http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_291080342.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_291080342.html The wait continues for an appellate court decision that could potentially reveal who orchestrated election tampering in Acme Township. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_279072201.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_279072201.html A secret deal closed the book on a series of lawsuits that for years enmeshed Acme Township public officials and development partners Meijer Inc. and the Village at Grand Traverse LLC. Former Acme Township Treasurer Bill Boltres reached confidential settlements with the Village and Meijer during a closed hearing. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:20:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_275072146.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_275072146.html New players and a new process will usher in a new-look site plan review for Meijer Inc.'s long-delayed store in Acme Township. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:40:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_273074208.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_273074208.html The rancorous lawsuit between former Acme Treasurer Bill Boltres and developers the Village at Grand Traverse LLC will continue after the sides failed to reach a settlement. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:15:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_246071535.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_246071535.html Meijer Inc. is taking another stab at building in Acme Township, five years after the Grand Rapids retailer and a development partner waged a zoning battle with local officials. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:15:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_238071647.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_238071647.html A judge's warning may put an end to former Acme Township Treasurer Bill Boltres' quest to get to the bottom of election manipulations in Acme Township. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:50:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_234195116.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_234195116.html Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Alan Schneider will try to convince three state judges he should be able to enforce state campaign finance law, rules that nine federal judges ultimately may gut. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:15:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_219071508.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_219071508.html Former Acme Township Treasurer Bill Boltres wants "the whole ball of wax" -- details of how he believes developers manipulated elections and drove him from office over a zoning dispute, his attorney said. Boltres' attorney Grant Parsons filed a motion in 13th Circuit Court this week that alleged criminal misconduct by The Village at Grand Traverse LLC developers in two Acme Township elections. Thu, 28 May 2009 07:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_148070049.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_148070049.html The issue: More recall campaign finance controversy in Acme Township; Our view: The Village's role emerges, and what little faith Michigan citizens have in the state's campaign finance laws unravels. Sat, 16 May 2009 22:15:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_136221553.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_136221553.html The Village at Grand Traverse LLC paid lawyers thousands of dollars to work on a 2005 Acme Township election campaign, but did not report the expense to state officials. Sat, 16 May 2009 22:15:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_136221605.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_136221605.html Meijer Inc.'s travails in Acme Township dominated headlines and court activity over the past year-plus, but lawsuit testimony shows the retailer's partner, the Village at Grand Traverse LLC, and its investors had more to lose and played a major role in the long Acme development saga. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:52:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_120064702.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_120064702.html For years they fought, bitterly so. With lawsuits and countersuits and sometimes illegally waged election campaigns. At stake: control over development in Grand Traverse Countys Acme Township. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:51:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_119152755.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_119152755.html TRAVERSE CITY — Acme residents won’t be on the receiving end of any immediate goodwill gesture in the wake of a lawsuit settlement between township officials and a development group led by Meijer, Inc. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:49:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_119152511.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_119152511.html Timeline: Events in the Meijer, Acme Twp. saga Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_119153007.html http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_119153007.html TRAVERSE CITY — A bitter lawsuit that had its roots in a 2004 zoning dispute ended today in 13th Circuit Court, when Meijer and The Village of Grand Traverse agreed to pay five Acme Township officials a combined $1.5 million.