Category: Community Notices

Martin Twp. to have public hearing June 8 on budget

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The Martin Township Board will have a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, on the proposed 2016-17 fiscal year budget. The proposed budget is expected to be just over $300,000, according to Trustee Jim Brenner. The Township Board Wednesday evening went over items for budget amendments. Clerk Rachelle...
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Electronic recycling program still packs in the clients

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The annual electronics recycling dropoff was held Saturday morning at the Harding's Market parking lot in Wayland. Allegan County Recycling Director Ben Williams (in yellow with cap at right) said that by 11 a.m. more than 250 cars had come through the site to drop off old computers, laptops, tablets,...
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Watson Twp. recycling bins used as a dumping ground

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The Watson Township Hall has recycing bins on its parking lot, but some area residents have been using it inappropriately to dump trash. Shown here are several old mattresses and even an old toilet. Former Township Clerk Kathy Pardee told the Township Board Thursday evening the perpetrators should be cited...
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Tennis, basketball courts work at City Park nearly done

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The work on the new tennis courts at the Wayland City Park is nearly complete, as crew members put the finishing touches on cement near Church Street. The park this spring has been undergoing renovations with the help of grant money. It will include new playground equipment, the new tennis...
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‘Sounding of the Siren’ event for Gun Lake is May 17

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A “Sounding of the Siren” public celebration to recognize successful collaborative partnership and fund-raising effort to purchase a severe weather siren to enhance public safety in the Gun Lake area will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 17. The event will take place at the Yankee Springs Recreation Park,...
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Hopkins schools’ sinking fund levy proposal passes

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Voters in the Hopkins Public School District narrowly approved, 312 to 291, a sinking fund levy of up to 1.6 mills for five years to take care of improvement projects. Majorities in Hopkins Township, 111 to 96, and Monterey Township, 64 to 37, helped carry the day for the positive...
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CDXX pot exchange now operating in Orangeville Twp.

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This is the site of the new Gun Lake CDXX Boutique, 11925 Marsh Road, Suite B Shelbyville, right across from Gun Lake in Barry County in Orangeville Township. The shop provides an exchange site for legal marijuana patients and it sells marijuana-related paraphernalia. CDXX Boutique, operated by Jerry Dan Patrick and...
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Three Martin female athletes are academic all-SAC

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Three Martin female athletes were given Academic All-Conference accolades at a luncheon at the Lawton Community Center April 28. Receiving all-academic plaques from the Southwest Athletic Conference were (from left) Pam Heijerman, Jazmin Hildebrand and Lauren Hunt.
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Officer Jason Beckwith to take Kalamazoo DPS post

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Wayland police officer Jason Beckwith is leaving the force later this month to take a post with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Beckwith, who has served in Wayland for the past six year, is one of five full-time officers. The others are Jay Anderson, Tom Newberry, Mark Riemersma and...
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Luke Lenhart Band featured in next folk gathering May 7

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The Luke Lenhart Band will be special guest at the next folk gathering at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Vibrant Grains Restaurant and Bakery, 142 S. Main St., Wayland. the group specializes in playing Beatles classics as well as solo gems from the Fab Four in an all-acoustic...
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