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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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One more time, freedom for whom?
Yesterday, the Michigan Catholic Conference announced its suit over the mandate requiring most employers to cover contraception. They say the mandate violates religious freedom, but freedom for whom? The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion. That freedom is for citizens … Continue reading
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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
Blankie Project sends love to veterans, Alzheimer’s patients
Every month, a small band of women gathers in the lower level offices of Infinity Health Care in Lapeer. They arrive toting bags of small 15 x 19 “blankies” that they’ve stitched up to donate to Alzheimer’s patients or wounded … Continue reading
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politics, politics
Republican candidate for the US Senate, Pete Hoekstra, will present at the next Lapeer County Tea Party Patriots meeting on Tuesday, May 1, at 7 p.m. at Maple Grove Church. Hoekstra gained notoriety for his offensive Super Bowl ad, and … Continue reading
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a little follow-up from Sheriff’s candidate forum
I caught up with Sheriff Kalanquin last week to chase down a couple of details from items touched on at Tuesday’s candidate forum including Kalanquin, Mike Gepfrey and Jeffrey Fick (see here). Sheriff Kalanquin said he had returned $279,000 to … Continue reading
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Tagged elections, Fick, Gepfrey, Kalanquin, Lapeer County Sheriff's Department
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Easter
I hope you are enjoying the sweetness of life today with family and friends!
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snow
So, yes, finally Mother Nature has decided it’s time. It is, after all, February – usually the longest month of the year for all its cold and snow and darkness. If the media hype is true we finally get a … Continue reading
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power tools
I heard the car coming up the driveway. I had barely opened the door. And before I knew what had happened, I was suddenly dangerously in possession of a Sawzall, complete with the correct attachment for the job that needed … Continue reading
Eddie
He’s the perfect dog. Apparently he’s a blend of Chihuahua with terrier – does that make him a Chito? He cuddles, he’s loveable, he barks only when there’s a good reason for it. He doesn’t drool when he focuses on … Continue reading
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michigan unemployment rate
July 15, 2009 – Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June rose one and one-tenth percentage points to 15.2 percent, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (DELEG). Unemployment increased significantly by … Continue reading
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