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Wolverine hearing moves to Lansing
News Photo by Mike Modrzynski
Rogers City Mayor Beach Hall, far right, is joined by City Manager Mark Slown and planning commission Chairman Del Conley at Tuesday’s final public hearing on the air quality permit for Wolverine Power’s solid-fuel fired power plant to be built in Rogers Township. While no decision was made, DEQ officials said it will take at least four weeks to sift through all the email comments received before a decision can be rendered.
January 6, 2009
While of what was heard at Tuesday afternoon’s public hearing regarding Wolverine Power’s pending air quality permit hosted by the DEQ in Lansing was much of the same, there were a few twists in the presentation.
As expected, given the distance and threatening weather forecast, few proponents from Presque Isle County were present, but there were other key supporters on hand to testify on behalf of the project. Andy Neumann from the 106th District and Joel Sheltrown from the 103rd District were on hand to enter their perspective into the official record.
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First baby of 2009 born at ARMC
January 6, 2009
It might have taken a few days, but the first baby born in Alpena County in 2009 has arrived.
The first baby of the new year was born at Alpena Regional Medical Center Tuesday morning to parents Tonya and Nathan Langlois of Rogers City.
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Local economy likely to struggle in 2009
January 6, 2009
While many analysts are predicting an economic rebound at the end of 2009 and into 2010, the outlook for Northeast Michigan may be a bit more bleak.
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Road projects for 2009 approved
January 6, 2009
The Alpena County Road Commission rung in the new year by approving proposed projects for federal funding and welcoming a new chairman on Tuesday.
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Don't worry, it's almost over
Mon, December 22, 2008 @ 2:06PM
Only one more week left. That's all the pain and suffering Lions fans have to endure for this year. By this time next week, they certainly will have lost to the Green Bay Packers to put the finishes touch on the first 0-16 campaign in NFL history. Those of us who root for the Lions can all laugh, cry or make fun of the fact that we're fans of a franchise as abysmal as Detroit's. However, we can only hope this is rock bottom for an organization that has been a laughingstock for most of the past 50 years and things slowly will begin to turn around from here on out. While the regular season has been a complete disaster, at least we should have an interesting off-season. Detroit will have a chance to take a look at some high-profile free agents, draft the No.
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Counting down to inauguration day
Mon, January 5, 2009 @ 7:56PM
We’re just 15 days away from the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president. The way some people talk, you get the impression that if things aren’t better on Jan. 21 they’re going to be disappointed. Hey, no pressure Mr. President-elect. The last several weeks, nearly since the election, the nation has kind of viewed Obama as the president, forgetting — at least for a moment — that George Bush is still in that position. If something catastrophic happened, it would have been Bush, not Obama, who would have had to make that call. Obama might have been consulted, but the decision would have been Bush’s to make. That all comes to an end on Jan. 20 and Obama officially becomes the decision maker. According to the current poll on The News Web site, the majority of people don’t believe the excitement caused by the election has waned.
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You can't have it both ways
Tue, December 23, 2008 @ 4:59PM
I have a friend who is a crusty curmudgeon. As such, he is doesn’t worry about being politically correct or even sensitive to other’s feelings. If he sees something he doesn’t agree with, he calls the person out on it and worries about the fall-out afterward. Today I feel like being a crust curmudgeon. In particular, I am offended by the heat President-elect Barack Obama is taking asking The Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in California to deliver his inaugural prayer in January. Who would have thought a person being asked to deliver one simple prayer would stir such a controvery? Yet it has. It seems that those who supported the same-sex marriage proposal in California that was defeated in November are outraged over the selection. Warren was an out-spoken opponent of the proposition and the proponents believe Obama has committed a sin inviting such a figure to play a prominent role in the inauguration.
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A thankful mayor
Mon, December 1, 2008 @ 9:32AM
The Thanksgiving holiday may be over and done with, but Alpena Mayor Carol Shafto still is counting her blessings nearly a week later. My husband and I crossed paths with her over the weekend at a local gas station. and when given the usual standard greeting by us asking how she was doing, the mayor had this story to relate: It seems she and her two sons, Geoff and Shawn, were traveling to Onaway to share a turkey dinner with family when their car hit a patch of ice. The car veered off the side of the road and into a deep ditch, where it rolled over a full 360 degrees, eventually ending upright on its wheels less than six inches from smacking into a tree trunk. Miraculously, the mayor and her sons all escaped injury and were able to open their car doors, climb back up to the roadway and flag down a motorist. As a precautionary measure, the three were transported by ambulance to Alpena Regional Medical Center, where they were all cleared to leave a short while later.
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