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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: safety
lapeer county road commission
Notes from the road commission’s July 1 meeting: A lot of discussion at this meeting about garbage trucks. There are 14 known companies operating in the county, and they appear to be springing up overnight. A lot of concern about … Continue reading
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transit funds for flint
Governor Granholm announced Friday that six Michigan communities would receive $14 million in recovery grant funds for transportation upgrades, according to a news release. The Federal Transit Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation, allocates the Recovery Act … Continue reading
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clikt-it: a little haz-mat
Spotted some of the crew from the Attica FD on scene at Newark and Lake Pleasant late Friday afternoon. It appears there was a diesel spill there. A diesel spill can make the road very slick and dangerous, so Attica … Continue reading
lapeer county road commission
soggy The main topic of discussion at tonight’s road commission meeting was, of course, all the rain. Manager Rick Pearson said roads were flooded and he expected to see some roads closed. Newark at Atwell (east of Lake Pleasant) was … Continue reading
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stop sign delineators
now you know That’s a set of the new stop sign delineators that are popping up around the county – the long skinny, red reflectors on the posts. If you’ve driven at night in an area that has them, it’s … Continue reading
Elba Township CPR class
b there or b… uninformed? This bit of information could save somebody’s life. Bonnie Wilcox is a trustee on the Elba Township board. She’s also a mom and a certified instructor who’s generously offering to teach all Elba residents CPR. … Continue reading
fire training at Thick’s Glass
Seemed like the old Thick’s Glass building “burned down” about three times Monday night, as firefighters from Lapeer City and Elba had training practice on the structure. In reality, there was no fire at all. The trainers use “vanilla smoke” … Continue reading
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citizens on patrol
and about that Berlin Wall I have absolutely no doubt that everyone involved with the Citizens On Patrol program recently initiated in Marathon Township has the highest motives. Everyone is seeking to make the community a safer place. Local volunteers … Continue reading
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Hadley/Lippincott
a meeting of the minds, or, … not Paid a visit to the Hadley/Lippincott intersection to refresh my perspective, in light of the recent discussion at the road commission. Hmm. My perspective didn’t change much. I think there is … Continue reading
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