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Calling all heroes!

February 17, 2016
Calling all heroes!

HART — Spitler Elementary students this spring will have the unique opportunity to walk with heroes — not the cliché caped crusaders or masked marvels from comic books, but the real everyday heroes who work tirelessly to make our community a better place to live. Local veterans, law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, firefighters, and other public servants will be encouraged…

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HHS Drama Club presents ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ this weekend.

February 17, 2016
HHS Drama Club presents ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ this weekend.

HART — The Hart High School Drama Club presents “Once Upon a Mattress” this weekend, a comedic, musical retelling of the classic “Princess and the Pea” fairy tale. The princess — originally portrayed on Broadway by Carol Burnette — will be played by Isabel Vela, and the royal family will be played by Liz Eisenlohr, Luis Lugo and Andrew Wiegand.…

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Michigander Bicycle Tour to stop in Hart.

February 17, 2016
Michigander Bicycle Tour to stop in Hart.

HART — Named one of the “Top 10 Multi-Day Rides in America” by Bicycling Magazine, the Michigander Bike Tour will travel through Oceana County this summer on the newly-paved William Field Memorial Hart-Montague Rail Trail, and riders will camp out at John Gurney Park in Hart. The tour combines beautiful trails, Great Lakes beaches, lighthouses, rivers, virgin white pines, and…

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Hart woman accused of embezzling from Gale’s IGA.

February 16, 2016
Hart woman accused of embezzling from Gale’s IGA.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — Laura Routley, 49, of 765 E. Hazel Rd., Hart, turned herself in to the Hart Police Department last Friday, Feb. 12, and was arraigned in 78th District Court on a felony charge of embezzlement $20,000-$50,000. Hart Police Chief Dan Leimback said Routley embezzled approximately $50,000 over the course of seven years, dating back to…

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Students help teachers pay for classroom supplies.

February 16, 2016
Students help teachers pay for classroom supplies.

OCEANA COUNTY — Teachers across the US pay for about 77 percent of classroom supplies out of their own pockets — about $500 per year, according to a school supply industry trade group.   Every teacher knows this; most adults, students and their parents probably don’t. But this comes as no surprise to 43 area high school students who are…

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