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Former employee sues Jennys Market

By Ben Baird
Heritage Media

Mary Ruth Armbruster, the woman who was paralyzed as a result of a Sept. 24, 2011, accident at Jennys Dexter Market, filed a lawsuit Jan. 3 against the market, its owner Jennifer Hoey Lambers and her father, Burton Hoey.

Armbruster is seeking an unnamed amount that substantially exceeds the minimum jurisdictional amount of $25,000 to cover medical costs associated with her injury, which the lawsuit document alleges is a direct result of faulty equipment she had to use. She worked for the business as a temporary seasonal worker beginning

Sept. 3, 2011, and drove a wagon to provide hayrides. Armbruster fell off a horse-drawn hayride she was driving Sept. 24, 2011, with the wagon full of customers. The lawsuit document states she was given a pair of reins that were mismatched and uneven, causing Mary to have to hold one rein in each hand to adequately steer the two

horses. The lawsuit alleges that Armbruster complained about the reins, but Hoey and Lambers failed to correct the problem. In addition, Armbruster also allegedly complained about her drivers seat being faulty because it was not bolted down to the wagon she fell from. The seat was not fixed either

following her complaint, according to the lawsuit, and it made it extremely difficult to control the horses when they started to trot or run. The lawsuit states Armbrusters waist-down paralysis is a direct result of the faulty equipment provided, combined with
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Dexter resident Kim Covert has resigned from her post as trustee on Dexters Board of Education, effective Dec. 31. Covert was a member of the board since 2007 and served as its secretary for three of her four Covert years. Covert recently accepted a position as programming coordinator at Dexter Community Education, which she will start next
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Covert resigns from board

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The holidays may not have been very white but they were green for several local Dexter businesses, thanks to promotions and holiday festivities such as Winter Fest and Home for the Holidays. Many businesses stayed open during Home for the Holidays and this years inaugural Winter Fest, which was held in late November on Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting small businesses.

Cathy Swan, owner of the Home Store and co-owner of Nichols and Stafford, said staying open just a bit later helped increase the traffic in both of her stores. The events downtown really helped to make people aware were here, Swan said. Swan said 2011 was a very good year for sales for the Home Store and that a great deal of her business was local. We appreciate that people like to support local (businesses), Swan said.

Nichols and Stafford, which opened in November, enjoyed a great holiday shopping season and December sales were much better than expected, thanks in part to the bigger downtown shopping crowds, according to co-owner Laura Telesco. She credits her successful first holiday shopping season to the downtown festivities which attracted hundreds of shoppers. Any activity in the village is good and helps business, Telesco said,
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he Dexter Village Council voted 6-0 Monday to join the National Flood Insurance Program and add a oodplain protection ordinance to the General Code of Ordinances. Property owners within the oodplain will now be able to purchase ood insurance to protect their homes and businesses. The move comes as a result of the Federal Emergency Management Agencys recent completion
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Newspapers partner with WADL

Get ready for a local newscast that combines hyper-local news stories with televisions immediacy when WADL TV 38 and Journal Register Company, parent company to Heritage Media, partner to present the News @ 9 weekdays beginning Jan. 16. For me having been a news director, bringing together newspaper journalism and streaming video into a real partnership with TV is unique, said Steve Antoniotti, WADL TV 38 general manager. Antoniotti said he had seen others try to do this, but this will be much more integrated. The 9 p.m. newscast WADLs first will feature reporting and video coverage from reporters and videographers working at Heritage Media, The Oakland Press, Macomb Daily, Royal Oaks Daily Tribune and Mount Pleasants Morning Sun, as well as national and international news. Antoniotti said another major change for the locally owned station will be the addition of America Now, a 30-minute news magazine hosted by Leeza Gibbons and Bill Rancic. America Now will be broadcast 7:30 p.m. with a fresh show at 9:30 p.m. Gibbons worked as an anchor on Entertainment Tonight and hosted her own TV talk show. Rancic winner of Donald Trumps first Apprentice competition is an author and financial expert, and is married to Giuliana Rancic. The newscast, which also will feature Bloomberg financial news and sports reporting, will be anchored by Makenzi Henderson, and Macomb County native and meteorologist Eric Garlick. Viewers in the region need a 9 p.m. newscast, Antoniotti said. Thats because many dont arrive home in time to catch an early evening newscasts and others head to bed before the late shows. The News @ 9 is perfect for them, he said.

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