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Plan Commission OKs rezoning request for 133rd

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The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a rezoning request from Award Enterprises for a parcel on the southern edge of town on 133rd Avenue. Award Enterprises, which plans to buy the site from the City of Wayland for about $150,000, was seeking rezoning from I-1 light industrial to...
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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 — Oct. 7, 1996 The Wayland Board of Education gave tentative approval to an updated sex education plan over some parents’ objections for “overkill.” Board member Robert Wiersema cast the only dissenting vote....
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Hopkins Twp., Village plan to forge sewer agreement

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Hopkins Township and the Village of Hopkins Tuesday evening are expected to vote on a 425 agreement to provide village sewer services to 25 properties along 12th Street from 135th Avenue south to 130th adjacent to the U.S.-131 expressway. Wayland City Manager Josh Eggleston told the council Monday night that...
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City proceeds with plans for sewer repair facilities

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The Wayland City Council Monday night unanimously voted to proceed with a proposal to upgrade lift stations for the sewer treatment plant. Water and Sewer Supt. Ben Bachelder showed council members the locations of lift stations and City Engineer Mickey Bittner outlined some of the repairs that need to be...
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Yes It’s True: It’s Gambee’s fault for ‘discovering’ moi

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"Wherever the newspapers are filled with good news, the jails are filled with good people." — Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan Jon Gambee, when he was Martin High School baseball coach. A message to all those who don’t like me or my screeds — put the blame on Jon Gambee. If...
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Local community activist Max Monroe dies at age 81

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Word has been received of the death Wednesday, Sept. 15, of former Wayland City Councilman Maxwell Dow Monroe. He was 81. Most recently a resident of Middleville, Max was born Sept. 16, 1939, and died just a day short of his 82nd birthday. He was a running and bicycle enthusiast....
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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 — Sept. 9, 1996 The old site of the Moline Library. Some Moline residents are complaining that their new half million dollar county drain is a disaster, and even worse, it will be...
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Jim Stoddard fire chief at Wayland-Yankee Springs

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Jim Stoddard Jim Stoddard last week was selected as new fire chief for the City of Wayland/Yankee Springs Fire Department. Stoddard, owner-operator of the C. Stoddard & Sons Oil Co., succeeds Joe Miller, who retired as chief this summer after serving in the department for 49 years. Joe’s brother, Dan,...
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Last 2 local police chiefs very different on the job

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Steve Harper Mark Garnsey The City of Wayland has had two police chiefs in the past nine years, and the difference between them in how they have approached their jobs is striking. One, Lt....
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So is the local town crier in the business over his head?

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“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” — Strother Martin in “Cool Hand Luke,” 1966 ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. It was regrettable, but inevitable, what happened earlier this week. Townbroadcast published a story Thursday night erroneously...
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