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Yes It’s True: ‘Michigan’s Best’ the latest to bite dust

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"And another one bites the Dust.” — Queen, 1980 I noticed that over the last couple of weeks the faithful walking delivery guy of “Michigan’s Best” free publication hasn’t been making his usual rounds in my neighborhood. My mailbox has been bereft of the “throwaway” quasi-newspaper now for the last...
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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) This is downtown Wayland looking west on Superior, probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s. 25 Years Ago — Sept. 7, 1998 A front page photo showed two turtle hunters, Don Fein and Roger Lenard,...
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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 — Aug. 31, 1998 A front page photo showed two local children dancing in the City Park to the sounds of the Williams Family in the third of a series of concerts in...
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One Small Voice: We chose to endure lifestyle of heat

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“Jesus H. Christ, we must be a mile from the sun.” This was a line spoken in the 1985 film Volunteers by the character Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks), upon landing in Thailand as a Peace Corp volunteer. Today is Saturday, July 8, and it is the third day in...
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Editorial

Much maligned Facebook sometimes is a blessing

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“News is something somebody doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising.” — William Randolph Hearst Who decides when and if the news will be printed or broadcast? Some public officials and business executives believes it’s them. They certainly don’t want “the media” to do it. I was reminded of this unpleasant...
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Senator Sanders bemoans current state of journalism

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an op-ed piece Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders sent to me and probably many others in the journalism field. by Senator Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders Today in America, after decades of consolidation and deregulation, some eight multi-national media companies control almost all the news you...
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I’m taking a break (sort of) from the social media zoo

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by Denise Dykstra Last week, I met up with a handful of friends and forgot to take a photo of us all. This is so unlike me! I usually love getting photos of us all because I, primarily, want to remember the moment and I am determined to take photos...
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Wayland special ed teacher Kathy Lough Mathews dies

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Former Wayland Union Schools special education teacher Kathy Lough Matthews died Friday at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. She was 71. The daughter of longtime Wayland High School secretary Bea Smith, she graduated from Wayland High School in 1968 and from Hope College in 1972. She began her career as an educator...
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So is the local town crier in the business over his head?

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“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” — Strother Martin in “Cool Hand Luke,” 1966 ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor. It was regrettable, but inevitable, what happened earlier this week. Townbroadcast published a story Thursday night erroneously...
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The joy of perpetual/(pure) magic of blueberry picking

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by Denise Dykstra I love the way the blueberries look when they still have dew hanging from them out in the field.  I love the way the sun moves over the field.  I love the laughter in the blueberry shop.  I love the blueberry coffee cake muffins and the triple...
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