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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.
Green Elbertians
An anonymous source gave the Alert a copy of the map below on Thursday morning. The source said the map had been presented at the Blaine Township board meeting Wednesday night and was taken by someone present at the meeting. The Blaine Township board had invited Consumers Energy reps to
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Vickie Smith, of Wildlife and Wetlands Solutions, will be applying an herbicide to stands of phragmites on Thursday beginning at 9:30 a.m., weather permitting. She'll begin with the stands near the Luedtke Boneyard and proceed around to the Elberta M-22 and railroad/trail bridges, after noon.
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By Emily Votruba Historic low levels in Lake Michigan (the lowest since 1961) have caused extreme low water in Betsie Lake. Thousands of salmon are dead and dying as they try to breach the sandbars and get into Betsie River to spawn. Don Tanner, Benzie County commissioner and a licensed
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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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8 am! Meet at the Elberta Beach parking lot. BYO gloves. Bags are provided. Sponsored by Friends of Betsie Bay.
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Culture Bluffs
Download the pdf: Water Festival Schedule 2012
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At the October 11 Gilmore Township Board meeting, the unstoppable Marlene Wood-Zylstra, Benzie County’s recycling and solid waste coordinator, made a revelatory presentation with a bagful of garbage. And she apparently wowed the County Commissioners as well. Beginning in January, plastics of all numbers (1 through 7) will be
Green Elbertians
At the November 1 County Commissioners meeting, Allan O'Shea presented a draft of a wind resolution for the commissioners to adopt. Mr. O'Shea works for Contractors Building Supply in Copemish, which deals in solar photovoltaic systems, windows, and other energy-related supplies, and is reportedly also an
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DIANE JENKS ASKED that audio recordings be made of all future council meetings. Linda Manville asked Village treasurer Laura Manville to find out the renewal date for the Village employees’ health care package and where we stand vis à vis the new state health care benefit bill for municipal employees,
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Sue King’s husband, Bob King, bought the lot on the corner of Bigley and Glen about 15 years ago. He eventually decided, as a gift to Sue, to put in a spur off the water main and give her a section to grow a garden in. The other day