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Tonight at the Darcy Library, Beulah, the Benzie County Transition Town Study Group continues its film series with "No Impact Man," a documentary about Colin Beavan, who tried to live as sustainably as possible for a year, dragging his family kicking and screaming along with him. 6:30
Culture Bluffs
In 1978, Michigan Governor William Milliken proclamed May 23 Gwen Frostic Day in Michigan, and in 1986 Frostic was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. A dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Northwest Michigan Folklife Center, Gretchen Eichberger considers Gwen Frostic an icon of northern Michigan
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This Thursday at 10 AM at the Elberta Farmers' Market Pavilion, come and listen to Michigan filmmaker and local-food activist Chris Bedford speak about how we can jack our economy and become food secure by high-tailing it back to the way things were as recently as thirty years ago,
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At Thursday's council meeting this week, we'll have a special guest, the devil himself, Hell, MI, mayor John Colone. In addition, a public hearing on a variance for the construction of Jerry Little's home will be held. As with many Village lots, Jerry'
Politics
In about fifty minutes last night at the government center, the Reapportionment Committee concluded their redistricting of the county to reflect population shifts over the past decade. The committee consists of Don Nugent, Republican Party chair; Jill Kimball, Benzie Democrats chair; Linda Wilson, county treasurer; Dawn Olney, county clerk; and
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Gilmore Township Board Meeting, Tuesday, May 11, 2011 Dennis Holcombe and Karen Roberts of the township planning commission reported on a meeting they attended with AES (Alliance for Economic Success), who are offering to assist the townships (Blaine, Pleasanton, Arcadia, Gilmore, Crystal Lake, and Joyfield were mentioned) with a joint
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Thursday, May 12, 7 PM County District Reapportionment Committee Meeting. The question is whether to stick with 7 county districts—because of declining population, some districts will be combined. There can be a no more than a 12% difference in population between districts. Gilmore Township and Frankfort have lost population,
On and off the Apron
REP RAP: RAY FRANZ By Eric Pyne OUR STATE HOUSE representative, Ray Franz (R–101st District), has introduced three bills in Lansing. The first was a law to declare June 8 “Remember the USS Liberty Day,” honoring the U.S. spy ship that was torpedoed by Israeli forces during the
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Green Elbertians
The Alert spoke with Bonnie Warren of the Frankfort Tree Board and Jim Grabowski, tree wrangler extraordinaire, ahead of the 8th Annual Arbor Day event at 9:30 a.m. this Friday, April 29. With children, parents, and city officials looking on, a maple will be planted at Frankfort–Elberta
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At Thursday's council meeting this week, the Village's annual auditor, Dave Wilson (CPA), will be on hand to address concerns over our scary 8 status, the state of our finances, and how the Village leadership has been addressing our $700K-plus reserve deficit over the past few
Infrastructure and Planning
On the front page of today’s Record-Patriot, below the fold, appeared a headline no less disturbing for being not entirely surprising: “Elberta ‘Working Diligently’ on Financial Woes Cited by State.” According to a chart released on the Detroit Free Press website on April 6, Elberta has been placed on