Leslie News

The Williamston Red Cedar Garden Club recently initiated a "Garden Recognition Program," the goal of which is to recognize outstanding gardens that have been planned and cared for by residents of the Williamston area.

18 and 25 at 10:30 a.m. * Nov. 16: Pizza & Pages Book Discussion , 5 to 6 p.m. * Nov.

With the Ingham County Board of Commissioners' passage of the fiscal year 2010 budget Oct.

Trick or treat hours for most areas are 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. There are a few spots that have different designated hours that day: -- 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Leslie, Ovid and Westphalia -- 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Stockbridge -- 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Among those that have specified this time are: Charlotte, Corunna, Dansville, Delhi Township, Delta ...

EATON RAPIDS - Eaton Rapids Medical Center will be coordinating the Michigan Harvest Gather in our area through Nov.

UPDATED 11:42 A.M. - AURELIUS TWP - Two drowning victims at a lake in the Columbia Lakes subdivision would be alive today if they had been wearing their life vests, an emergency official said.

October flying by, Halloween almost here... can Thanksgiving be far behind? Or Christmas? The library can help you enjoy all these holidays with special books, movies, music and programs.

More schools across mid-Michigan are closed today to halt the spread of illness and give students a chance to recover.

It was a different world in 1905. Or was it? My latest eBay acquisition is an Ingham County News dated Jan.

LESLIE - Leslie Public Schools voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to oust two school board members in a recall effort spurred by the board's decision to privatize custodial services.

ONONDAGA - More than 100 people jammed into the Onondaga Township Hall Oct. 15 to protest the possible closure of the Onondaga post office.

Leslie Library Children * Preschool Storytime, Tuesdays, 11 a.m. * Oct. 21: Halloween Storytime , 7 p.m. * Oct.

MASON - The fate of Rayner Park is in the hands of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners, which meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.

LESLIE - Creating a Habitat for Humanity house is all about partnering, said its local director.

Spring Arbor University will hold a dedication ceremony for the Michindoh Conference Center on Thursday, Nov.

Aurelius Library Children * Storytime , Wednesdays Oct. 7-Nov. 25 , 10:30 a.m. * Oct.

MASON - Not every kid wants to spend a chilly wet day, especially a Saturday, outside, waiting for a whitetail deer to pass by.

As the state budget crisis reached its peak Oct. 1 -- the start of the fiscal 2010 budget year -- local school administrators were concerned about a planned $218 reduction in the per-pupil foundation grant.

The American Cancer Society, Capital Area Service Center, will host its first Pink Tea event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ingham Regional Medical Center's Dawe Auditorium, 2720 S. Washington.

Labor Day has passed, and school has started. Before September ends, I would like to inform you that September is Library Card Sign-up Month -- a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.