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Wayland elementary students beginning to use iPads in the classrooms

Apple computer tablet iPads will begin to be deployed in K-4 classrooms across the Wayland district in the bext several weeks. K-4 teachers from around the district participated in a…

Editor September 24, 2015

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Children’s author guest at Dorr, Pine Street mini-writers’ workshop

Pine Street Elementary students and Dorr Elementary fourth-graders had a special visit from author Linda Urban Tuesday. Urban, originally from Michigan, is the author of A Crooked Kind of Perfect,…

Editor September 24, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, part 184

25 Years Ago — Sept. 26, 1990 A criminal sexual conduct court case against former Wayland teacher Mike Chesebro may be reinstated because the Court of Appeals has ruled that…

Editor September 23, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 183

25 Years Ago — Sept. 19, 1990 A lawsuit filed by the Michigan Attorney General’s office is charging Gerald VanSolkema Farms, Byron Ag Aviation and pesticide applicator Roger Morullah with…

Editor September 16, 2015

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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…

Editor September 9, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 181

25 Years Ago — Sept. 5, 1990 EDITOR’S NOTE: There were no copies of the Sept. 5, 1990 edition of the Penasee Globe at the Then & Now Historical Museum.…

Editor September 2, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 171

25 Years Ago — Aug. 29, 1990 A report issued by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources apparently is at odds with information published in tourist brochures about Gun Lake.…

Editor August 26, 2015

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CNN features leukemia patient Dawson Babiak’s crayon drive

Dawson Babiak, 5-year-old son of Wayland teacher Alison Babiak and Hopkins teacher Jason Babiak, is getting national attention in his heroic battle against leukemia. Dawson has launched a crayon donation…

Editor August 24, 2015

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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 180

25 Years Ago — Aug. 15, 1990 EDITOR’S NOTE: Unfortunately, there are no old copies of Globe newspapers for the week of Aug. 15 and 22 at the Then &…

Editor August 19, 2015

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Old Goldsmith Shoppe located on road trip to South Haven

Gianni Marchesotti posted on Facebook today that he, Heather LaHuis and Carrie-Sue Marchesotti went "road trippin'" on a Sunday afternoon and came across the old Goldsmith Shoppe that once stood…

Editor August 16, 2015