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‘Garage sale for moms’ for Saturday, April 18, in Hopkins
A Mom 2 Mom sale at will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Hopkins Elementary to help moms buy and sell gently used clothing…
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Public safety Beat: Deputies seek runaway suspect in Moline
Moline residents expressed some dismay Tuesday evening that police were chasing a runaway suspect in the neighborhood without many of them knowing about the potential danger. One longtime local resident…
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We Americans continue to let voting, democracy slip away
“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.” — Benjamin Franklin answering a question after the Constitutional Convention of 1787 "Democracy…
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Ranger Rick: Calling it whatever you want doesn’t make it so
When I was a young man, 14 or 15 years old (this would be mid-sixties), an old man told me I would see and experience things in my lifetime that…
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John Sloan sworn in as new Wayland City Council member
John Sloan was sworn in by Clerk Michelle Herman as Wayland's newest member of the City Council Monday night. A recently retired counselor at Wayland High School and former assistant…
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City approves street closures for ‘Light It Up’ fun run July 17
The second annual "Light It Up" run in Wayland is scheduled for Friday, July 17, to kick off the annual Main Street celebration weekend. The Wayland City Council Monday night…
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New Main Street manager comes to Wayland from Boston
Ingrid Borreson Miller, urban planning and historic preservation specialist in the Greater Boston (Mass.) area, has been hired as Wayland’s new Main Street manager and DDA coordinator. City Manager Mike…
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Hopkins man also was in on capture of Jefferson Davis in 1865
A celebration of Andrew Bee of Martin, who “first laid hands on” Confederate President Jefferson Davis, will be observed on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10, at East Martin Cemetery, but…
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Monday moan: All I know is what I’ve been reading on line
By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net "Well, what shall I talk about? I ain't got anything funny to say. All I know is what I read in the papers." – Will Rogers…
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So how much is Wayland superintendent really paid annually?
So just how much does Wayland Schools Superintendent Norman Taylor make annually? Reports vary and they are confusing. Taylor, who was granted a 1 percent increase last Monday night at…