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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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Category Archives: government
Local candidates for the Aug. 7 primary
Candidate petitions have now been filed. That means we have about 10 weeks to get to know our candidates for local government before the August 7 primary election. Although a number of incumbents face no challengers, there’s some healthy competition … Continue reading
Posted in government, Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan, politics
Tagged candidates, elections, politics
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John Nugent to run for Michigan House
Game on! Found this cool piece of information in my inbox this morning from the Democratic Party: The Lapeer Democratic Party Chair Gary Medland has announced that John Nugent has filed to run for the Michigan State House. “John Nugent … Continue reading
Posted in government, Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan, politics
Tagged candidates, John Nugent, Michigan House of Representatives
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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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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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After citizen presses for answers, Lapeer City revises FOIA fee
Lapeer city commissioners on Monday revised their FOIA fee. The move came after citizen Teresa Blundell held the city’s feet to the fire over what is appropriate to charge for documents produced for a request under the Freedom of Information … Continue reading
Lapeer City gives the nod to extended TIFA plan, property acquisition for industrial park among the objectives
Sounds like there’s a new industrial park in Lapeer’s future. Amendments to the Tax Increment Financing Plan 1 and Development Plan 1 for the city of Lapeer were first up for public hearing last night at the Lapeer city commission. … Continue reading
Posted in economy, government, Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan
Tagged industrial park, Lapeer city commission, TIFA
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Getting behind regional economic possibilities
Caught a quick read of Phil Power’s column today in The Bridge (here) on the idea of the Great Lakes Global Gateway and the politics and lack of leadership that have stood in the way of such a development. Although … Continue reading
Posted in economy, employment, government, Lapeer County, Michigan
Tagged I-69 International Trade Corridor
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Quest success makes IFT request easy
Quest Industries president and founder Denny Hoover was in the house Monday night for the Lapeer city commission meeting and public hearing. He was accompanied by Lapeer Development Corporation’s Patricia Lucas as he sought an Industrial Facilities Tax exemption for … Continue reading
Posted in business, government, Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan
Tagged IFT, Lapeer, Lapeer Development Corporation, Quest Industries
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City commissioners in the dark
Hehe. That’s literal. With crazy high winds blowing all afternoon on Monday, the power went out in downtown Lapeer shortly before the commissioners’ meeting at 6:30 p.m. They raised all the shades, but the overcast skies made for a pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged city commission, Lapeer
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