and purchasing opened, so I was very excited to join the team.”
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