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Splash pad hours extended by one through Labor Day
Hours for the wildly popular new splash pad at the Wayland City Park have been expanded by one more hour in the evenings from now through Labor Day. The City…
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Martin native, local musician finally succumbs to injuries
Tom Northrup, 54, a Martin native and local musician, died Monday of injuries he suffered Wednesday in a bicycle accident near Copper Harbor in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Townbroadcast erroneously reported…
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Wayland church backs city’s change to ‘family’ rest rooms
The United Church of Wayland told the City Council Monday night of its support for the city’s decision a year ago to switch from traditional to “family” restrooms in the…
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Monday Moanin’: Do advanced classes help with college?
When the value of high school is exaggerated By EMILY DERUY, JUL 26, 2016 It turns out that students who take AP classes don’t actually get better college grades. As more students…
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Barry Hastings: Manifest Destiny 18 months later, an appraisal
by Barry Hastings Results of our (ever-so-slowly-ending) business in Afghanistan, and badly-ended fool's errand in Iraq, are not going to be pretty — not even cosmetically tolerable. We took action…
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Road conditions in Dorr Twp. are bad and getting worse
To the editor: On the ballot for the Aug. 2 election is a referendum for the approval of three mills for maintaining roads in Dorr Township. In the spirt of…
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People close to Martin native, local musician, deny he has died
Despite reports that Tom Northrup, 54, a Martin native and local musician, died of injuries he suffered Wednesday in a bicycle accident near Copper Harbor in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, there…
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Miling, Boot Best options for Dorr Twp. Supervisor, Clerk
EDITOR”S NOTE: My motto ever since launching this on-line rag has been, “I report what I see and hear. And sometimes I comment on it.” With that in mind, the…
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Basura: As a Vietnam vet, I highly recommend visiting VA
I just got back from my annual physical with the VA. I go the Wyoming Health Care Center, in Wyoming, Mich., a suburb of Grand Rapids. It happens to be…
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Army Bob: Media is a huge part of the problem of terrorism
"If it bleeds it leads." A pattern is emerging after terrorist attacks in the United States and indeed worldwide. The media covers the attack and is enthralled with the attack…