Goodbye November!

The Traverse-City Record Eagle has an editorial opposing the move of a Kmart-owned sculpture from Troy to the Traverse City waterfront:

http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_334094545.html

The Kalamazoo Gazette has a WONDERFUL picture of the Lake Michigan sunset at South Haven’s South Beach:

http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2007/11/theres_a_change_in_the_air.html

The Detroit News has an interesting article about increased oil and gas drilling in SE Michigan:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071130/METRO/711300373/1409/METRO

The blog Bugdreams.com has a great picture of a local crane fly:

http://www.bugdreams.com/archives/skinny-legs-and-all/

The Muskegon Chronicle has a great story about development issues at Muskegon’s Pere-Marquette Park.  Apparently, some local businessmen want to build an RV park inside the park’s “Ovals” section.  The article has a GREAT shoreline shot of Lake Michigan:

http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2007/11/developers_propose_rv_park_at.html

The Friends of the Rouge River discovered a rare Gomphid Dragonfly larvae at the Lloyd A. Stage Park in Troy this past October.  Hometownlife.com has the story:

http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/NEWS22/711290409/1039/rss15

The Lansing State Journal has an article about the Sleeping Bear Press.  In case you don’t know, the Chelsea-based Sleeping Bear Press has published hundreds of children’s books in the past few years, including the Legend of Sleeping Bear, Michigan’s Official State Children’s Book and a personal favorite of mine.  It would make a GREAT holiday gift:

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/THINGS0206/711300302/1079/RSS09

The Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak will host a wildlife photograph exhibit from December until April, according to the Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/METRO02/711290303/1009/rss02

The Citizen’s Committee for the Michigan State Parks recently met to discuss the DNR’s fiscal crisis.  Hometownlife.com has the article:

http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/NEWS12/711290649/1029/rss19

Redford Township has a new parks and recreation master plan, according to Hometownlife.com:

http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/NEWS16/711290543/1033/rss21

The Battle Creek Enquirer has an article with updated information about the DNR’s decision to stop maintaining most state cross country ski trails:

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/NEWS01/311290015/1002/rss

A man named Jerry Jakes has a letter to the editor in the Toledo City Paper that decries the possible closure of Toledo’s COSI science center:

http://www.toledocitypaper.com/view_article.php?id=1383

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