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Wayland Supt. Hinds outlines school return plan
This week, our team has been continuing our work to create a plan which meets the needs of all students. We've met with our Return to School Committee and reviewed…
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Basura: Reflections on throwing out the first ball
"Say the secret password, and a duck’ll come down and give you fifty dollars.' — Groucho Marx, host of the game show “You Bet Your Life.” I was once selected…
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One Small Voice: Spins won’t alter truth about virus
“The science should not stand in the way of this,” said Kayleigh McEnany at a recent press conference where she was responding to questions about children returning to school amid…
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Tribes back accountability of Enbridge in 2010 oil spill
As the 10th anniversary of the Enbridge oil spill in the Kalamazoo River approaches, Michigan Native American Tribes say they hope progress is made to prevent an even larger disaster. Michigan…
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Yes It’s True: Thank Army Bob for his job well done
“Politics makes strange bedfellows” — Adapted from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. This time honored phrase is perhaps the best way to describe my relationship of eight years with Robert…
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Army Bob: Will left learn from the history of crime?
by Robert M. Traxler In Portland, Oregon, peaceful nonviolent protesters set up barricades to keep people in the building housing a police union headquarters, and then set it on fire.…
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County
(Taken from the archives at the Then & Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — July 26, 1995 The Globe’s front-page photo for this edition was of 3-year-old…
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Dorr Plan Commission OKs rezoning, special use permit
The Dorr Township Planning Commission recommended approval to rezone 40 acres on 140th Avenue from agricultural to rural estates and granted a special use permit to Award Enterprises to expand…
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‘Army Bob’ Traxler resigns Dorr Plan Commission, ZBA
Robert M. Traxler, perhaps best known to readers of this on-line publication as “Army Bob,” Tuesday evening resigned his posts as vice chairman of the Dorr Township Planning Commission and…
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WHS cross-country team told physicals are canceled
Athletic physicals that were scheduled for Aug. 6 have been canceled at Metro Health because of the COVID-19 health crisis. The Wayland High School Athletic Department has reported it also…