The City of Au Gres unveiled the first of several planned independent, senior living townhouses at 300 East Michigan Avenue at an open house event Sept. 6. One quadplex building was open to the public and applications were taken from qualified parties. Each quadplex unit is comprised of four townhouses, each townhouse with its own garage.
The board of education for the Whittemore-Prescott Area School District appointed elementary school principal Bryan Crainer as a long term, interim superintendent at their regular meeting Sept. 8.
The evolution of operations at your community newspapers continues, as we consolidate into the southern half of the building at 215 Houghton Avenue in West Branch. Our crew is small but mighty and we keep the office open for regular business hours the best we can, although a sick day for any one of us can significantly impact office hours and news coverages.
“Our new attorney said one thing we are lacking is a civil infraction ordinance,” said Au Gres City Manager Dale Wiltse at the city council’s regular meeting Sept. 2.
The events in New York City on September 11, 2001, separate what came before and all that has happened since in American society. The front page of the Heralds and Independent all described local residents as “stunned” by the tragedy, when several commercial airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, causing thousands of casualties.
“A little upsetting, our previous animal control officer,” said Jenny David, chair of the Ogemaw County Board of Commissioners. “We paid for him to go to training, which was quite costly.”
Here comes another equinox.
We live on a grain of sand orbiting a burning ball of gas.
New brews at Highway Brewing Company are celebrating West Branch history and bringing more staff into the creative mix.
Free summer concerts in Arenac County concluded last week.