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Kitchen manager at Pine Street retires after 22 years

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Barb Ginder, Wayland Union Schools food service kitchen manager at Pine Street Elementary, retired Fridayretired. She has worked for school district for 22 years.
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WMS kitchen manager retires after 18-year career

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Melissa Miling Wayland Union Middle School Kitchen Manager Melissa Miling retired today after working in the school district in the Food Service Department for 18 years. She started at Dorr Elementary, where she worked for six years then moved to Wayland Union Middle School in 2010. It is suspected that...
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Inclement weather delays ‘Bygone Days’ publication

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Though it is customary for Townbroadcast to publish its weekly "Bygone Days" historical feature on Wednesdays, it will be delayed this week because of inclement and deteriorating weather conditions. Herr Editor is erring on the side of caution by electing not to travel to the Then & Now Historical Library...
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Covid still dominated the news in now departed 2021

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We said good-bye to Dick's Market after 65 years in Dorr. Because of its omnipresence, the pesky Coronavirus easily wins the title as the most important story in these parts for the now departed year 2021. It’s the virus to which I would guess everyone would tell, “How can we...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 30, 1996 The Globe published a special holiday edition between Christmas and New Year’s in which it lauded and focused “ordinary people” who are heroes in the community. The Then &...
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Townbroadcast columnist publishes book on Amazon

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Phyllis McCrossin, author of the “Ramblin’ Road” column on Townbroadcast for the past two years, is publishing a book on Amazon. McCrossin, who grew up in Allegan County in Hamilton and graduated from Central Michigan University, has penned “Who Is that Stranger in the Chair?” It’s the story of her...
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Wayland’s downtown district wins Michigan historic designation

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The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has announced that Wayland and two other downtown commercial districts have been added in the National Register of Historic Places. Wayland and downtown districts in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the Ishpeming Main Street Historic District and the Negaunee Downtown Historic District were selected. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) The Wayland High School choir and Director Mrs. Helen Gambee in 1966. 25 Years Ago — Dec. 23, 1996 The Hopkins and Wayland school districts took part in a cooperative holiday food can drive. A group...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Dec. 16, 1996 Albert William (Bill) Finkbeiner and his wife, Esther, opened and ran a diner located about one mile north of Wayland, where the Red Wagon Garden center is now located...
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21 WHS theater students attend Lansing workshop

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Twenty-one Wayland Union High School theater students attended the Michigan Educational Theatre Association festival Friday and Saturday in Lansing. Some of the workshops that were student favorites included: Sword Fighting, Aerial Silks, “Throwing Hands” stage fighting, British Isle Accents, Audition Techniques, Southern Accents, Finding Your Character’s True Voice, Contemporary Jazz...
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