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Remembering Mr. Bob.

May 19, 2015
Remembering Mr. Bob.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — Mason County lost a true entertainer Tuesday afternoon when Bob Simms passed away. Bob , who was 71-years-old, was best known in this area for working at the Mason-Lake Intermediate School District/West Shore Educational Service District as a music therapist, performing on local stages and for his Resounding Pebbles recording studio in Scottville. Back…

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Main Street’s end doesn’t mean end of Scottville, officials say.

May 19, 2015
Main Street’s end doesn’t mean end of Scottville, officials say.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Scottville City Commission passed a resolution Monday night officially severing ties between the city and the Michigan Main Street Program. The program will end effective June 30, the end of the current fiscal year, due to a decrease in funding. Representatives from Scottville Main Street say the program actually probably would have ended a…

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No fire found at U.S. 31 house.

May 19, 2015
No fire found at U.S. 31 house.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  VICTORY TWP. — A homeowner leaned on the side of caution this afternoon when she saw what she thought was smoke coming from the eaves of her house. Yolanda Harrison said she had been in her bedroom about 12:45 p.m., looked out a window, and noticed what looked like smoke rolling off her roof. She told her husband,…

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Safe Harbor makes car buying easy, even on the weekend.

May 19, 2015
Safe Harbor makes car buying easy, even on the weekend.

Mason County Press is provided to our readers for free, thanks to the generous support of our advertisers. One of those great advertisers is Safe Harbor Credit Union.  LUDINGTON — Have you ever bought a car on the weekend only to find out that your financial institution wasn’t open? Safe Harbor Credit Union has a solution, Redi-loans. “I think this…

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Democrat chairman talks to local group.

May 19, 2015
Democrat chairman talks to local group.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Local Democrats listened to their state party chairman, Lon Johnson, speak Thursday morning at House of Flavors Restaurant. “The real challenge for northern Michigan is how we can get people to stay here and succeed,” Johnson said. “We are losing too many of our kids and grandkids to cities like Chicago and Atlanta. We…

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