GAYLORD — Hospice of Michigan (HOM), with headquarters in Detroit, is one of the largest nonprofit hospices in the country. It provides services to those with terminal illnesses and support to their families.

GAYLORD — Recycling permits for Otsego County’s Pilot Recycling Program go on sale Monday at five different locations. An annual permit for the program, which begins May 1, will sell for $50, with partial year permits available at a cost of $35.

GAYLORD — Team New Zealand is training once more at the Otsego Club’s half-pipe, and will shove off Sunday for the Burton U.S. Open in Vermont March 15-21.

GAYLORD — Last week Michigan was notified it was not one of the 15 successful state finalists chosen in round one of the $4.34 billion federally funded “Race to the Top” grant competition aimed at education reform.

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• Petoskey Department of Public Safety Incidents handled between March 4-10

• Strong-arm robbery at Charlevoix Kmart
• Revitalizing Charlevoix’s urban areas
• Kids Count study ranks treatment of local kids
• Officials urge census participation, results affect medicine, roads and representation
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