Tag: Local History

Then & Now Library still looking for a permanent home

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The Then & Now Historical Library near the corner of 18th Street and 142nd Avenue in downtown Dorr again is in a precarious housing position. The service continues to operate Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week in providing historical documents, obituary information and data on veterans, but its longtime run...
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Old Smith Lumber & Coal building to become event center

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The former Smith Lumber & Coal business that was started in 1898 and closed in 2005, now will become a venue for banquets, wedding receptions and and reunions, including a dance hall. Marty and Mark Shepard, owners of the Lumberyard Event Center, appeared before the Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: We’re in danger of losing history, heritage

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“Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” — Georges Santayana “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” — Aldous Huxley History? What do I care about history? I AM history!”...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Death stories ain’t what they used to be

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"Those are people who died, died. They were all my friends, and they died." — Jim Carroll Band Ink-stained wretches from a bygone era will tell you one of the first jobs they learned working at a newspaper was writing obituaries. That's changed a lot over the years. These days...
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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 156

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25 Years Ago — March 14, 1990   Final approval was given to developer Truman Dollar of Alpha Properties to hook up sewer service from the Gun Lake Area Sewer Authority to a mobile home park on Patterson Avenue in Yankee Springs Township. The Allegan County Board of Commissioners wants...
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Two WHS boys, 2 girls make all-conference hoops teams

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Seniors Dilon Aten and Lacey James and Presley Hudson and Caroline (C.J.) Miller all have been selected to the all-O-K Gold Conference boys' and girls' basketball teams, respectively. Aten, a four-year starter for the Wildcats at point guard, is the all-time career leading scorer in local basketball history, eclipsing Alex...
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Snowbirding: If you’ve got the time and you’ve got the money, do it!

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In the dead of winter, the images of warm places, usually advertising for a Florida destination, is shown on TV is shown regularly. Airlines urge travelers to use their “direct flights” to sunny Florida. When it is zero degrees and snowy outside, those images look pretty good. But is it...
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