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Mayor-elect Antel resigns post to open 1 council seat

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Jennifer Ante; Joe Kramer Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Antel officially resigned her seat on the Wayland City Council Monday night in order to be eligible to become the city’s first female mayor next November as the only candidate on the general election ballot. Her successor on the council will be...
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Contests will be featured in all area non-partisan races

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The non-partisan school board and city council elections in this area Nov. 8 promise to be interesting. The deadline for non-partisan election candidates to file for the general election was at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, with the Allegan County Clerk’s office. The following is a rundown of who voters...
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First marijuana sales site may be on West Superior

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Realtor Bob Serulla The commercial building housing Technology Solutions at 122 W. Superior St. has listed the building for sale and is entertaining offers through its private realtor, Bob Serulla. “We are currently looking to move by leasing some space in the area and continue to serve Wayland and Wayland...
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City adopts 1st ordinance permitting marijuana sales

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The Wayland City Council Monday night made it official and unanimously adopted the first local ordinance permitting the growing, sale, dispensing of recreational marijuana. The council continued to insist on a rule that prohibits dispensaries being fewer than 200 feet from churches or schools. That distance is shorter than many...
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Wayland schools to send city input about pot shops

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New Wayland Union Schools Supt. Tim Reeves will represent the district next Monday night at the City Council meeting to decide whether or not the city will adopt an ordinance permitting the growing, processing, sale and distribution of recreational marijuana. The Board of Education asked Reeves to tell the council...
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Yes It’s True: Is this Sunny Side of the Business Street?

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Helen Jane Helmey, wife of Wayland Globe Editor-Publisher Irvin P. Helmey a little more than 50 years ago wrote an occasional column of pseudo advertising she called “The Sunny Side of the Business Street.” “H,” as she was fondly called by friends and community members, would come up with a...
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City Council has 1st reading of marijuana ordinance

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The Wayland City Council Tuesday evening had the first readings of two proposed ordinances dealing with the licensing and regulation of marijuana businesses. The next step is the second readings and vote to adopt or not adopt the ordinances, which earned the recommendation from the City Planning Commission a couple...
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Should county officials attend local meetings?

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Woody Allen “Eighty percent of life is just showing up.” —‘ Comedian and film maker Woody Allen I spent some time last Wednesday evening telling the Martin Township Board about how disappointed I was...
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‘Uninvited wildlife’ causes council meeting relocation

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The Wayland City Council had a change of venue Monday night, meeting at the fire barn instead of the customary council chambers in the back of City Hall. City Manager Josh Eggleston blamed the situation on “uninvited wildlife,” including a dead bat that invaded the upper portions of the more...
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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 — June 2, 1997 Allegan County Sheriff Dave Haverdink inadvertently injured his brother, Dale, while target shooting when a bullet ricocheted and struck him. Allegan County could lose its authority over its roads...
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