Community foundation awards nearly $29,000 to local projects. The Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation for Oceana County (CFOC) recently approved grant awards to a variety of community organizations in support of projects throughout Oceana County. A total of $28,893 was awarded as a result of CFOC’s competitive application process that is overseen by a subcommittee of its trustees.…
Janice Walsworth named asparagus parade grand marshal. HART – Janice Walsworth was recently named the grand marshal for the National Asparagus Festival Joan Glover Royale Parade. NAF is set for June 7-9, and the parade is Saturday, June 8, at 2 p.m. in Hart. NAF is the longest-running asparagus festival in the country, and this year marks its 46th year.…
2 Oceana entrepreneurs finalists in competition. FREMONT – Tara Kelley of the Bohemian Boutique in Shelby and Hesperia’s Deanna Dickinson, the Truffles and Goodies Lady, are finalists in an entrepreneur contest. Twenty entrepreneurs submitted their ideas in the first-ever rural entrepreneurial pitch competition in Newaygo, Lake and Oceana counties. “We are absolutely thrilled with the submission results and excited…
Passionately preserving history. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – Before you step inside the headquarters of the Oceana County Historical and Genealogical Society, you learn a history lesson by admiring its exterior. The 127-year-old building at 114 Dryden St. is made of local fieldstone that was hand-blocked. The distinctive rectangle stones offer a unique design since most stone houses in…
Ferry Veterans’ sporting goods, craft show June 1. FERRY – The Ferry Veterans’ Sporting Goods and Craft Show is set for Saturday, June 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ferry Township Community Center. Inside spaces will feature sporting goods, fishing equipment and crafts. Outside spaces will offer campers, cars, farm equipment, motorcycles, boats and more. Lunch will…
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