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Sheriff Race 2012: Indy Candidate Carland
By Bob Kenison and Emily Votruba Back in July of this year, the Alert’s Morgan Feger interviewed the candidates for Benzie County sheriff—three Republicans. Ted Schendel won the August primary and would have been unopposed in the general election. But in July, Coury Carland announced he was running
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New District Draws Fierce Battle Lines
By Eric Pyne The redistricting of May 2011 split representation for Elberta and Frankfort and created a larger District 7, which will now include the Village of Elberta; Gilmore, Joyfield, Weldon, and Blaine Townships; and part of Thompsonville. Don Tanner (D), the current District 7 rep and county commission chair,
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District VII Candidate Forum Canceled
Attention, attention! The League of Women Voters Candidate Forum scheduled for tonight (Tuesday), which was to feature county commission candidates Don Tanner and Adrian Poulisse, has been canceled. There will still be a law & order candidate forum on Wednesday, tomorrow, however, featuring sheriff candidates Ted Schendel and Coury Carland,
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Betsie River Meeting with Ray Franz
A quick update: About 40 people showed up at City Hall for the hastily called meeting with Josh Mills, State rep Ray Franz, and the DNR's Frank Foster. They assembled discussed possible reasons for the problem we're experiencing with low water (including the dredging of the
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Officials to Meet about Betsie River
According to Josh Mills: "There will be a meeting at City Hall on Wednesday (tomorrow), October 17, 2012 ,at 2:30 regarding the status of the Betsie Bay river mouth. The meeting will be facilitated by State Representative Ray Franz and State Representative and MDNR Committee Chair Frank Foster.
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Post Office Public Meeting Postponed
The public hearing on the future of the Elberta Post Office, which was supposed to take place tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon, has been postponed indefinitely. Sharyn Bower just stopped by the Alert offices to let us know the word had come down from a post office muckety-muck that the public
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Future of the Elberta Post Office
Postmaster Tim Flynn will be taking his early retirement "option" at the end of this month. On October 16, a public hearing will be held on the future of our Elberta post office, at 12 noon in the Community Building on First Street. Come out and make your
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DNR Officer from TC Arrives at Betsie Salmon Scene, Shoos Away Diggers
Story by Emily Votruba Photos by Chip Marks Sergeant Robert Torres of the Traverse City DNR enforcement office arrived at the mouth of the Betsie River this evening at about 5:30. He had been called to the scene by reports of the efforts of citizens to save the fish
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Sandbagging the Bay
Since the word began to get out last Thursday about the potential salmon spawn crisis, a number of ideas have emerged to deal with the problem. The DNR has already been inundated with phone calls from concerned fishermen and business owners. As the Alert reported Friday, Fisheries Management is issuing
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Partial Fishing Ban, Dredging Considered to Save 2012 Salmon Spawn
Per an email received today from Dennis Holcombe, chair of the Gilmore Township planning commission: "I talked to the DNR this morning. They had just returned from a site visit here in Elberta, they walked the area. Their analysis is that the level of Lake Michigan is the lowest
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"We Won't Be Back in 2015": Fishermen Urge Action on Low-Water Threat to Salmon Run
By Emily Votruba A group of concerned fishermen are mounting a campaign to avert what they feel might be a failure in this year's salmon run. Thousands of fish are dead and dying in the low water of the Betsie Bay trying to make it up into the