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For more than a decade, Nicholas Harrier has been shaping art out of prosthetic devices.
Photo: For more than a decade, Nicholas Harrier has been shaping art out of prosthetic devices. Sarah Sexton

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Photo courtesy of Good Harbor Blue
Photo: Photo courtesy of Good Harbor Blue

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Give Local Bay – which has raised over $1 million since 2015 – is set for May 7 Read Article

The Trombley Centre House is one of more than 50 nonprofits in Bay and Arenac counties that will benefit from Give Local Bay on May 7. (Photo courtesy of the Bay County Historical Society)
Photo: The Trombley Centre House is one of more than 50 nonprofits in Bay and Arenac counties that will benefit from Give Local Bay on May 7. (Photo courtesy of the Bay County Historical Society)

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Feature Story Zaid Jackson List Kids and Education

Q&A with the 'Youth of the Year' from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region

Kathy RobertsThursday, April 4, 2024
Zaid Jackson, a 16-year-old Bay City Central High School student, learns in April if she'll serve as a national spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Even if that doesn't happen, Zaid says she's gained much from her involvement in the organization.
Feature Story Give Local Bay 2024 list Arts and Culture

Give Local Bay – which has raised over $1 million since 2015 – is set for May 7

Kathy RobertsThursday, April 4, 2024
Give Local Bay, a 24-hour fundraiser with a proven track record, takes place on Tues., May 7. This year, more than 50 agencies are part of the annual event.
Longform Teacher helping child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

خارطة طريق "التعليم ما قبل الابتدائي للجميع" تتخذ منهجًا شاملًا لإطلاق برنامج "التعليم ما قبل الاب

Joanne Bailey-BoorsmaTuesday, April 2, 2024
في يناير 2023، أعلنت الحاكمة غريتشن ويتمر عن خطتها "التعليم ما قبل الابتدائي للجميع"، والتي ستوفر الوصول إلى التعليم ما قبل الابتدائي المجاني لجميع الأطفال البالغين من العمر أربع سنوات في ميشيغان بحلول عام 2027. في فبراير 2024، أصدرت دائرة التعليم مدى الحياة، التقدم، والإمكانيات في ميشيغان (MiLEAP) خطة الطريق مع توصيات حول كيف يمكن للولاية تحقيق هذا الهدف. شاركت مجموعة السياسات العادلة، وهي منظمة استشارية تعليمية في واشنطن العاصمة تركز على سياسات الرعاية والتعليم المبكرة، في تأليف خارطة الطريق.
Longform Robin Beasley is the director of Garden of Dreams Preschool inside First Congregational Church. Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

Tri-Share makes quality child care more affordable for working parents

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, April 2, 2024
MI Tri-Share is a first-of-its-kind cost-sharing funding model. The state, the employee, and their employer each chip in for one-third of the price of child care.
Feature Story Music List Image Arts and Culture

Summer concerts are in the works for Bay City's parks

Kathy RobertsThursday, March 28, 2024
This summer, businesses bring free concerts to Bay City's parks and Feet on the Street districts. The concerts, which will be held on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, begin in June.
Longform Teacher helping child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

PreK For All Roadmap takes a holistic approach to rolling out PreK For All

Joanne Bailey-BoorsmaWednesday, March 27, 2024
The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) has released the PreK for All Roadmap plan with recommendations on how the state can achieve universal pre-K for all 4-year-olds in Michigan.
Longform Teacher helping child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

La Hoja de Ruta de PreK Para Todos adopta un enfoque holístico para el despliegue de PreK Para Todos

Joanne Bailey-BoorsmaWednesday, March 27, 2024
En enero de 2023, la gobernadora Gretchen Whitmer anunció su plan PreK para Todos, que proporcionaría acceso a la educación preescolar gratuita a todos los niños de cuatro años de Michigan para 2027. En febrero de 2024, el Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) publicó el plan de la Hoja de Ruta con recomendaciones
Feature Story Amber Desgranges and Rachel Ruddock of the Michigan Primary Care Association. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

New initiative offers Michigan nursing students opportunity to build careers in underserved areas

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 25, 2024
The Michigan Primary Care Association is collaborating with nine of Michigan’s state universities to provide nursing students with opportunities to train in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics.
Longform Christine Sauvé. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

New state law will help ensure health care access for non-English-speaking Michiganders

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, March 21, 2024
Michigan's new Statewide Meaningful Language Access Coordination Act will require public services to be more accessible to non-English speakers. 
Feature Story Flag List Image Arts and Culture

Guess who's coming to dinner – Vietnam-era veterans from Bay County

Kathy RobertsThursday, March 21, 2024
A statewide committee invites all from Bay County Vietnam-era veterans who served in any military branch to a dinner in April. The goal is to honor the veterans and let them know their service mattered.
Feature Story Delta College list image Arts and Culture

Leaning into curiosity is the key to bridging divides, according to author Mónica Guzmán

Thursday, March 21, 2024
Mónica Guzmán, who wrote "I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times," is coming to Delta College in April. The public is invited to her free lecture.
Feature Story Reading to baby Kids and Education

Beyond the ABCs: The Literacy Council uses games to build reading skills

Kathy RobertsThursday, March 21, 2024
The Bay County Literacy Council combats low literacy rates among young children with after-school and summer programs. Tutors are needed for both programs.
Feature Story United Way List Image Arts and Culture

Pride and community are at the heart of the Day of Caring and Wenonah Park Cleanup

Denyse ShannonThursday, March 21, 2024
With just a month go, the United Way of Bay County is nearing the limit of volunteers it can use for the annual Day of Caring and Wenonah Park Cleanup  
Longform Kelsey Lehman and Autumn Carson Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Podcast a "not-so-clinical approach to conversations surrounding all things mental health."

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, March 19, 2024
Podcast hosted by three friends covers a range of topics like finding a therapist, tips for loved ones, and misconceptions and stigmas surrounding medications. 
Feature Story Community health worker Lindsay Bechtel Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Community health worker on the job at Vantage Plastics

Rylee BarnsdaleTuesday, March 19, 2024
In order to continue their mission of serving the community through sustainability, Standish based materials company Vantage Plastics is now partnering with the Central Michigan District Health Department (CMDHD) to integrate a community health worker (CHW) on site. 
Feature Story Robert Sheehan, executive director of the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

Proposed licensure changes aim to ease Michigan's social worker shortage

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 18, 2024
Mental health and social work advocates are pushing for legislative change to shift Michigan's social worker licensing process from a test-based approach to a practice-driven alternative that has proven successful in other states.
Feature Story Ric Mixter list image Arts and Culture

Ric Mixter chronicles maritime history through the stories of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes

Leslie CieplechowiczThursday, March 14, 2024
Ric Mixter, filmmaker, author, and former broadcaster, is an award-winning documentarian who focuses on maritime history
Feature Story Murder for Treasure list Arts and Culture

Series of Michigan novels shines a spotlight on the businesses and people of the Bay City area

Jen DoreThursday, March 14, 2024
Dave Vizard, a former Bay City Times news editor, has written several novels featuring a fictional reporter digging into mysteries. The novels are set in Bay City and the Thumb.
Feature Story Arts list Arts and Culture

Teen artists at Bay City Central and Western are producing work earning statewide honors

Denyse ShannonThursday, March 14, 2024
Teachers say the 2023-24 academic year was especially successful for kids in the arts programs  
Feature Story Donna Husband list Kids and Education

Bay Commitment Scholar is paying it forward by helping incoming students succeed

Kathy RobertsThursday, March 14, 2024
The Bay Commitment Scholarship helps first-generation college students attend Delta College or Saginaw Valley State University. Recent recipient Donna Husband says the scholarship made all the difference for her.
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