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Wayland Schools art, music students join Art Hop

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Wayland Union Schools students took part in the annual Art Hop festivities in downtown Wayland this past weekend. Theater students dressed up like Charles Dickens characters, choir members sang Christmas carols, orchestra students played in various venues, and some had art work on display. (Photo courtesy of Laurie Zywiczynski)
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Local photographer’s ‘Blue Ice’ on calendar

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“Blue Ice,” one of Hope Thurston Carter's best-known photographs has been published again. It been chosen as the February image for the 2017 "Cultivating Creativity" Calendar produced by Ministry of the Arts. This calendar, as well as cards, planners and other gift ideas, can be purchased through their website at...
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Martin drama students have successful play debut

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Budding thespians at Brandon Elementary performed their very first play Thursday. This is the first year Martin has had a drama class. Denise Dykstra, an aide at the JC Wheeler Library, said her son, Eli, was a part of it, noting,  "He has been ecstatic and it was fun to...
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Bygone Days: A look back at NE Allegan County news

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(From the archives inside the Then & Now Historical Libary in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 4, 1991 Wayland Schools Superintendent Bob Brenner and his family are being honored as grand marshals for the annual Wayland Christmas parade. The family includes the superintendent, his wife Sandy and children...
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Bygone Days: A look back at news in NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Nov. 27, 1991 The Awareness Committee in Yankee Springs Township insists that Thompson-McCully’s special use permit to mine gravel will be expiring on Nov. 29. Supervisor David VanElst has acknowledged the sunset date, The Dorr Christmas parade is scheduled to take place Nov. 30 and Wayland...
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Biology students, 3rd-graders examine Rabbit River

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Wayland High School AP biology students in Lynn Gosson's class assisted Lori Howell's third-graders from Steeby Elementary in testing the Rabbit River for several ecological pollutants. The third grade class will come to the high school to go over the data collected with their high school partners to determine the...
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Bygone Days: A look at NE Allegan County history

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From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in Dorr: 25 Years Ago — Nov. 20, 1991 Michigan State Trooper Reggie Smith extolled the virtues of wearing seat belts from a personal viewpoint after he survived after his cruiser was hit broadside at the corner of 130th Avenue...
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Bygone Days: A look back at NE Allegan County news

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25 Years Ago — Nov. 13, 1991 Allegan County officials are reporting a surplus of $750,000 in a $35.7 million budget. Commissioner Muriel O’Leary is leading an effort to cut the Allegan County Promotional Alliance. Director Robert VanDuren of Wayland announced he will resign and join an economic development firm,...
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Wayland Main Street’s annual Art Hop is Dec. 2

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The holiday season is fast approaching and so is Wayland Main Street’s eighth annual Art Hop Friday evening, Dec. 2, from 5 to 9 p.m. The annual Christmas parade will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday. The streets downtown Wayland will transform Friday evening into a festive celebration of the...
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Bygone Days: A look back for NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Nov. 6, 1991 The Wayland Township Board is asking Planning Commission Chairman Larry Scheidel to be flexible about his leaving date after his resignation because of the controversy continuing over the 500-foot frontal rule for agricultural parcels. The Allegan County Board of Commissioners has begun foreclosure...
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