City Council – Page 43

The ‘Rest of the Story’ about the city’s sweetheart land deal

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The City of Wayland’s purported “sweetheart deal” for a 25-acre parcel deserves a…

Editor May 12, 2017

Columns

Ranger Rick: The Wayland Magical Mystery Land Deal

(Tap your heels three times and say I want it cheap!) The continuing drama of the “Outstanding Wayland Land Deal” reminds me of the Chicken Man radio series popular in…

Editor May 12, 2017

Articles

City Plan Commision to have hearing on PERC designation

The Wayland City Planning Commission will have a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, on the zoning designation of Planned Enterprise Residential Cluster (PERC). The hearing will take…

Editor May 9, 2017

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

25 Years Ago — May 5, 1992 Steve Lawrence, 36, and wife Candy Lawrence, 34, were bound over in Barry County District Court on charges in connection with the suspected…

Editor May 3, 2017

Articles

Business owners protest ‘cheap’ sale of industrial parcel

A couple of business owners along Reno Drive told the Wayland City Council Monday night they weren’t particularly pleased with its decision last month to sell a nearby 25-acre industrial…

Editor May 1, 2017

Columns

Ranger Rick: Sale of city property raises troubling questions

As reported in Townbroadcast recently, the Wayland City Council agreed to sell a 25.11-acre city-owned parcel to developers. Not being at the meeting, I am depending on the accuracy of…

Editor May 1, 2017

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

25 years Ago — April 22, 1992 Stephen Lawrence, 36, and Candy Lawrence, husband and wife, have been charged with murder and arson in connection with the death of Stephen’s…

Editor April 19, 2017

Community Notices

Flurry of economic activity in the works on Reno Drive?

The City Council Monday night agreed to sell a 25.11-acre city-owned parcel to developers Keith Nickels and Josh Otto. The parcel has frontage on both Reno Drive and 133rd Avenue.…

Editor April 18, 2017

Articles

Medical marijuana dispensary issues won’t go away

Kirk Scharphorn Jr. of Professional Code Inspections of Dorr, told the Wayland City Planning Commission last week he has been receiving a record number of inquiries about the possibility of…

Editor April 16, 2017

Columns

Ranger Rick: The musings of a right-wing deplorable

There are several things that bother me, and should you, in terms of judicial confirmation,education and local government. • Judicial – The senate confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch has been…

Editor April 11, 2017