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The Mayfair Tavern will be closed for renovations until November 10. They're tearing up some flooring, among other things. Come out for the Harvest Wine Dinner event on the 17th. This month's Park and Rec meeting was canceled. The next meeting, under new P&R
Green Elbertians
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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E²: Eclectic Elberta! For the third year, Conundrum Café and Park and Rec are running a free market day on Labor Day Sunday (Sept. 4). Do you have something, anything, you want to sell? (Food, crafts, vintage items, et cetera...) Booths are free. Call 231-352-8150 to reserve a spot. Or
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Elberta’s own choreographer, Gretchen Eichberger, premieres her dance tribute to Gwen Frostic, Chaotic Harmony, next Saturday and Sunday at the CSA Meeting House. A collaboration with the writer Anne-Marie Oomen and the musical trio Breathe Owl Breathe, as well as four dancers and three speakers, the piece integrates spoken
Infrastructure and Planning
The Village Council held a special meeting on Friday, August 5, to review a bid put in by Ron Brown & Sons for various street repair projects around the Village. The bid came in at $28,092 for fill and resurfacing work on Lincoln Avenue from Bigley all the way
On and off the Apron
This report is an amended version of the Issue 6 print version. Amendments are shown in brackets. MATT STAPLETON again proposed beginning the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. “I’d just love to see us say the Pledge, since it’s a public meeting, a government meeting.” The matter
Culture Bluffs
IN 1978, GOVERNOR Milliken proclaimed May 23 Gwen Frostic Day, and in 1986, Benzie County’s own artist-naturalist 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 culture.
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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,
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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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
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Monday, March 28, at 1:30 pm at Frankfort City Hall, waterfront property owners have been invited to fill out a survey. This survey will be used by MSU Extension agents to evaluate our "readiness for smart growth." Please spread the word to Elberta waterfront stakeholders you know.