Membership on the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire and Rescue Authority board is changing with two new township representatives recently appointed to the five-member board.

The fire authority board, consisting of representatives of the two township boards as well as two citizens from each township plus one “at large” member, is the fiscal agent and provides management oversight [...]

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The Bingham Township Board this week approved construction of a new private road off Bingham Road and approved payments to the county Road Commission for improvements to Pineview Road just south of the Bingham-Suttons Bay Township line.

The two road projects were approved in separate actions by the Bingham Township Board at its regular monthly meeting [...]

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Bingham Township clerk Peggy Core has come under fire from a former township clerk and the Leelanau County clerk for her failure to provide an absentee ballot to a voter in time for last week's Primary Election.
Former Bingham Township clerk Michelle Murdick, who now resides in Elmwood Township, said Core had no legitimate excuse for [...]

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Bingham Township will contribute some $35,000 of the approximately $70,000 it will cost the county Road Commission to repair and re-pave a one-mile stretch of Pineview Road from County Road 633 to the township’s northern boundary with Suttons Bay Township.

At its regular monthly meeting last week, the township board voted 5-0 in favor of a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Bingham will contribute to Pineview Rd. repaving”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/05/bingham-will-contribute-to-pineview-rd-repaving/” });

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Bingham Township Board at their meeting on July 21, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Bingham Township Hall, 7171 S. Center Highway, Traverse City, Michigan, adopted Ordinance No. 1 of 2008 which amends the Bingham Township Zoning Ordinance.

Ordinance No. 1 of 2008 amends the Zoning Ordinance by adding language in [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Bingham Township Notice of Adoption”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/04/bingham-township-notice-of-adoption/” });

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Two candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for the District 2 seat on the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners.

Heinert (left) Schaub
Current District 2 representative Mark Walter, a candidate for Sheriff, is not seeking re-election, meaning a new face will be part of the county board.
Klaus Heinert, a longtime summer visitor to the county, moved to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Election 2008 - New county board face assured”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/02/election-2008-new-county-board-face-assured/” });

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Bingham Township planners last week approved a minor site plan amendment for The Pathways, a 65-unit clustered housing development on a 133-acre parcel off Revold Rd.

Township zoning administrator Steve Patmore reported that the developer had sought the relocation of two lots, development of a community septic field, and a time extension until next year for [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “'Pathways' site plan language approved”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/07/21/pathways-site-plan-language-approved/” });

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One in a long-running series of lawsuits filed by a Bingham Township property owner against the township and former supervisor Robert W. Foster appeared to come to an end in 13th Circuit Court last week.

Following years of litigation, Judge Thomas G. Power handed a partial victory to the plaintiffs – Sharon Lee Schellenberg and David [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Judge delivers partial victories to plaintiffs, Bingham in lawsuit”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/07/14/judge-delivers-partial-victories-to-plaintiffs-bingham-in-lawsuit/” });

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About a dozen Bingham Township residents in attendance at the township's Annual Meeting on Saturday morning agreed with their township board that elected officials should receive no pay raises this year.

On a voice vote, township voters at the meeting unanimously supported salary resolutions adopted last month by the board.
The township supervisor will continue [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “No pay hikes for Bingham officials”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/06/23/no-pay-hikes-for-bingham-officials/” });

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May 19, 2008
Synopsis of Minutes - unapproved draft

The meeting was called to order at 7pm by Supervisor Ard; also present were Treasurer Grant, Trustee Bush, Clerk Core, Trustee, Voisin and twelve guests.
Agenda approved as submitted.
04/21/08 regular meeting minutes approved with one minor correction.
05/12/08 special meeting minutes approved as presented.
The Board addressed the following: 1] entrance [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Bingham Township Notice to the Public Board Meeting”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/06/17/bingham-township-notice-to-the-public-board-meeting/” });

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