Village / Township
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12/16/2006
The Village may have seen a slight decrease in population as new subs are built in the Township. Police service in the Village is maintained by Village residents,the Township contracts to Sheriffs Dept. Fire Department for both is maintained by the Township. Village Police response times are normally under 1 minute. Cost to Village residents is minimal to maintain the department and this level service. The Village does have all of the technical abilities of the Sheriffs Department on call with no additional charge. Township deputies may be called out of the Township at anytime to support Deputies in adjacents communities that contract to the Sheriffs Department. Running feuds between the Township Board and Village officials have been ongoing for years with little hope of change. The local daily and weekly papers tend to a conservative political view, one drastically more so than the other. Peak traffic times can cause considerable delays along the main road bisecting the area, unfortunately there appears to be little that can be done in the near term to alleviate this, builders however continue to plans subdivisions, the latest being 3,300 home in the Township. The main road carries most of the traffic from the North to access I-75 to points in Troy and other areas. Shopping is available in theTownship as well as the Downtown area there are many malls within 30 minutes.
DENNIS | Oxford, MI