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6:11 am
Fri April 19, 2013

Portage School Board plans to make decision on Superintendent April 29th

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Brighton Area Schools Superintendent Greg Gray is the sole finalist to lead the Portage district
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
PORTAGE, MI -- The Portage Public Schools Board of Education has tentatively scheduled a special meeting for Monday, April 29, to decide whether to offer Greg Gray a contract as superintendent. But first, Gray is returning to Portage on Thursday, April 25, for another round of meetings and interviews.
9:40 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Medical marijuana ordinance moves ahead in Zeeland Township

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Ordinance which allows medical marijuana with some restrictions, moves to a second reading
Zeeland Township's board of trustees have agreed to let a proposed medical marijuana ordinance move to a second reading. The ordinance would impose the following limits: Medical marijuana can only be grown inside a home, behind locked doors, and the space used cannot exceed 20 percent of the total living space.
9:34 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Finalist for Portage Superintendent says district has to rebuild trust

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Sole finalist Greg Gray spent Thursday in Portage, including a two hour public interview
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
PORTAGE, MI -- If he became superintendent of Portage Public Schools, Greg Gray said his first priority would be "rebuilding trust" between the district leadership and community residents. "You've had some challenges here in the past few years, some self-inflicted, some not," Gray told the board during a public interview Thursday evening.
SW Michigan
3:16 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Auto insurance overhaul plan unveiled

Credit Melissa Benmark / WKAR
Michigan State Capitol

A new auto insurance reform plan could mean lower rates for Michigan drivers. The Gongwer News Service says Governor Rick Snyder and other officials gave details of the plan during a news conference Thursday.

Snyder says it would cut $125 from premiums for each vehicle in the first year. Rates after that would be set by the market.

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