Gov't Watch
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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Wednesday, January 9th, 9:00 a.m. – Book Share Group Thursday, January 10th, 10:00 a.m. – eUsers Group Thursday, January 10th, 3:30 p.m. – Great Books Discussion Group Tuesday, January 15th, 10:00 a.m. – Story Hour (Lego Club canceled for January) Tuesday, January 15th, 7:00 p.
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It's easier to get excited about the cold weather when you realize that you can go skating at the Benzonia Ice Rink any old time! Maybe you haven't been because you need skates? Here's your chance to get some cheap and help fund rink
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Do you use it? Do you love it? Please fill out the survey form you recently received in your PO Box. If you didn't get the form or have mislaid it, you can pick up one at the counter. Your voice counts. If we come out strong for
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For just $10 you can have your name (or any name you want) etched onto the Elberta Beach boardwalk or on a picnic table in the Marina/Penfold park for, well, not eternity, but a bunch of whiles! Go here. This also just in: a fundraiser to establish a permanent,
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By Emily Votruba EVENT Tuesday, December 4. The Northern Michigan Culinary Arts Community invites the public to a talk by Patty Cantrell, "Local Food: A Prescription for National Healing." With free, locally sourced appetizers made by SEEDS kids and some of our area's most talented chefs.
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By Emily Votruba State legislators may soon vote on a set of bills that would make sweeping "emergency manager"–style changes to state public education, while making it easier to establish private and charter schools. The Benzie Democrats and Frankfort–Elberta Schools superintendent Tom Stobie have voiced their
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It was such a moneymaker last year (clearing about $500), and so much fun, that the Village Parks and Rec Commission will sell Christmas trees again this year on Russ Mix's lot, between Lane Plumbing and the post office on Frankfort Avenue. This year they'll sell
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A little over a year and a half ago we learned we'd scored an "8" on the Public Act 4–created score sheet for municipalities' fiscal health, which effectively placed us on the state government watch list for possible Emergency Manager intervention. The Village leadership
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Waiting for Somebody to Do Something By Emily Votruba BILL SOPER asked that “Parks and Rec credit card” and “village taxes” be added to the agenda. The meeting lasted two hours. Absent was Ken Holmes, who was recovering from hip-replacement surgery. INITIAL PUBLIC COMMENT Cheryl Gross spoke about illegal vehicular
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The last day to register to vote in the November 6 election is October 9. Contact township clerk Sharyn Bower at 231-352-4901 between 5 pm and 8 pm, or you can register at the Secretary of State office.
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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.