Parts of Coomer, Page, Sims and Summit to be resurfaced this summer

An ambulance turns from Sims Highway onto West Coomer Street on March 10, heading toward the EMS facility on Coomer. This stretch of Sims and Coomer is scheduled to be resurfaced this summer, as is the driveway to the EMS garage.
An ambulance turns from Sims Highway onto West Coomer Street on March 10, heading toward the EMS facility on Coomer. This stretch of Sims and Coomer is scheduled to be resurfaced this summer, as is the driveway to the EMS garage.

MORENCI — At its March 10 meeting, the Morenci City Council awarded the contract for this summer’s road work projects to K&B Asphalt Sealcoating out of Adrian.

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Introducing the Morenci Advocate… your new community newspaper

The first issue of the Morenci Advocate is fed through the press at the Tecumseh Herald.
The first issue of the Morenci Advocate is fed through the press at the Tecumseh Herald.
Deborah J. Comstock

There are some things that just tie a community together.

The public school district. The public library. Community gathering places like restaurants, bars and coffeeshops.

And the local newspaper.

About two years ago, a group of Lenawee County residents began meeting at the Adrian District Library to talk about what we saw as a dangerous lack of local news in our area. We saw the cuts that had been inflicted on our local daily by its corporate owners, and we saw the impact it was having on our community. Many ideas were discussed, but a few of us found ourselves drawn to the idea of starting a brand-new, locally owned print newspaper.

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