Plan Commission – Page 22

Dorr master plan work suspended until next year

The Dorr Township Planning Commission has decided to suspend the work on the master plan process until the beginning of next year because of problems created by the Coronavirus. Chairman…

Editor August 18, 2020

Articles

Wayland Council considers ordinance for golf cart use

Golf carts in the city? The Wayland City Council Monday night asked Police Chief Mark Garnsey to speak with other police chiefs in communities that have allowed golf cart use…

Editor August 17, 2020

Editorial

What are we going to do about rigging the election?

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. “Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.” — George Carlin “I’m mad as…

Editor August 15, 2020

Articles

Leighton Twp. to seek 1 more mill for roads Nov. 3

The Leighton Township Board has agreed to ask local voters to approve a one-mill tax increase for roads in the Nov. 3 general election. Leighton already has a one-mill levy…

Editor August 13, 2020

Features

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

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Historical Society in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 2, 1995 Hopkins farmer Orville Miller was taken to his final resting…

Editor July 29, 2020

Community Notices

Two challengers highlight City Council races Nov. 3

A couple of familiar names will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot as challengers in races for the Wayland City Council. Former Councilwoman Tracy Bivins will challenge Mayor…

Editor July 28, 2020

Columns

Yes It’s True: Thank Army Bob for his job well done

“Politics makes strange bedfellows” — Adapted from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. This time honored phrase is perhaps the best way to describe my relationship of eight years with Robert…

Editor July 23, 2020

Articles

Dorr Plan Commission OKs rezoning, special use permit

The Dorr Township Planning Commission recommended approval to rezone 40 acres on 140th Avenue from agricultural to rural estates and granted a special use permit to Award Enterprises to expand…

Editor July 21, 2020

Community Notices

‘Army Bob’ Traxler resigns Dorr Plan Commission, ZBA

Robert M. Traxler, perhaps best known to readers of this on-line publication as “Army Bob,” Tuesday evening resigned his posts as vice chairman of the Dorr Township Planning Commission and…

Editor July 21, 2020

Articles

Hopkins Twp. annexation proposal clears state hurdle

The Wayland City Planning Commission welcomed new member Mark Lyons in its first meeting since the COVID-19 crisis hit Michigan in March. The meeting Tuesday evening was a virtual session,…

Editor July 14, 2020