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🌱 How Ferrysburg’s new dune treatment could cut local tick risks.

Spotted on the Ferrysburg calendar: Preserved!

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Good day Ferrysburg! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Ferrysburg's new dune treatment could cut local tick risks.

Also on today's calendar: Preserved! and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 65, low: 61.
  • Thursday: Rain, with a high of 67 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ferrysburg approves dune treatment to combat invasive plants and tick habitat (mlive.com) — Ferrysburg residents should know that City Council approved a $9,700 contract to chemically treat invasive honeysuckle and barberry at the Kitchel Lindquist Hartger Dunes Preserve, aiming to protect native plants and reduce tick habitat. Officials cited nearby Lone Star tick findings and stressed that targeted stump treatments should limit herbicide exposure while addressing growing health concerns for park users and neighbors.
   

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    Friday October 2
  • Preserved! →
    LaFontsee Galleries, 1504 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids
    5:30 pm
    • Saturday October 3
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    LaFontsee Galleries, 1504 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids
    11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in SPRING LAKE MI S25311 in Spring Lake. Apply here.
  • Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Grand Haven. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ferrysburg here.

🗞 Nearby News

Spring Lake

  • The sweet way this Spring Lake senior living home is celebrating 4 people who've lived 100 years (mlive.com)

Grand Haven

  • 1700 Robbins Rd, Grand Haven, MI 49417 (redfin.com)
  • How Building-Envelope Coordination Prevents Costly Renovation Failures (ccr-mag.com)
  • The Back Nine Golf aims for October opening in Holland Town Center (bnd.com)

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Ok Ferrysburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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