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Police Blotter

June 12, 2008

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By now everyone in the Township knows that petty criminals burgled the Eastport Market on Tuesday night. The little tortfeasors stole liquor and cigarettes and lottery tickets and videos – well, video cases anyway – along with a chunk of peace of mind. The damage they did to the store will be fixed in short […]

Ho-ly Wah.

May 9, 2008

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There are a whole lot of you out there reading the Alba Injection Well post and following the links. I don’t know who you are – my software doesn’t spy on you – but I do know how many of you there are, and it is more than have read any other post on Torch […]

The Alba Injection Well and why it matters to Torch Lake Township

May 8, 2008

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I really don’t want to do this.  I enjoy having a quiet little blog about doings in Torch Lake Township.  I like to tell you about people – the families they raise, the businesses they run, the leadership they provide.  I like to make little jokes about my dogs, and The Rock, and the weather.  […]

April is the cruelest month – so full of hope

April 12, 2008

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April, April.  One day the sun comes out, snowmelt braids paths to the Bay, and we tell each other the corner has turned.  We make a trip to Pine Hill Nursery for seedlings we’ll have to tend indoors for weeks.  We leave our coats in the car. The next night it sleets.  We curse the […]

Berging the Carp and Carving the Wolf. Must be the tail end of winter.

March 15, 2008

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OK, it’s beginning to look to me as though people over in Leland have more fun than we do on this side of the Bay.  Go take a quick look at Berging the Carp and tell me that doesn’t look like fun.  It looks like fun.  Now I know we find ways to amuse ourselves at […]

Signs of spring

February 20, 2008

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My steps are covered in ice humps and my LP wall furnace is burning through my retirement stash at an astonishing rate, but I have hope.  On my rounds today, I saw this wonderful sight.  Just in case you can’t read the sign through all that white stuff that was swirling around, or don’t believe your […]