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COVID-19 cancels Wayland City’s Concerts in the Park

July 6, 2020

COVID-19 has claimed plenty of public events as victims this year, and the City of Wayland’s concerts in the park every Friday evening in August is the latest casualty. The Wayland City Council Monday night voted unanimously to cancel this year’s series. City Manager Josh Eggleston said the concerts very...

Pickleball enthusiasts seek a permanent place to play

July 3, 2020

A sketch of a typical pickleball court. A group of local enthusiasts is lobbying city officials to turn half of the City Park tennis court into three pickleball courts. Former Mayor Burrell Stein said there is a proposal set before City Manager Josh Eggleston to have tennis enthusiasts use the...

Dorr Township hears about proposed trails commission

June 30, 2020

Jennifer Antel explains the trails commission proposal. Jennifer Antel, representing West Michigan Trails and Greenways group, gave a presentation to the Dorr Township Board Thursday night about plans to establish a commission to oversee local paved recreational trails. Antel, mayor pro tem for the Wayland City Council, said the commission...

Columns

One Small Voice: We should not honor efforts of treason

June 15, 2020

by Lynn Mandaville Is it possible that memorials and statues commemorating The Lost Cause, the attempt by southern states to secede from the Union, were the first of their kind? Participation trophies? Ponder on this a minute. Eleven states participated in seceding from the United States in 1860. They expended...

Let’s make all of our local elections non-partisan

June 7, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Because the two-party political system in the United States has deteriorated so badly over the last four decades, I hereby call for all elections below the state level to be non-partisan. Yes, under my...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

June 3, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — June 7, 1995 Martin High School’s 800-meter relay team, with 9Mark Garcia, Greg VanHouten, Richie Guerrant and Matt Talsma again broke the school record with a time of 3:34.02 and placed second...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

May 20, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 24, 1995 Letter carriers Matt Gilbert and Renee Chachulski were featured in a photo and story about the U.S. Postal Service empoyees’ food drive campaign. Area police agencies, including the Wayland...

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

May 6, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — May 10, 1995 Wayland High School Class of 1945. That handsome guy right in the middle is Hugh DeWeerd, who went on to become a council member and fire chief. Augie VandenBerg...

Yes It’s True: Virus sparks Rabbit River Trail discovery

April 26, 2020

My wife and I, on a gorgeous April spring Sunday afternoon, took our first walk to and through the Rabbit River Trail without Bella the Wonderdog. It had been one of Bella’s favorite activities throughout her nearly 16 years of life. She really enjoyed it because we so often were...

Spring Cleanup, Garage Sale Days appear to be on hold

April 23, 2020

Just like so many other local events, the date of Wayland’s annual Spring Cleanup and Garage Sale Days remains uncertain because of the Coronavirus crisis. The City Council, in its second virtual meeting in light of the virus, Thursday evening discussed options for the community events, usually reserved for the...

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