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Observing the Fourth of July with a big boom

July 4, 2016

Robert M. Traxler, vice chairman of the Dorr Township Planning Commission, chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals and "Army Bob" columnist for townbroadcast.com, annually celebrates the Fourth of July with a cannon burst in his yard. "The birthday of our nation should be celebrated with the firing of cannon."...

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Too much at stake to not ‘Get On Board’

July 3, 2016

(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ Four open positions for next school board election The Wayland Union Schools Board of Education will have four open seats in the next election, all four-year terms. Interested candidates must file at the Allegan County Clerk’s...

The Muck Starts Here: Hillary, Elizabeth are rockin’ the vote

July 3, 2016

by Barry Hastings I hate to start on Trump. He's a downer. The lines of BS, disinformation, misinformation, and spin he weaves make me sick. And even sicker when I think of how many Americans have no real ability to discern truth when it becomes obvious. They easily fall victim...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Please don’t take me out to the ballgame

July 3, 2016

Contrary to the advertisement broadcast during Detroit Tigers’ telecasts, it’s not my bank and it’s not my ballpark. I’ve never been inside Comerica Park. I’ve never been inside Ford Field. And I resent it when professional sports teams’ marketing campaigns suggest erroneously that they are my teams, as in “Your...

United Way seeking 3rd director since Gabriel’s retirement

July 3, 2016

The Allegan County United Way organization now has gone through two directors since the retirement of Mimi Gabriel of Hopkins three years ago. The United Way last month parted ways with Executive Director Denise Hartsough of Kalamazoo, who came on board in February 2014. She is returning to her job...

Bill Hirsch running low-key, low-budget state rep. campaign

July 2, 2016

Of the five Republican Party candidates in the primary election for 72nd District State Representative, Bill Hirsch is perhaps the most unusual. Hirsch, a Caledonia area dairy farmer, has been a Kent County Commissioner for four years, but his campaign is remarkably low key. He isn’t interested in spending a...

Lilly’s encouraging story told by Spectrum Health publication

July 2, 2016

Lilly Vanden Bosch's fight with aplastic anemia has included radiation, chemotherapy, a successful bone marrow transplant and clinical trial treatment for a CMV virus. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat) The latest Spectrum Health Beat publication includes a feature story about Lilly Vanden Bosch, the 10-year-old Dorr girl who has...

Celebration of Life service is July 6 for John Preston of Hopkins

July 2, 2016

John T.H. Preston, 72, of Hopkins, died Friday, July 1, at his home. He was born on Oct. 1, 1943, in Birmingham, England, the son of Harry and Jean (Fillery) Preston. John came to the U.S. from England, found the love of his life, Susie, and they married on Dec....

Longtime Watson farmer Harry Brown dies at age 99

July 2, 2016

Harry Ogden Brown, age 99, of Watson Township died Friday, July 1. Born Aug. 21, 1916, in Martin, to the Stanley and Louise Brown, he was the second of five children, including the late Mildred McGuire, Howard Brown, Eleanor Knuth Priest and William Brown. Harry lived a wonderful life and...

Wayland man gets long prison sentence in domestic violence

July 1, 2016

Cody Cory-Lea Connolly, 26, of Wayland in Allegan County Court June 20 to up to 20 to 45 years in prison for attacking his wife last August. Connolly was accused of beating his wife and recording her with a cell phone for two hours while she begged to be taken...

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