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Cleaning up gasoline contamination in Torch Lake Village, Part III

March 10, 2010

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I see that I omitted to post a copy of the February 18, 2010 Elk Rapids News story here on Torch Lake Views. Since a number of people are reading the first two parts here, I thought I’d better catch up. Parts I and II in the series described how gasoline got into the drinking […]

Five treatment wells and a red truck

February 11, 2010

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Nearly four decades ago underground storage tanks at the Standard Service Station in Torch Lake Village began to leak.  The gasoline contaminated the soil, the groundwater, and some nearby drinking water wells.  Eventually it contaminated a community well at Bay Harbor Club. The service station is long gone. The gasoline remains. Part I of this […]

Cleanup to begin at Torch Lake gasoline contamination site

February 5, 2010

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This story was published in this week’s Elk Rapids News.  If you’ve already read it, thanks, and we’ll see you over here tomorrow.  For those of you who missed it, probably because you’re in Florida or Arizona for the winter, this is your chance to catch up.  Jack Norris of Torch Lake Township has researched this issue […]

Update on broadband: Do not hold your breath

January 29, 2010

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Wednesday night a whole lot of people made the trek through blowing snow to the Old Town Hall in Elk Rapids to hear about building broadband. (The background is in Monday’s post.)  The ad hoc leadership group did a great job of delineating the reasons the community should embrace full broadband deployment. However, the community […]

Big changes at Sonny’s and new condos on Torch Lake

January 26, 2010

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During the winter months I’m inclined to look around the Writing Studio and Bait Shop and think to myself, Surely there’s a better way to organize this place.  Then I take the dogs for a walk and the fit passes.  Chris and Sonny Szejbach are made of sterner stuff.  They’ve been rearranging the furniture at […]

Let me draw you a picture with words

January 25, 2010

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A little story in the Record-Eagle caught my eye: Google executive running for governor. Matt Dunne, the Google executive in question, lives and works in Vermont, for heaven’s sake. Vermont has internet service capable of supporting the telecommuting needs of a Google executive. OK, as it turns out, it doesn’t have it everywhere, but if […]

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