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🌱 Manistee students bring “Aladdin Jr.” to the stage this weekend

Manistee, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hey there, Manistee! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Manistee students bring “Aladdin Jr.” to the stage this weekend
  • Meet the couple behind decades of support for Manistee veterans
  • A century ago, a lumber fleet fought for shelter in Manistee

Also on today's calendar: Stories & Littles Social Hour and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of showers, with a high of 51 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 41, low: 34.
  • Friday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 40 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Manistee Middle School to present 'Aladdin Jr.' (ourmidland.com) — Manistee Middle School students bring “Aladdin Jr.” to the Middle High School auditorium this weekend, with more than 35 students working onstage and behind the scenes. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $10–$15 online at manisteetheatre.ludus.com or at the door.
   

2. Marine veteran and wife 'always faithful' to those who served (record-eagle.com) — Manistee Veterans Park bears the marks of Vietnam veteran Ted Arens’ decades of service, from memorial plaques to a restored cannon. The Onekama Marine and his wife, Pam, have also helped establish veterans endowment funds and quietly supported veterans across the area, work he traces to the sacrifices he witnessed in Vietnam.
   

3. 100 Years Ago: Gale winds force ship to harbor in Manistee in 1926 (manisteenews.com) — A lumber carrier and three barges battled a Lake Michigan gale off Manistee for 12 hours in November 1926 before reaching harbor with damaged steering equipment. Reprinted newspaper accounts describe Coast Guard crews standing watch overnight and a captain's warning about the need to maintain Portage Lake as a harbor of refuge.
   

4. Manistee gardeners donate record harvest to local food pantries (ourmidland.com) — An unharvested Manistee apple orchard helped turn this year's Grow a Row effort into a record haul for local food pantries. Garden club volunteers picked 918 pounds of the Worster family's apples, contributing to 1,452 pounds of donated produce overall—more than double last year's total.
   

5. Northern Michigan school districts receive funding to support new educators (9and10news.com) — Manistee Area Public Schools and Onekama Consolidated Schools are among the recipients of state grants aimed at helping new educators stay in the profession. The nearly $10 million statewide package supports mentoring and onboarding for teachers and administrators, though the announcement does not specify either local district’s award amount.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Manistee

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Manistee

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.