Tag: Holiday Celebrations

Wayland, Martin kick off Christmas season Saturday

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Christmas is a little more than three weeks away and the communities of Martin and Wayland held their pre-holiday season celebrations Saturday morning and afternoon. Wayland's annual parade feature Grand Marshals Roger and Mary Jane Merren and (cover photo) members of the Wayland High School marching band. In Martin, shown...
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Let’s put fireworks repeal proposal on state ballot

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ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. The huge successes of state-wide ballot initiatives in 2018, 2020 and 2022 have given me an idea about fixing a problem that has festered in Michigan for too long. I hereby urge anyone with...
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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 — Jan. 3, 1996 The Burnips Hotel Former Wayland Board of Education member Diane Smith alerted the Globe that she was a victim of a telephone scam that claimed she made 27 international...
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Basura: Memories of the Embassy and Marge and Ott

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“If I were going to do that, (keep a journal) I’d strap a video camera to my head. For me, memoir is an act of memory, and not an act of history. It’s remembered experience; it’s not lived experience. There are all kinds of theories about ways we remember, and...
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Leighton Township holiday activities slated for July 3, 4

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The Fourth of July holiday celebrations in Leighton Township next week will be spread over two consecutive days, Tuesday, July 3 and Wednesday, July 4. The festivities will be kicked off with a patriotic style boat parade on Green Lake at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Participating boaters are asked to meet...
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Bygone Days: A look at NE Allegan County history

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From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in Dorr: 25 Years Ago — Nov. 20, 1991 Michigan State Trooper Reggie Smith extolled the virtues of wearing seat belts from a personal viewpoint after he survived after his cruiser was hit broadside at the corner of 130th Avenue...
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