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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 182
25 years Ago — Sept. 12, 1990 More than 225 of the 300 employees of Kessler’s Inc. have been notified they are being laid off in the wake of…
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Funeral scheduled for Saturday for Mary Anne Gamble, 89
Mary Anne Gamble, age 89, of Wayland died Sunday, Sept. 6. Mary Anne is survived by her son Michael and Doris Bartell of Pennsylvania; six grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and three…
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City agrees to engineering costs for East Sycamore project
The Wayland City Council Tuesday night agreed to pay $45,250 in engineering costs for the resurfacing project next year for East Sycamore Street. The engineer will be the firm of…
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City faces parking issues for park, may re-bid for renovation project
Wayland officials may reject all bids for the work on the City Park and re-bid for the project, which is scheduled to get under way next spring. But the bigger…
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Wayland Self-Storage wins recommendation for rezoning to B-2
The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday night recommended rezoning for expansion of Wayland Self-Storage at 1050 133rd Ave. Glenn Carlson, owner of the property, noted half of the parcel was…
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State Rep. Gamrat pleads for censure rather than expulsion
State Rep. Cindy Gamrat, who represents Hopkins, Watson and Martin townships in Lansing, asked a special committee Tuesday to recommend she be censured rather than expelled in the wake of…
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Services Friday for longtime Wayland resident Marian Longstreet
Longtime Wayland resident Marian Longstreet died Sunday, Sept. 6. She was 90 years old and would have celebrated her 91st on Sept. 24. Marian was a member of the Wayland…
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Wayland teachers’ pay 4th lowest among 15 schools in area sample
Veteran Kalamazoo Gazette education reporter Julie Mack this week had a story published on MLive about teachers' salaries, as public schools begin the 2015-16 academic year. However, the data she…
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Ranger Rick: Do the science — Mother Earth is starting to cool
President Obama, armed with the speculation of “thousands of scientists” with scientific “consensus” the world is coming to an end because of Global Warming, er, Global Climate Change, or whatever…
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Democracy Tree: Do-nothing legislature’s approval ratings tanking
by Amy Kerr Hardin Blame, only where blame is due As predicted, the dog and pony show known as the Courser-Gamrat Affair is slated to suck all the oxygen out…