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New County Property Maintenance Rules Are Intensely Detailed, Possibly Unconstitutional

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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Gilmore Township Meeting Report, January

By James Ward January 8, 2013— Board members present: Ron Beyette, Carl Noffsinger, Doug Holmes, and Sharyn Bower. Guests: Dennis Holcombe, Mike Jones, James Ward Recent personnel changes include the resignation of Michael Barnes from the Township Planning Commission. Connie Barnes was approved to be his replacement. The new zoning

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POV: A Business Owner Weighs in on the Proposed Downtown Development Authority in Frankfort

Dale Evans, co-owner of the Bayview Grille at 727 Main Street, Frankfort, took time to express his views on the proposed DDA. For more on the DDA, see Colin Merry's coverage in the Record-Patriot and the Alert's coverage of the first meeting. Q&A questions

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Gilmore Township Meetings Roundup, November and December

By James Ward November 13, 2012— Board members present: Ron Beyette, Carl Noffsinger, Doug Holmes, Laura Manville, and Sharyn Bower. Guests: Donald Tanner, Carolee Ness, James Ward Donald Tanner, newly elected County Commissioner for our district (VII), thanked the voters for their support. He discussed the upcoming process of allocating

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Dan Benishek at the Sleeping Bear Inn

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.—Abraham Lincoln FRANKFORT—At 2 pm Friday afternoon a small group gathered around the congressman from Michigan's 1st District, Dr. Dan Benishek. Benishek was

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Proposed Downtown Development Authority Would Sequester Funds for Improvements to Entice New Businesses

FRANKFORT CITY HALL—Frankfort City Council held a public hearing this evening on its proposed Downtown Development Authority and Downtown Development District (seen below outlined in yellow). City Superintendent Josh Mills made a presentation on the proposal, along with city attorney Peter Dorn. Business owners Dale Evans, Bob Korten, and

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Alert Readers: A Message from Don Tanner

THE ALERT WELCOMES LETTERS FROM OUR READERS! Call or text 231-399-0098, send mail to Elberta Alert Letters, PO Box 357, Elberta, MI 49628, or write to elberta.alert@gmail.com. Letters may be edited for length. Profanity will be indicated but not replicated. THANK YOU, voters of Blaine, Gilmore, Joyfield