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Wayland Plan Commission to have 2 hearings Feb. 13

January 9, 2024

The Wayland City Planning Commission will have two public hearings, beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, on two proposed ordinances. The ordinances will be for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and minor changes in regulations for installation and use of solar energy. Jason Derry, zoning administrator representing Professional Code Inspections...

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Curbside recycling starts this month in Watson Twp.

January 4, 2024

Curbside recycling is just starting up in Watson Township and residents are urged to sign up in order to have a container brought to their households. The Watson Township Board Thursday evening was told that residents somehow should indicate they want the services, which approved in November 2022 by voters....

Editorial

Sustainable business park prospects dim; it’s a shame

December 20, 2023

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor Digital Camera The sustainable business park project for the northeast corner of Dorr Township has suffered a major setback because the anchor tenant, Continuous Materials, has filed for bankruptcy. Thus spake Dorr Township Trustee...

Landscaping supply Co. coming to Dorr Township

December 19, 2023

A manufacturer of erosion control straw will be setting up shop next year at the corner of 12th Street and 142nd Avenue in Dorr Township. The Dorr Township Planning Commission Tuesday night approved a two-phase site plan application from Rhino Seed & Landscaping Supply, which also has businesses on Electric...

Plan Commission studies solar, attached dwellings

December 12, 2023

The Wayland City Planning Commission is working on tweaking the local solar ordinance and finally crafting an ordinance for accessory dwelling units. The city’s solar ordinance currently does not allow from facing panels at residences, but local officials are learning that such units exist nonetheless and may have an ordinance...

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Watson Twp. wins $150,000 state grant for new park

December 7, 2023

New Planning Commissioner Hunter Davis Watson Township received word Thursday that the State of Michigan has awarded it a $150,000 passport grant for continued work on the Seven Generations Recreation Park at the corner of M-222 and 20th Street. Township officials, who held a ribbon cutting for the park earlier...

Health issues cause Dorr Plan Board chair’s absence

December 1, 2023

Bob Wagner Bob Wagner, who has been a member of the Planning Commission since 1968 and its chairman since 1975, has been absent from the last four meetings, from August through November because of health issues. There have been reports that Wagner underwent surgery and since then has been recuperating...

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Leighton Twp. continues to demonstrate growing pains

November 9, 2023

Leighton Township continues to show telltale signs of growing pains. Planning Commissioner Steve Shoemaker pointed this out directly Thursday night at the board meeting by reporting that the township not long ago was projected to reach a population of 7,000 by the year 2040. But, he noted, “We hit that...

Incumbent loses by 1 vote in City Council election

November 7, 2023

Tracy Bivins The Wayland City Council race was incredibly close Tuesday, with appointed incumbent Steve Stepek gathering the most votes with 277. Newcomer Grace Sefranek had second most with 261, Jerry Lee Jansen III had 245 and incumbent Tracy Bivins 244. There was no word yet about whether Bivins would...

Tuesday is Election Day in Wayland, Hopkins, Martin

November 3, 2023

COVER PHOTO: City Hall clerks' office will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Monday to accommodate voters three days before Election Day. Though 2023 is referred to as an off-year election, there will be three votes taken on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in this area, including the...

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