Category: Transportation
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Guest Column: Electric Skateboard Debate Ramps Up
Please help stop Frankfort City Council’s ongoing effort to create an ordinance banning electric skateboards citywide. By Carolyn Thayer July 14, 2017 I’m asking for your help to spread the news about the Frankfort City Council’s ongoing effort to create an ordinance banning electric skateboards citywide based on the potential for a public safety…
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Sign Sale Today: So Far Successful
UPDATE: Here’s an updated list of the remaining sign inventory. Call or visit the Village Office during regular office hours or schedule an appointment. http://villageofelberta.com/elberta-used-street-name-sign-sale/ It’s 11 am and there’s been good turnout for the antique street sign sale at the Village Office. Each corner array costs $50, with some…
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Candidate Says Water Management, Passenger Rail, Internet Access Will Help NoMI Folks Stay and Succeed
Meet the Candidate: Lon Johnson Democrat 1st Congressional District Lon Johnson spoke at the Bayview Grille in Frankfort to a group of potential supporters on March 29 from 6 to 7 pm. Here are selections from his remarks, arranged by topic. Meet the Candidate is nonpartisan and offers any candidate…
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Benzie Emergency Management Seeks Feedback on Its Natural Hazards Draft Plan
Get back to Frank Post, our county emergency management coordinator, by email or phone asap! (fpost@benzieco.net, 231-882-0567) Read and download the draft plan here: 2015 Hazard Mitigation Plan More information is available at the Region 7 website.
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Road Ends Sign Gone
The “Road Ends” sign the Village installed last June has apparently been removed (not by the Village). Jennifer Wilkins sent this photo yesterday, May 3.
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Rescued on the Betsie
By Glenda Golanda My brother and his significant other, Becky, are visiting from North Carolina. On Friday, October 11, we dropped them off to canoe down the Betsie, and they tipped. The river is dangerous in places, and the water that day was high and fast. The canoe was swamped…
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Sept 24 County Commissioners Meeting
Draft Minutes County Commissioners Meeting Minutes Sept 24 2013 Agenda
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What Do You Think of Our Plan?
The final draft of the Village of Elberta Parks and Recreation Plan for 2009–14 is now up on the Village website. As soon as the official notice is published in the Record-Patriot this Wednesday, the official five-week public comment period begins. This is a very important document for the Village…
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Perfect Donut
This perfect automotive donut was executed at the intersection of Washington and Bigley sometime in the middle of a mid-August night. It remains visible today. A similarly circular vehicular sketch was created at the intersection of Bigley and Lincoln. Perhaps the artist would like to see a statue of Allen…
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Signs Installed to Mark Beach Road
With authorization from Council, Ken Bonney today installed stakes and signage to demarcate the Village’s platted road, known as Lakeside Boulevard. Over the years, the undeveloped stretch has become by turns rutted and covered over with soft sand, and several byways have been cut through use. The long-standing issue of…
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County Recycling Coordinator Caught Up in Driver Responsibility Act Mess
By Emily Votruba County Recycling Coordinator Mike Fiebing was pulled over in his personal vehicle on Wednesday June 5 for having a cracked windshield—a routine traffic stop, according to Sheriff Ted Schendel. Schendel told the Alert that when the officer ran Fiebing’s license record the license was found to have…
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Tree Cutting Along Grace Road Will Not Include Historic Trees, Says Road Commission
UPDATE (5/6/13): The Road Commission said today that the project is expected to be completed before the end of June. The stretch of Grace between Forrester and M-22 will be closed until then. By Emily Votruba Photographs by Jennifer Wilkins We got a call from a concerned citizen…
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Sign Off! Never Fear, MDOT Sign Will Be in the Clear
After Cheryl Gross mentioned the strange placement of the new MDOT road sign seemingly right in front of the entrance to the future Dunes South parking area, trustee Jennifer Wilkins looked into the matter. She learned from Ken Bonney that there will be a large easement between M22 and the…
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Jeffery Stratton on the Benzie Bus
The first in what we hope will be a series of stories by local people on their investigations of transportation issues. Submit yours to elberta.alert@gmail.com. Doesn’t have to be long, and we’ll check your spelling. Till then, safe travels! By Jeffery Stratton I decided I would take public transportation the…