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The Bay County Gypsy Moth Suppression Program will conduct Aerial Gypsy Moth Treatment in the next few weeks at a heavily infested 381 acre woodlot in Gibson Township in northern Bay County. Monitoring surveys show that the Gypsy Moth population in that area has reached outbreak levels, and is...
The Pinconning Area Schools Board of Education held their first scheduled May meeting on Monday evening via the Google Meet platform. After the opening of the Meeting, the Board watched a presentation on the Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District 2020-2021 proposed budget. Director Chris Frank...
The Pinconning City Council held a Special Meeting last Wednesday to meet the City Charter requirement that the City Manager’s proposed budget for the upcoming 2020-2021 Fiscal Year be approved by May 10th. The regular meeting scheduled for next Monday, May 15th has been canceled. The meeting was...
The 2nd Annual Northern Bay Memorial Day Ceremony at the Pinconning City Hall has been canceled due to the Stay at Home Order issued by Governor Whitmer. Please keep all of our fallen comrades and veterans in your thoughts this Memorial Day.
Volunteers are needed to help place flags at St. Michael...
Concerned about all of the traditional end-of-the-year activities that the Pinconning High School Class of 2020 will miss due to the closures mandated by the Governor’s Executive Orders, several local citizens have joined together to plan a Senior Night scheduled for Saturday, May 30th.
They plan a...
A Friday afternoon accident took the lives of two area men. Bay County Sheriff Troy Cunningham told the Journal that David Wright, 57, of Standish and Steven Milliman, 65, of Pinconning were working on a disabled farm trailer in the eastbound lane of Cody Estey Road near 9 Mile Road. A westbound...
Are those returnable cans and bottles stacking up since they can’t be returned right now? Looking for a way to help support Pinconning High School Fall Sports programs?
The Pinconning Sports Booster’s are holding a returnable can and bottle drive to help raise funds to benefit Fall Sports. They...
If you see this bird in your yard, you might think you’re looking at a miniature robin, but if you look closely, you’ll note its smaller size and different coloration. The female Eastern Towhee, like the one in the accompanying photo, with its brown head and back, rusty sides, red eyes, and white...
The club held its monthly social gathering as a Zoom video-conference. Fifteen [15] club members participated.
Nearly 3,000 seedlings acquired from the Arenac Conservation District have been distributed. A few red pine seedlings remain if club members are interested in planting some. In spite of...