Month: August 2021

Paving to start Aug. 31 on Martin Township roads

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The Allegan County Road Commission has announced that paving in Martin Township on 120th Avenue, from 8th to 6th Street and 6th Street from 119th Ave to 120th Ave will be Tuesday, Aug. 31, and Wednesday, Sept. 1. The prep work will be done starting Friday, Aug. 27, and Saturday,...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 26, 1996 East Superior, downtown Wayland, pre-1910, when automobiles finally began to outnumber horses and buggys. Wayland City officials have given Wayland Township 30 days to accept the city’s proposed agreement...
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Heat cuts Martin school to half day again Thursday

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The oppressive heat wave again has claimed Martin Public Schools as a victim. School officials today announced Martin will have only a half day of classes Thursday, Aug. 26, just a day after the school closed at 1 p.m. because of the weather. "The regularly scheduled full day of school...
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Heat, Covid, politics present school opening challenges

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As if local school districts Martin, Wayland and Hopkins did not have enough challenges while opening for the school year, now comes oppressive heat that has closed some schools in West Michigan. Martin Public Schools decided against mandating masks Tuesday on the first day of school a half day, as...
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Continued Covid leaves me and family ‘languishing’

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by Denise Dykstra This week I attended our school’s school board meeting.  They had some decisions that were being made and I wanted to hear what was going to happen. Once upon a time, I used to attend school board meetings somewhat regularly.  But I missed one, then two and...
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Wayland schools studying newfangled teaching tool

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Linda Anderson Bensyl Amy Nelson The Wayland Union school district is examining an online application that promises students better access to virtual instruction. Wayland High School math teachers Linda Anderson Bensyl and Amy Nelson demonstrated the program “SWIVL” in a video presentation for the Board of Education at its work...
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Wildcats 2nd in both races at Wayland Invitational

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The Grand Rapids Track Club Peregrines won both the boys’ and girls’ divisions of the season-opening Wayland Invitational cross-country meet Monday. GRTC had just 24 team points in the boys’ race and 37 in the girls’ competition. Wayland was second in both races with 34 and 54 points, respectively, Hopkins...
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Memorial service Sept. 25 for Hopkins’ Lee Swainston

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Lee Swainston, patriarch of the longtime Hopkins family, died Friday, Aug. 20. He was 72. A 1967 graduate of Byron Center High School, he was a Hopkins area dairy farmer for many years and was co-owner and manager of a hardware store in the village. He and his wife, Mary,...
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Celebration of life Monday for Debbie VanOflen, 66

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Deborah “Debbie” Mae VanOflen, age 66, died Saturday, Aug. 21. While she couldn’t communicate in the traditional way because of her cerebral palsy, her smile, her expressions, and her eyes said it all. Everyone who met her grew to love her for her beautiful smile, her determination, and her passion...
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Service pending for Varano Electric owner Tom Varano

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Thomas J. Varano, II, 51 of Dorr, died Saturday, Aug. 21, at Metro Health Hospital Born Oct.16, 1969,kj in Kalamazoo, he was the son of Geraldine “Jerri” Sinkler and the late Thomas J. Varano and was the husband of Jacqueline LouAnn (VanNess) Varano. Tommy, as he was known by family...
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