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HAPPY MOOSE YEAR—Cannonsburg’s Ralph the Moose rang in 2010 in traditional style with this Baby New Year garb. Ralph was new to Cannonsburg last year, but has already become a familiar face around town and has traveled extensively.
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by JUDY REED From the time the first U.S. Post Office was established in Cedar Springs on February 4, 1857, mail carriers have always worked out of the local office. As of January 16, 2010, that will no longer be the case. Instead, they will work out of the larger Rockford location. “The U.S. Postal [...]
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With the New Year, the Humane Society of Kent County (HSKC) is launching two new adoption promotions, We Want a Home Wednesdays and Five Dollar Feline Fridays as well as a new Pet Loss Support Group. The Humane Society is now offering greatly reduced adoption fees every Wednesday on all animals who have been at the shelter [...]
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Joyous bells Here it is a new year, and for a week the news media has bombarded us with reminders of the disastrous events of the past decade. Yes, there were some bad times, but let’s look on the bright side. The economy seems to be recovering and we won’t have Great Depression II. It [...]
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9th Ryan Eckert, Julie Mullet, Ernest Reed, John Ypma 10th Julie Kunkel, Bud Milligan, Matt Trendt, Evelyn VanTimmeren, Gavin Vilchez 11th Darcy Olson 12th Kimber Leigh Hill, Dorine Pell, Sarah Western 13th Claire Berlin, Nell Fredrick, Caroline Molinosky, Kelly Olson, Katie Thome, Katrina Thome 14th Jerry Ayers, Brian Hills, Florence Kramer, Susan Phillips, Hazel Stahl 15th Lora Greenland, Kathy Lindhout, Ann Rutter
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