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Democracy Tree: Sending it back to Trump — Postage paid

September 19, 2016

by Amy Kerr Hardin Wednesday’s mail revealed a large envelope with a stars and stripes stamp affixed in the upper right, addressed to me from none other than Donald J. Trump. He wants me to help him make American Great Again — a feat which apparently can only be achieved...

Councilman says Wayland has lost $1.5 million in state funds

September 19, 2016

Wayland City Councilman Rick Mathis Monday evening told his colleagues that the city has lost about $1.5 million in revenue sharing from the state since 2003. Mathis said he learned of the situation while attending a Michigan Municipal League seminar earlier this month. He said 14 cities have banded together...

City’s next street project will be on East Maple up to Steeby

September 19, 2016

The next city street project, scheduled to begin in 2017, will be repairs and improvements for East Maple Street, ending at Steeby Elementary School. Repaving and road improvements have just been completed on East Sycamore Street this year, as well as one block of Cherry Street and one block of...

Citizen’s appeal leads to Wayland Tree Board reinstatement

September 19, 2016

Wayland citizen Gail Hollinger apparently was taken seriously after she rebuked the City Council for removing trees in the East Sycamore Street project. The council voted unanimously Monday night to reinstate the Tree Board in an attempt to promote saving and planting more trees in the city. The board will...

Columns

Army Bob: Hillary Clinton seeks to divide, not unite us

September 19, 2016

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss a recent speech Secretary Hillary Clinton gave at fund-raiser in New York City to a group of rich donors headlined by Barbara Streisand. She said in the speech Sept. 9, “You can put half (more than 63,000,000) of Trump supporters in what I call...

Four injured, none seriously, in single-vehicle crash on U.S.-131

September 18, 2016

Four people were injured in a one-vehicle traffic crash early Saturday morning on U.S.-131 near the 142nd Avenue exit (Dorr). Authorities have indicated none of the injuries were life threatening. The incident caused the temporary closure of the northbound lane on the expressway, but it was reopened soon afterward.

Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday for Marian Lombardo of Dorr

September 18, 2016

Marian Lombardo, 78, of Dorr, died peacefully in her sleep Friday, Sept. 16. Born Oct. 2, 1937 ,in Alaska, Mich., she is predeceased by her parents, Norman J. and Mildred M. Swainston; her sisters, Margaret (Bill) Stauffer, Lillian (Ronald) Paffhausen, Dorothy (Claude)Colburn; and her brothers, Harold Swainston and Norman Swainston....

Monday Moanin’: Winning and losing lawsuits and ballgames

September 18, 2016

Detroit students sue state, claiming constitutional right to literacy being violated DETROIT (WXYZ) - Is the opportunity to learn to read a constitutional right in the United States of America? A federal lawsuit filed today by students in Detroit says it is. The first of its kind suit accuses the...

Service Wednesday for Martin businessman James Lapham

September 18, 2016

James Lapham, 81, died Saturday from complications following surgery at Bronson Hospital. He was born Sept. 7, 1935, in Martin Township the son of Dean and Martha (Pike) Lapham. He married Joyce Fuss on May 14, 1955, at Sacred Heart Church in Watson Township. Jim started Lapham Heating and Plumbing...

Barry Hastings: Sea War! The Yanks vs. the Brits, 1812-1814

September 18, 2016

by Barry Hastings This war was a quarrel over seaman's rights and the right to free oceangoing trade. It occurred during a period when England's main adversary in a war to the knife, was first Revolutionary France, quickly followed by Napoleonic France. Bonaparte was at war with England and most...

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