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Pollinator fans take a break from lawn mowing

LANSING — You might see unusually tall grass in your neighborhood this month. That’s because a few Michigan cities and various residents have adopted the “No Mow May” initiative, aimed at promoting a healthy habitat for pollinators like bees to thrive. Michigan cities promoting No Mow May this year include Ann Arbor, Ferndale, Royal Oak, Jackson and East Lansing. These participating communities will suspend enforcement of grass and weed codes in May. Muskegon Heights resident Chelsea McKinley calls herself a “proud supporter” of No Mow May. She used to live in ...

Local briefing

LANSING — A webinar titled “To infinity...and beyond (beauty)! Highlighting a statewide ornamental invasive plant outreach program” is scheduled for 9 a.m. May 25. The focus will be on the Go Beyond Beauty program, which recognizes garden professionals and community members who have committed to not sell or use high-priority ornamental invasive plants. Shelly Stusick, program specialist at the Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network, will provide an overview of the Go Beyond Beauty program and highlight the benefits of partnering with local nurseries, garden centers and ...

‘The Big Island’ coming to virtual book event

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — A book first published in 1968 is the focus of the next U.P. Notable Book List virtual event. The Crystal Falls Community District Library. partnering with the U.P. Publishers and Authors Association, said the May 11 event will ...

NMU students are ‘salamander stewards’

MARQUETTE — When the spring thaw begins at Marquette’s Presque Isle Park and there are a couple of rainy nights with temperatures in the 30s and 40s, blue-spotted salamanders suddenly emerge from their underground winter burrows. They migrate across remaining snow and the park’s road to ...

Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social media

BERLIN — Assia Gorban was 7 years old when the Germans occupied her hometown of Mogilev-Podolsky in Ukraine. The Jewish girl and her family were first imprisoned in a ghetto on the outskirts of town and later forced onto a cattle car that took them to the Pechora concentration camp in ...