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By Emily Votruba VILLAGE COMMUNITY BUILDING March 21, 2013—Sharyn Bower announced that the County Board of Commissioners would be holding their regular meeting at the Village Community Building on April 16 at 6 pm as part of their tour around the county. The Planning Commission will hold two public
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At long last, the new post office hours have been announced. Starting May 4 (prom day), the weekday hours are 9 am to 1 pm. Saturdays remain same, from 8:30 to 10:30 am. PO box mail will be available for pickup by 10 am Monday through Saturday.
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Please plan to attend the input session on April 18 at 7 pm in the Village Community Building! See details below. A draft of the new 5 year plan can be found here: Village of Elberta Recreation Plan 2014–2019 draft for public meeting
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Download county-commissioners-meeting-public-comment-on-ipmc-20130326-130226.wav By Bob Kenison and Emily Votruba March 26, 2013 BENZIE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER—More than one hundred Benzie County citizens overflowed the commissioners’ chambers, spilling into the hallway at the regular meeting this past Tuesday. The people were clearly unhappy with the commissioners’ enactment of the new
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Download county-commissioners-meeting-public-comment-on-ipmc-20130326-130226.wav BENZIE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER—The county commission voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance rescinding their adoption of the International Property Maintenance Code at this morning's regular county commissioners meeting. Members of the media were there (Record–Patriot, TV 9&10, and others), and more
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According to DPW head Ken Bonney, reached this afternoon by phone, two "RECALL" signs were found in the village today, one in front of the library, and one near the exercise equipment at Anderson Park. Bonney said Ken Holmes removed the one from in front of the library,
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By Emily Votruba At the February 19 County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners voted 6 to 1 to adopt the International Property Maintenance Code (see link below). The vote occurred during the department head reports portion of the meeting and was not on the agenda. After a presentation by Robert Theobald
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Thanks to the Joyfield Residents group on Facebook for making the pdf of the new county property maintenance code available. We haven't actually read it yet, but you can! We've heard it's pretty strict, which should please lovers of neatly trimmed grass, but cause
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THE LIGHTHOUSE CAFÉ, ELBERTA—Ford Forrester called up the Alert a week ago saying he had something to donate toward Issy Stapleton's autism treatment. "Raffle, silent auction, whatever you want to do with it," he said. The item has a special Elberta significance: It's
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Please take a moment to consider donating to this important local Elberta cause. Help the Stapleton family pay for their daughter's continued care in an autism treatment program. You can donate on the dedicated Alert page here.
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These are the same lost dogs we posted about on Facebook January 24. They are still lost from their home on River Rd. Any leads would be much appreciated by their humans! Call 231-383-5355.