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The Mackinac Island Town Crier
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December 10, 2005
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Council Raises Utility Rates 87%, Adds 1 Mill For Public Works
By Karen Gould
     The cost of living and owning property on Mackinac Island will increase come spring with a new one-mill property tax assessment to fund the Island’s landfill operations. Islanders also will feel the effects of an 87 percent water and sewer commodity rate increase and a five percent readiness-to-serv
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Sign of the Season...
     Mary Patay gets a little help from her dog cross-county skiing down Main Street while taking advantage of fresh snow and sunshine Wednesday, December 7.
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Federal Study Next for Island Breakwall Project
By Karen Gould
     A $50,000 federal appropriation to fund a feasibility study for a third breakwall at Mackinac Island now awaits President George Bush’s signature. The study would determine if a proposed 950-foot-long rubble mound breakwall would protect the Island’s inner harbor, which is vulnerable to wave damage
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Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
     At almost three years old, Harrison Myers of Mackinac Island appreciated the hand of his mother, Lori, as he approached the towering 17-foot tall blue spruce, this year’s community Christmas tree. Centered in the middle of Main Street across from the Arnold Mackinac Island Ferry dock, the tree was d
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Audit: Island School in Great Shape
By Karen Gould
     Mackinac Island Public School’s fund balance, at $1.1 million, is enough to operate the facility for the entire year, auditors reported at the Thursday, November 17 meeting of the Mackinac Island Board of Education. At the end of its last fiscal year on June 30, reported Kari Kortz, a certified publ
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Shepler’s Takes Case to State High Court
     Shepler’s Mackinac Ferry has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to review its lawsuit against the City of Mackinac Island, in which it charges the city is unfairly hindering its right to conduct a freight business on the Island. The City’s right to restrict Shepler from conducting business activities
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