Water main break:

The water main that was damaged near 24 Mile and Schoenherr roads Nov. 16 has been repaired. There is NO boil water advisory. The break impacted a small number of homes and staff from the Shelby Township Department of Public Works contacted all affected properties.

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Conductors & Stations: A visual Underground Railroad history

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Shelby Township on the Underground Railroad

Updated on 03/03/2021 2:27 PM

One mile northwest of Utica, just off River Bends Drive, one can still see slabs of pitted concrete above the thick brush in River Bends Park in Shelby Township.
The slabs are remnants of Spring Hill Farm, a 19th-century refuge for freedom-seeking African Americans flight to Canada. As part of the Underground Railroad, Spring Hill Farm was one stop of many on a route for freedom seekers away from slaveholders to Canada.