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LET THE MUSIC PLAY
Members of the Houghton Lake Marching Band trumpet line, (right to left) Avery Manifold. More...
School bells start ringing next week

Changes and improvements will greet students in both Houghton Lake and Roscommon Area Schools next week when they return to the classroom. RAPS students will begin classes Tuesday while Houghton Lake students start Wednesday. More...

Superintendents look forward to new school year
By Cheryl Holladay cheryl.holladay@ houghtonlakeresorter.com

As the 2010-11 school year gets started, one area public school superintendent has completed his first year on the job, while the other will be leaving the position next June. More...

German exchange students settle in
By Cheryl Holladay cheryl.holladay@ houghtonlakeresorter.com

Roscommon High School will welcome nine exchange students from across the globe this year. Two of those students are Youth For Understanding U.S.A. exchange students from Germany and will be staying with the Scott and Anderson families. More...

HAPPY AND SAFE

Brody Fancisco, 9 months, waits patiently as his mother, Meghan Herbst of Lake City, is assisted by State Police Trooper Brad Stimac in installing a child safety seat in her vehicle. More...

Council seeks new manager

The Roscommon Village Council is accepting applications to fill the soon-to-be vacant village manager position. More...

 News
• article has image LAST BIG WEEKEND
Roscommon County Sheriff Marine Patrol Officer Sandy Knox, 70, of Merritt, will hang up his uniform after the Labor Day weekend, when he will make his last patrols on Houghton Lake. More...
• Markey seeks recovery of payments
• Whittemore man arraigned on child abuse charge
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 Court News
• 83rd District Court
Judge Daniel L. Sutton recently arraigned the following in 83rd District Court: More...
• 83rd District Court Magistrate
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 Obituaries
• article has image Belmont T. ‘Tom’ Mendyk
Belmont T. “Tom” Mendyk, 67, of Roscommon and formerly of St. Charles, died Aug. 26, 2010, at home surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services were held Aug. 31 at St. James Catholic Church with Father Bernard Tyler officiating. More...
• Edna ‘Jackie’ Stilgenbauer
• article has image Zael N. Vandenboss
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 Sports
• article has image BOOSTING TRAILWAY FUND
Thomas O’Brien, president of the Rotary Club of Roscommon, presents a check for $4,200 to Mary Fry, president/CEO of the Roscommon County Community Foundation, to benefit the Higgins Lake Trailw More...
• ’Cats crush visiting Fairview, chalk up first win
• Buck netters win Silver Division at Cadillac volleyball invite
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 Business
• article has image Tattoo artist to attempt world record
Paul McBride, owner of Body Shoppe Tattoo at Houghton Lake, will try to make his way into the Guinness Book of World Records by breaking the record for most tattoos done in 24 hours on Sept. 18. More...
• article has image EXIT 222 REAL ESTATE
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 Editorial
• Best interest
Funny how sometimes “progress” is reviewed after a length of time and what was thought was progress was not really progress at all, but actually a bad idea. More...
• article has image The best may come near the end of our days
• Changes realized
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 Letters to the Editor
• Residents made Relay a success
On July 10 and 11, Roscommon County residents, family and friends gathered for the 14th annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life. We celebrated 120 “Heroes of Hope,” our survivors. Through inclement weather, we remembered our loved ones who lost their battle in our Luminaria ceremony. We vowed to fight back against this disease that never sleeps. More...
• Encourage mosques in Saudi Arabia
• Opposes light removal
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 Outdoors
• article has image Hartwick Pines park offers holiday weekend programs
Hartwick Pines State Park is hosting variety of programs this Labor Day weekend, where campers and visitors are invited to learn about stars, trees, bogs, birds and lumber. More...
• article has image Ski, strength, roller ski clinic planned Sept. 5
• article has image big catch
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 Health
• For a stroke, think F.A.S.T.
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in America and a leading cause of adult disabilities. More than 795,000 people experience a stroke each year, and two times more women die from stroke each year than breast cancer. A stroke, also called a brain attack, is a blockage of blood flow to a part of the brain. It can cause permanent damage to the brain if the blood is not restored. More...
• article has image Pediatrician on staff at Mercy Grayling center
• State ranks high in pain awareness
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 Religion & Family
• article has image Cook, Coscino wed in Chicago
Peter Lee Cook, son of Robert and Martha Cook, Houghton Lake, and Angela Maria Coscino were married at St. Beatrice Catholic Church in Schiller Park, IL, June 26, 2010. More...
• article has image Son born to Millers
• Daughter born to Kiebs
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 Happenings
• article has image FROM RCCF TO KCC
A grant fund disbursement of $640 was recently made to Kirtland Community College from the KCC Education Fund (an endowment fund of the Roscommon County Community Foundation). More...
• Volunteers needed to brush trails
• Matter of Balance training session to be held Sept. 8
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 Education
• article has image Finishing touches being put on HLCS building projects
The first day of school is just a week away, but Houghton Lake Community Schools have been beehives of activity, abuzz with the sounds of projects being completed and teachers moving in. Project progress George Reiger, maintenance employee, gave the Resorter a tour Aug. 27 to view the status of summer bond projects. More...
• article has image Opening day preceded by orientation, open houses
• article has image Plenty of changes await RAPS students
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