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Great Lakes Daily News: 04 November 2003
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Windsor to fight rail plan
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The Windsor City Council has voted unanimously to block development of
system to provide electronic inspection of rail cars prior to crossing the
U.S. border, saying it would cause traffic tie-ups and present a health
hazard to residents. Source: The Windsor Star (11/4)


Newest cutter stops for overnight visit
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The Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, the newest of a series of vessels being
built to upgrade the the Coast Guard's buoy tender fleet, is paying a vist
to Grand Haven, Mich., today. Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (11/4)


New law offers help for water conflicts
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A new Michigan law will allow owners of smaller wells to file a complaint
against larger well users who they feel are diminishing the water table.
Source: The Toledo Blade (11/4)


Panel thwarts waterfront plan
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A proposal to help fund the redevelopment of Green Bay's waterfront will
require approval by two-thirds of the Brown County Board of Commissioners
following a decision by the board's executive committee. Source: Green Bay
Press-Gazette (11/4)


Presidential yacht may come home
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Built in Bay City, Mich., the Honey Fitz, which served presidents from
Eisenhower to Nixon, may return home to become the centerpiece of a
martime-themed museum envisioned as part of a waterfront redevelopment
project. Source: The Bay City Times (11/3)


Ferry boosts Lakeside's value
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City officials and business interests agree that the dock for the Lake
Express LLC's new high-speed ferry will bring a boom to a sleepy
neighborhood commercial district on the south shore of Muskegon Lake.
Source: The Muskegon Chronicle (11/2)


Invited guests are now foreign invaders
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Unlike other invasive species such as the zebra mussel, the round goby and
the ruffe, which sneaked into the United States in the bilge tanks of
ocean-going freighters, bighead carp and silver carp actually were invited
to cross our borders. Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (11/2)


Michigan land-use report draws comments
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Interest groups all over Michigan are battling to gain support for proposals
made by a state commission regarding land use -- and to sink some of those
proposals they don't like. Source: Jackson Citizen-Patriot (10/30)


EDITORIAL: Taking back the lakefront
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Northwest Indiana should follow Chicago's lead -- belatedly -- in staking
out space along the Lake Michigan shoreline for public use. Source: The
Munster Times (10/29)


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