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              <title>City to Conduct Street Tree Inventory</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/treeinven</link>
         <pubDate>Jul 3, 2008 9:28 am</pubDate>
             <description>The City of Saline was awarded a $20,000 matching
  Urban and Community Forestry Grant from the State of Michigan. The Davey
  Resource Group was awarded the contract to perform a Tree Inventory, provide
  an Urban Forestry Management Plan, and provide . . . </description>
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              <title>Saline Offices Closed July 4th</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/closed4th</link>
         <pubDate>Jul 2, 2008 11:14 am</pubDate>
             <description>Saline Offices Closed July 4th

  Due to
  the July 4th Holiday, Saline City offices will be closed on Friday, July 4,
  2008 and will reopen for business on Monday, July 7, 2008. . . . </description>
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              <title>4th of July Trash Collection</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/4th of July Trash Collection</link>
         <pubDate>Jul 2, 2008 11:07 am</pubDate>
             <description>Holiday Trash
  Collection

  

  Due
  to the July 4th Holiday, there will be no trash collection on Friday, July
  4, 2008.

  

  THURSDAY, JULY 3,
  COLLECTION:

  If
  your regular collection day is Thursday there will be no change . . . </description>
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              <title>National Park and Recreation Month!</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/recmonth</link>
         <pubDate>Jul 2, 2008 11:02 am</pubDate>
             <description>July is National Park and
  Recreation Month!

            The month of July
  celebrates national, state, and local parks along with the many recreation
  opportunities they provide.  Recreation . . . </description>
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              <title>IFT notice for Pattco</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/plattco</link>
         <pubDate>Jun 23, 2008 4:02 pm</pubDate>
             <description>PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Saline City Council will hold a public
   hearing on Monday, July 21,

   2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers
   located at 100 N. Harris Street, Saline, MI, for the purpose of hearing all
   objections to, . . . </description>
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              <title>Maple Road Construction Plans</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/mapleroadwork</link>
         <pubDate>Jun 3, 2008 9:24 am</pubDate>
             <description>PROJECT NOTIFICATION

   

   NOTICE TO: RESIDENTS &amp;
   BUSINESSES on MAPLE ROAD and LEUTHEUSER DRIVE

   
   FROM: Gary Roubal, City
   Superintendent/Engineer

   
   DATE: June 2,
   2008

   RE: WATER SERVICE TIE-OVERS, SANITARY . . . </description>
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              <title>New child restraint law goes into effect July 1</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/Boosterchange</link>
         <pubDate>May 30, 2008 9:59 am</pubDate>
             <description>Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has signed legislation that will
   require the use of approved booster seats for children
   who are both under eight years old and less than four feet nine
   inches tall. Current law requires children . . . </description>
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              <title>Rec Center has new Cardio Weight Room Equipment</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/newcardio</link>
         <pubDate>May 22, 2008 9:37 am</pubDate>
             <description>EXCITING
  NEWS! A few weeks ago, Saline City Council approved the purchase of over
  $42,000 worth of cardio-weight room equipment.  

  We received and
  installed the new equipment. Our Cardio Weight Room now features more than
  30 pieces . . . </description>
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              <title>Local Tennis Courts</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/tenniscourts</link>
         <pubDate>May 14, 2008 9:00 am</pubDate>
             <description>Tefft Park Tennis
  Courts closed until further notice

  The tennis courts located
  behind the Rec Center are closed until they can be repaired. We are applying
  for grant funding but at this time it is not confirmed whether or not they
  will . . . </description>
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              <title>Dog Park to re-open</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/dogparkopen</link>
         <pubDate>May 8, 2008 9:20 am</pubDate>
             <description>The Dog Park at Mill Pond Park will re-open on
  Saturday, May 10, 2008.  DPW crews  applied a top dressing and
  grass seed to several areas.  You will see the loose straw that is
  protecting the newly sprouted grass seed.  If . . . </description>
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              <title>Retired Vehicle for Sale</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/RETIREDVEHICLES</link>
         <pubDate>Apr 24, 2008 12:40 pm</pubDate>
             <description>Sealed bids will be
  accepted by the City of Saline at the office of the Saline City Clerk, 100
  N. Harris, Saline, MI 48176-1642 until 11:00 AM, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 for
  a 1993 Ford Taurus. Equipment may be inspected at the Saline DPW Facility, . . . </description>
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              <title>Saline Named Tree City USA</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/SALINENAMEDTREECITYUSA</link>
         <pubDate>Apr 23, 2008 2:51 pm</pubDate>
             <description>The City of Saline has been named a Tree City
  USA community by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to
  community forestry. It is the fifth year Saline has received this national
  recognition. 

  The Tree City USA
  program is sponsored . . . </description>
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              <title>Conditional Rescission Of Principal Residence Exemption</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/CONDITIONALRESCISSION</link>
         <pubDate>Apr 22, 2008 2:36 pm</pubDate>
             <description>On April 8, 2008, Governor Granholm signed House Bill 4215, enacting 
  Public Act 96 of 2008, which amended Section  211.7cc of the General
  Property Tax Act, Public Act 206 of 1893. The amendment enables a person who
  has established . . . </description>
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              <title>Earth Day 2008 Event</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/earthday2008</link>
         <pubDate>Apr 14, 2008 1:03 pm</pubDate>
             <description>Spring is just around the
  corner along with Earth Day, April 22, 2008. Waste Management is hosting an
  event at their Recycle America site to help bring awareness regarding the
  importance of recycling and what happens to your material after it . . . </description>
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              <title>Art Counts</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/artcounts</link>
         <pubDate>Apr 7, 2008 4:12 pm</pubDate>
             <description>The city is actively
  participating (elected officials, staff, business owners and residents, etc)
  in the Community &amp; Culture project to develop a county-wide Cultural
  Plan.  As part of the Cultural Plan project,
  the Arts Alliance . . . </description>
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              <title>Burn Permit Notice</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/FIRE DEPARTMENT burn permit</link>
         <pubDate>Mar 27, 2008 11:26 am</pubDate>
             <description>SALINE AREA FIRE
  DEPARTMENT

  BURN PERMIT NOTICE

  The Saline Area Fire Department requests
  that residents in Lodi Township, Saline Township and York Township serviced
  by this department call into the department at 429-7911 for a BURN . . . </description>
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              <title>Saline Salt Shaker</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/saltshaker</link>
         <pubDate>Mar 19, 2008 11:09 am</pubDate>
             <description>The Salt Shaker is a six to
  eight page downtown publication that will be printed quarterly. It is meant
  to entertain and inform patrons of the restaurants, the barber shops, the
  hair salons, retail shops and the public in general while they are . . . </description>
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              <title>County Clean-up Day!</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/washcleanup</link>
         <pubDate>Feb 8, 2008 10:42 am</pubDate>
             <description>The Washtenaw County Solid Waste Program is holding a regional
  environmental clean-up day at the Saline DPW on Saturday, May 17 from 9:00
  AM to 4:00 PM. It will be a drop off that will accept recyclable materials,
  appliances, household hazard . . . </description>
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              <title>Saline's Building and Zoning Department Honored</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/buildingaward</link>
         <pubDate>Jan 28, 2008 10:24 am</pubDate>
             <description>The city of Saline's Building and Zoning Department was honored by
  the local builders and contractors for their work at the annual awards
  ceremony for the Home Builders' Association of Washtenaw County.

  Each year, the HBA presents 13 Pillar . . . </description>
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              <title>State of the City Address</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/stateofthecity</link>
         <pubDate>Jan 8, 2008 10:08 am</pubDate>
             <description>State of the City

  January 2008

  It is a great honor to have the opportunity to report on our current
  state of affairs. Since my last address there have been substantial changes
  in our community. These are exciting times for this community, . . . </description>
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              <title>We want You!!</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/WewantYou</link>
         <pubDate>Dec 28, 2007 2:40 pm</pubDate>
             <description>We are looking for a few enthusiastic residents who want to make Saline a
  better place to live. Your mission will be to contribute your voice, as a
  commission member, to our decision making process.

  Current openings are available on the Environmental . . . </description>
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              <title>Driveway Snow</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/Driveway Snow</link>
         <pubDate>Dec 26, 2007 10:28 am</pubDate>
             <description>We would like to remind property owners and private snow removal
  contractors that State Law (Act 82 of 1978, vehicle code 257.677A)
  prohibits the plowing or shoveling or blowing of snow, ice or slush onto or
  across roadways or highways, as it . . . </description>
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              <title>Community &amp; Culture study for Washtenaw County</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/washtenawsurvey</link>
         <pubDate>Dec 19, 2007 12:50 pm</pubDate>
             <description>Is music, visual arts, dance, theatre, design, crafts

  or any other cultural pursuit important to you and your
  family?

  Please share your opinions as we create a cultural plan for the Saline
  Area and Washtenaw County.  

  The Saline . . . </description>
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              <title>Sidewalk Snow Removal Regulations</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/SIDEWALK SNOW REMOVAL REGULATIONS</link>
         <pubDate>Oct 31, 2007 2:59 pm</pubDate>
             <description>Winter brings snow
  and with it such enjoyable activities as skiing, snow boarding and
  sledding.

  That same snow,
  however, can also be hazardous if left on certain areas, particularly
  sidewalks.

  Therefore, the
  City of Saline has . . . </description>
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              <title>PASSPORT APPLICATIONS </title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/passport2007_html</link>
         <pubDate>Jun 6, 2007 10:44 am</pubDate>
             <description>If you need a passport for travel outside the United States, PLAN
  AHEAD!!

  Due to the larger number of applications being received for
  passports,  it is now taking a longer period of time for processing by
  the U.S. Department of . . . </description>
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              <title>West Nile Virus</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/westnile07</link>
         <pubDate>May 9, 2007 9:36 am</pubDate>
             <description>Washtenaw County Health Officials urge residents to prevent
  infection from West Nile Virus.  The West Nile Virus is spread by
  mosquitoes.  To prevent infection, residents should wear long sleeve
  shirts and pants in areas prone to mosquitoes.  . . . </description>
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              <title>Saint Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital Named One of Nation's 100 Top Hospitals</title>
              <link>http://city-saline.org/news/hospitalarticle</link>
         <pubDate>Apr 13, 2007 10:58 am</pubDate>
             <description>Click 
  here for a link to the web article. . . . </description>
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