Annual Legion holiday event draws crowd
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News Staff
The Alger County Community Chorus prepares for “The Road to Bethlehem”
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Munising Township finalizes grants
The Munising Township Board met for its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Dec. 4.
Alger County Plat Books
Alger County Plat Books - $35.00* The 2023 Alger County Plat Books are now available. To order by mail, please send a check or money order for $43.00 ($35 + $8 shipping) made payable to Alger County 4-H Council and mail to: Alger County 4-H Council c/o MSU Extension, E9526 Prospect Street, Suite 1, Munising, MI 49862.They are available to purchase from the Alger County MSU Extension Office, 906-387-2530* Additional Pricing Information through MSU Extension: To purchase the book(s) with a credit card, the cost is $36.75 + 6% MI Sales Tax. If you want your book mailed (ground advantage through the U.S. Postal Service), there is an additional $8.00 charge to cover the shipping. Plat Books can also be purchased at Peoples State Bank, MSU U.P. Research & Extension Center, Chatham Co-op, Holmquist Feed Mill, Alger Conservation District.
Firearm deer season concludes with many tags left unfilled
Michigan’s 2023 regular firearm deer season concluded on November 30, leaving many area hunters empty-handed. This season closed with a final tally of 361 deer taken in Alger County, down sharply from the 455 reported in 2022.
Briefs
The Munising Beacon is looking for local children to share with us their letters to Santa. Sending a copy of letters from the area’s good boys and girls has been a long-standing tradition in the U.P., but was lost after the closing of The Munising News. Email your letter to munisingbeacon@ gmail.com or fill out the form found inside this edition.
Rock River Library notes
Make sure to keep track of what’s happening at your local library this season! There are amazing new books to read and events to attend. Story Time - Saturday, Dec.
Letters to the Editor
To the Munising Beacon Editor, In the December 1, 2023 edition of the Munising Beacon, you ran an opinion piece about short-term housing. It has at least three problems. Firstly, the writer doesn’t identify her/ himself. Secondly, fewer short-term rentals and less tourism is positive for places like Alger County because of, for example, more affordable housing and food, less environmental and health degradation, and a calmer, safer, and more stable community. Otherwise, you must endure thousands of beer cans in your yards and a crowded, trampled, and costly national lakeshore. Thirdly, the writer doesn’t say how to create a more beneficial balance between short-term rentals and a stable community.
Barbara Jean Feldhusen
Barbara Jean Feldhusen, 71, died Wednesday, November 28, just six weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. She was under the care of her goddaughter and Vantage Hospice in Katy, Texas, where she’d wintered for the last eight years.
Tidings from Pastor Tera
In the darkest time of year we long for the Light. For many, darkness makes it hard to drive, so we have moved our Saturday worship service to 330 p.m. (until the spring time change) so the Light of Christ can be shared in worship.