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Swift named Co-Player of the Year

Ethan Swift, the eighth grade goaltender for the Munising Baptist Bobcats soccer team, was named Co-Player of the Year for the Northern Lights League soccer season. Standing tall in net, the goaltender impressed many with his heroics in the NLL postseason tournament, as Munising Baptist lost the championship game in penalty kicks.
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East Channel expansion going strong

After a strong opening night and a solid first week with the new building, East Channel Brewing Company new distribution and brewing center in downtown Munising is performing well. “It was a little more of an undertaking than we planned on at the start, but it all came together well,” Owner and Brewer Joe DesJardins said.
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Munising Cannabis Company to close

The Munising Cannabis Co., the area’s only locally owned marijuana shop, is closing its doors soon. “Munising Cannabis Company was a labor of love from a group of local people trying to do something different than a dispensary: growing and processing everything in house,” Munising Cannabis Co.
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This Week in History

100 Years Ago - The Munising News - Nov. 23, 1923 State Ferry Makes Good The wisdom of the action by the state legislature providing an auto ferry across the Straits of Mackinac from Mackinaw City to St. Ignace is eloquently demonstrated in the report compiled by Chief Accountant A. C. Parker. The reports shows total receipts of $26,949 ($484,878.70 in today’s value) since the ferry started the first of August.
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