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Shelby Township receives $10,000 grant from Gerber for community park

November 2, 2023

Shelby Township receives $10,000 grant from Gerber for community park SHELBY TOWNSHIP – Shelby Township was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Gerber Foundation to go toward the Shelby Township Community Park. The grant supports tots and youth playgrounds, including the naming opportunity for the park playground and sculptures.  “Shelby Township is appreciative of the support and investment from…

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Tree planted in honor of late Shelby police sergeant

November 2, 2023

Tree planted in honor of late Shelby police sergeant ‘Like the roots of a tree, let your legacy grow.’ SHELBY – For those of you who enjoyed the William Field Memorial Hart–Montague Trail this season, stopping by Walnut Park at Walnut and 5th streets, you may have noticed a new tree and plaque among the abundant green space. This tree…

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Firefighters burn house for training exercise

November 2, 2023

Firefighters burn house for training exercise By Allison Scarbrough, Editor GRANT TOWNSHIP — Just one night after fighting a “real structure fire”‎, local firefighters fine tuned their life saving skills the next night with a training exercise of fighting a staged house fire.  “We did a live fire training last night,” said Grant Township Fire Chief Dan Yost. Firefighters from…

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Space heater may be cause of trailer fire

November 2, 2023

Space heater may be cause of trailer fire By Allison Scarbrough, Editor GRANT TOWNSHIP — A single-wide trailer is a total loss after fire ripped through it Tuesday night, Oct. 31, during a rare Halloween snowstorm. A space heater may have caused the fire at 7110 Clearwater Court, said Grant Township Fire Chief Dan Yost. The southwest portion of Oceana…

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Weaving whiz’s memory deeply woven into many hearts

November 1, 2023

Weaving whiz’s memory deeply woven into many hearts By Ron Beeber, Contributing Writer PENTWATER — Weaving is the craft or action of interlacing threads to form fabric. Search on the Internet the phrase “beauty of weaving,” and one finds this statement: “the way yarns go to form a fabric symbolizes relationships that we build and hold in this world. Nothing…

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