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Moonlighting by Judy Cools: Painting

August 10, 2012
Moonlighting by Judy Cools: Painting

A couple of months ago, after thinking about it for a year, I painted my office at work. I’ve been there a dozen years and for all that time have been looking at institutional gray-beige walls. This was a sanctioned effort, although I’ll admit that I chose the color without supervision. The Friday afternoon came, and I toted all the…

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Court News, Aug. 10, 2012

August 10, 2012

Mason County Court News Proceedings reported as of Aug. 10, 2012 Editor’s note: We are once again posting court proceedings from the Mason County district and circuit courts. We were unable to post the proceedings from the previous three weeks due to schedule conflicts. Court news is posted as it is given to us. Legend: MCSO, Mason County Sheriff’s Office;…

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Ludington city council packet for Monday, Aug. 13

August 10, 2012

Below the packet for the Monday, Aug. 13 meeting of the Ludington city council is available for download. The packet includes the council agenda, minutes to the previous meeting and a list of the city’s bills. ludington city council 081312

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Agenda for MCC School Board meeting, Aug. 13, 2012

August 9, 2012

In an effort to keep the public better informed, Mason County Press will publish agendas and board packets for local public meetings. As citizens of a republic, we are represented by elected officials. These elected officials and the employees of tax funded entities are answerable to the populous. Section 6 of the Michigan Open Meetings Act allows for any citizen to…

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Cole will be next sheriff

August 8, 2012
Cole will be next sheriff

LUDINGTON – Kim Cole of Pere Marquette Township will be Mason County’s next sheriff. Cole defeated Sheriff Jeff Fiers of Custer Township in Tuesday’s primary race, both candidates were running as Republicans and there is no Democrat candidate. Cole won 53 percent of the Republican ticket votes 3,412 to 2,965. Fiers won several of the eastern county precincts, some by…

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