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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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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.…
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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.…
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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…
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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 &…
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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…
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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 179
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 &…
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Live cheetah to visit Pine Street Aug. 24 for summer ‘Funtastic’ series finale
The finale of Wayland Union Schools Summer Fun-tastic series will feature a visit at Pine Street Elementary at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, from Mary Wykstra, conservationist and animal activist…
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Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Hopkins FFA animal science barn
A groundbreaking ceremony for an animal science barn for the Hopkins High School FFA was held Saturday morning, and the festivities included FFA Advisor Jessica Couch (far left), project alumni…
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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 178
25 Years Ago — Aug. 8, 1990 The August primary election turnout was light, but Allegan County voters overwhelmingly approved implementation of an emergency 911 phone system. Republican Party primary…