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New Wayland Police Chief should be sworn in April 1

March 18, 2019

Mark Garnsey Unless something unexpected happens, new Wayland Police Chief Mark Garnsey will be sworn in at the Monday, April 1, Wayland City Council meeting. The City Council Monday night approved a contract with Garnsey with an annual salary of $73,000. He succeeds Steven Harper, who retied as chief in...

Rumors still flying about K & M moving to Reno Drive

March 12, 2019

EDITOR'S NOTE: The trucks have been removed and now are located on a vacant lot on Dahlia Street, across from the K & M dealership in Leighton Township. Speculation that K & M Chrysler Dodge Jeep may move from its location at 3611 N. Main St. continues, but the car...

Carpenter-millwright training center open house set

March 4, 2019

An open house for the new carpenters and millwrights training center on Reno Drive in Wayland will be held Monday, April 29. Councilman Abe Garcia told colleagues at the Wayland City Council meeting Monday evening that he recently was treated to a tour of the facility, which includes a huge...

Yes It Is, It’s True: I found the Jon Seymour of the ’60s

February 23, 2019

"Unforgettable, in every way. Unforgettable, that's how you'll stay." — As sung by the unforgettable father-daughter duo of Nat and Natalie Cole Jon Seymour I have maintained often that Facebook is 95% garbage and 5% gold, and that you have to separate the wheat from the chaff. The worst chaff...

Memo to City Council: Be open, avoid backsliding

February 18, 2019

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The dictionary on this computer defines backsliding as "relapse into bad ways or error." I hereby accuse the Wayland City Council of doing just that. In bygone days, too many council members were socializing...

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

February 14, 2019

25 Years Ago — Feb. 16, 1994 Anna P. Smith, wife of Ivan D. Smith and mother of Jay L. Smith, died at age 90. She was a member of the family that owned one of Wayland’s oldest businesses, Smith Lumber & Coal. Pastor LaVerne Lussenden said the 150-year-old Bradley...

Three ‘crises’ helped shape climate change denials

February 11, 2019

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” — Sir Isaac Newton's third law. Three huge developments in the decade between 1998 and 2008 had significant bearing on the continuing denial of...

Mark Garnsey offered contract as new police chief

February 5, 2019

Mark Garnsey The City of Wayland is making a conditional offer for an employment contract as police chief to Mark Garnsey of Rockford. Garnsey, one of four finalists for the job to succeed outgoing Chief Steve Harper, is undergoing contract negotiations for the position, which has been advertised for between...

Will we give up our own history without a fight?

February 3, 2019

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. “History? What do I care about history? I AM history.” — The joke about coach Wayne Fontes when he was fired by the Detroit Lions The Wayland/Penasee Globe is dead, and the clock is...

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

January 23, 2019

25 Years Ago — Jan. 26, 1994 Officials with the Wayland City Council and Wayland Township Board had a lengthy discussion about the arrangement in which city residents use Elmwood Cemetery for free and township residents receive service from the fire department. Globe Editor Nila Aamoth weighed in on the...

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