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A few events coming up in Lapeer County
May 31, June 1 & 2 Hadley Township community-wide garage sale
June 1, 2, 3 - Art & History Festival, Chatfield School Campus, hosted by Sunrise Kiwanis
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- Get to know your camera
- One more time, freedom for whom?
- Local candidates for the Aug. 7 primary
- Airport. Tomorrow.
- John Nugent to run for Michigan House
- Easy Striders in gear
- Team Chimeras wraps up awesome FIRST Robotics season
- Movie night at the Airport
- Wild Lapeer tomorrow
- Pancake Breakfast at Dupont-Lapeer Airport May 19, pint-sized plane debuts to delight kids
- Bridge work on M-24 in Lapeer starts Monday
- Michiganders blocked from vote
- Quilts! Art! Food! Tomorrow
- Whoosh! Lapeer area 5th grader heads to IronKids competition
- Butterflies abound
- Gallery 194 offers painting workshop
- Young Eagles learn about flight at Dupont-Lapeer Airport
- Wild Lapeer happening May 5
- Ponzi proceedings inflict more pain, Lapeer County seeks to recoup lost funds
- County valuation declines 6 percent
- Blankie Project sends love to veterans, Alzheimer’s patients
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- After citizen presses for answers, Lapeer City revises FOIA fee
- Lapeer City gives the nod to extended TIFA plan, property acquisition for industrial park among the objectives
- Put your thinking caps on: 3rd annual Lloyd G. Copeman award
- Getting behind regional economic possibilities
- Quest success makes IFT request easy
- City commissioners in the dark
- Hadley residents reduce, re-use, recycle – events coming up
- Hadley roads getting some more love
- Public hearings at Lapeer City tonight
- politics, politics
- Soil & Sed plan would focus on educating community
- infrastructure
- New Central Dispatch system moving along
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Bridge work on M-24 in Lapeer starts Monday
You may have seen the message signs preparing you to get ready. The Michigan Department of Transportation advises that on Monday April 30, the bridge replacement project over the abandoned railroad just north of Lapeer on M-24 will get underway. … Continue reading
Michiganders blocked from vote
What happened yesterday at the State Board of Canvassers was a sad thing, and an embarrassment to the state. 203,238 people signed a petition to get an issue to the vote of the people in November. That was almost 42,000 … Continue reading
Posted in government, Lapeer County, Michigan, politics
Tagged ballot, Emergency Manager Law
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Quilts! Art! Food! Tomorrow
Just a reminder that tomorrow is the 7th Annual Quilt Show and Fine Arts Festival at Columbiaville United Methodist Church. Details at my previous post here.
Whoosh! Lapeer area 5th grader heads to IronKids competition
Like the wind. That’s how 10-year old Morgan Turk goes. And she’s getting ready to test her mettle as she runs, swims, and cycles her way through a big competition in Florida next month. Morgan’s prepared to go the distance … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, fitness, Lapeer County, Michigan, running
Tagged IronEdge, IronKids, IronMan
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Butterflies abound
I bet you’ve seen ‘em, too. Butterflies. They’re everywhere. Bill Meinz noticed them in his yard last week, and snapped these great pictures. He also identified them as Red Admiral butterflies. Meinz estimated there were about 100 of the winged … Continue reading
Gallery 194 offers painting workshop
Gallery 194 is offering an Advanced Acrylic Painting Workshop with Jacquie Piechowski beginning June 8. This workshop is for painters that want a fresh approach to painting with acrylics on varied scales in a small, intimate group of adult artists … Continue reading
Posted in art, Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan
Tagged art, Gallery 194, Jacquie Piechowski
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Young Eagles learn about flight at Dupont-Lapeer Airport
Some lucky kids got up close and personal with airplanes Saturday at Mayfield Township’s Dupont-Lapeer Airport. Pilots Garry Butler and Victor Adamko introduced the youngsters (and their parents) to all things flight as part of the Experimental Aviation Association’s Young … Continue reading
Wild Lapeer happening May 5
Wild Lapeer returns May 5 to delight us and remind us of the treasures to be found in the natural world outside our doorsteps. Once again, the event will be held at the Chatfield School Campus and the adjacent Prairies … Continue reading
Ponzi proceedings inflict more pain, Lapeer County seeks to recoup lost funds
Lapeer County commissioners on Thursday agreed to a settlement payment in the bankruptcy proceedings relative to the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by now-convicted and jailed Southfield investment advisor Dante DeMiro. They also agreed to hire a law firm to investigate their … Continue reading
Posted in government, Lapeer County, Michigan
Tagged DeMiro, Lapeer County, Ponzi, treasurer Dana Miller
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County valuation declines 6 percent
Lapeer County Equalization Director Ken Hill presented the 2012 Equalization report to county commissioners Thursday. “The county valuation has declined about 6 percent over the last 12 months,” Hill told commissioners. He said that taxable values were down about 4 … Continue reading
Posted in government, Lapeer County, Michigan
Tagged equalization report, Ken Hill, Lapeer County, personal property tax, property value
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