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When I was a boy I used to go vote with my mother on Election Day. At a nearby public school, we would enter a booth, draw a heavy curtain and I’d flick a number of little levers at her direction to mark our choices. Then I’d pull the handle to make it official — and, voila, we had done our …

In recent years, election night in America has become a lot like New Year’s Eve. Bars, restaurants and hotel ballrooms fill up with revelers; colleges host watch parties; kids beg their parents to stay up late. And everywhere, people tune into election night coverage. In 2016, more than 71 m…

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Community Cats TNR, a local, non-profit group of volunteers, in partnership with Country Veterinary Clinic, P.C. and Animal Hospital of Ludington, has trapped, neutered and returned 1,100 Community Cats as of Oct. 14.

The Mason County Road Comission announced Thursday that Benson Road between Fountain and Millerton roads will be paved today, Friday, Oct. 30, weather permitting.

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MANISTEE — The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians announced Thursday that its proposed casino project in Muskegon County’s Fruitport Township is taking one step closer to reality.

BUCKLEY — Mason County Eastern’s boys cross country team ran away with the MHSAA Division 4 cross country regional title Saturday — the program’s second straigh title — as the Cardinals had their top five runners finish in the top 14 to take the trophy.

BUCKLEY — Three-time defending state champion Hart turned in another stellar performance Saturday as the girls repeated as MHSAA Division 3 regional champions in Buckley.

BUCKLEY — Ludington’s Craig Fuller will run one more race in his career for the Orioles, and it will be Friday at the MHSAA state cross country meet at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.

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CADILLAC — A Kaleva woman was arraigned 85th District Court in Manistee on charges of delivery of methamphetamine and driving with a suspended license according to a press release from the Michigan State Police Cadillac Post.

A 29-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to jail time and probation on a possession of methemphatime charge before Judge Susan K. Sniegowski Tuesday in 51st Circuit Court.

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Tomorrow, Tuesday, those of us who didn’t already vote will head to our polls to complete a time-honored civic duty to decide who our leaders will be.