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Dust control and other matters

By Amy Henselahensel@cherryroad.comThe Big Creek Township Board if Trustees approved a dust control contract with Oscoda County Road at the Feb. 19 meeting. The total contract cost is $36,210 per application. The township’s share is $24,429; the road commission’s share is $11,781.The board approved a purchasing proposal of $4,304 for a Xerox 8235 copier from…

Community

Readers are leaders

Students and teachers applaud during the reading month assembly. Photo by Amy Hensel Students playing the cook, the cat and the pancake receive stage directions. Photo by Amy Hensel The cast is rounded out by a hungry boy, a pig, an old woman, a hungry hen. Photo by Amy Hensel During the reading month assembly…

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Opinion

Sunshine laws keep government in the light

As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously described, sunlight is the best disinfectant. In American democracy, that idea takes legal form through Sunshine Laws. These open-record laws require government agencies to conduct business transparently…