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Municipal holiday closings.

December 19, 2016

Municipal holiday closings. #Christmas2016. Municipal buildings in Mason County will be closed on Friday, Dec. 23, Monday, Dec. 26, Friday, Dec. 30, and Monday, Jan. 2, in observation of Christmas and New Year’s. Buildings include Ludington City Hall, Scottville, City Hall, Mason County Courthouse, county municipal building in Scottville, Pere Marquette Township Hall, and Hamlin Township Hall. Other government offices are…

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Radiant Church welcoming community to Christmas Eve dinner.

December 19, 2016

Radiant Church welcoming community to Christmas Eve dinner.  #Christmas2016 By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — Radiant Church, 409 S. Washington Ave., will again be hosting a Christmas Eve Community Dinner this coming Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. This is the second year the church is offering the free dinner. “This is a way for our church to show the love…

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Obituary: Walter Bourgette, Jr., 77, Ludington.

December 19, 2016

Obituary: Walter Bourgette, Jr., 77, Ludington.  #MasonCountyDeaths. Walter Thomas Bourgette, Jr., 77, of Ludington, passed away on Wednesday December 14, 2016 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. He was born on June 3, 1939 in Filer City, son of the late Walter and Clara (Laboda) Bourgette, Sr.  He attended Manistee High School.  Walter married Lillian Dickow on September…

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Shaken, Not Stirred: Hotel people, part 2.

December 18, 2016
Shaken, Not Stirred: Hotel people, part 2.

Shaken, Not Stirred: Hotel people, part 2. #ShakenNotStirred. A blog by Jim Bond. I’ll repeat my opening statement of last week’s column: ‘Hotel People’ are a special breed – a group for whom I have enormous respect. In the early to mid 1990s I started enjoying increasing business with a rather prominent west Michigan company as an independent contractor. The…

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Franz ends tenure as state rep. presiding over 20 hours of lame duck session.

December 16, 2016

Franz ends tenure as state rep. presiding over 20 hours of lame duck session.  #101stHouseDistrict. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LANSING — State Representative Ray Franz’s very last week as the representative of Mason, Manistee, Benzie, and Leelanau counties, included a 22 hour lame duck session, of which he presided over about 20 hours. The 98th Michigan House of Representatives ended…

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