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Meet Sundance, the newest member of The Marcellus News team. Sundance joins Nancy, Sarah, Carmi and Ron in helping to keep local news alive.  He’s definitely the youngest member of the team at just four months and will serve as Assistant … [Read more...] about News appoints Assistant Editor

BENTON HARBOR, Mich.- Michigan Works! announced applications open today, October 14 for the popular Going PRO Talent Fund. This competitive grant opportunity provides funds to local companies for training, developing, and in some cases … [Read more...] about MICHIGAN WORKS! ANNOUNCES GOING PRO SEASON

The clock is ticking for the Marcellus Library’s Read Through the Decades Challenge. The Challenge concludes with a Noon Year’s Eve Party on December 31, with Team RickWorld looking to complete its domination of the adult competition! The … [Read more...] about Team RickWorld: What we’re reading the week of October 20, 2025

The U.S. still exports large amounts of trash and recycling overseas, particularly plastic waste. Dear EarthTalk: Is the U.S. still sending large barges of trash and recycling overseas? If so, which countries are taking most of it and … [Read more...] about EarthTalk® – From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine

by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com In his address to Israel’s Knesset following the release of 20 living hostages by Hamas, President Donald Trump said several things that reflect wishful thinking. Among them: “The forces of chaos that have … [Read more...] about Cal Thomas: After Gaza – What’s Next?

by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com When will top Democratic party officials recognize that today’s electorate is not made up of moderate centrists?    Rather, most Americans are anti-establishment rebels who’ve been knocked … [Read more...] about Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: What if the Democrats Started to Support Democrats Again?

by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com One of the oldest sayings in poker warns that if you’re in a game for 20 minutes and haven’t figured out who’s the patsy–the player most likely to be the game’s biggest loser–you’re the … [Read more...] about Farm and Food File: You’re holding a bad hand in a rigged game

by Paula Johnson We are in the heart of the football season. I understand football – the ball is kicked by the foot of a player to score a field goal, and the ball is protected down the field to score a touchdown.      We … [Read more...] about Bits & Pieces: Pickles and Brownies

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by John Mooy If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morningI’d hammer in the evening, all over this land.    And those are the first two lines of the Pete Seeger song, “If I had a Hammer,” which he wrote in 1949.  Seeger … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: If I Had a Hammer

Tad Moody at the Van Buren County Museum HARTFORD—Paranormal investigators recently identified a hundred-year-old spirit on the third floor of the Van Buren County Historical Museum according to museum volunteer and paranormal tour guide … [Read more...] about Spirit Still Holds a Grudge