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EXPO
The Chamber of Commerce and Rotary are cancelling the Business Expo and Rotary Pancake Breakfast set for March 21 due to recommendations from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Find out more here.

EVENTS
In an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Hackley Public Library will be closed to the public Monday, March 16 through Saturday, April 4. More info here.

BRUNCH
Celebrate Women of Accomplishment! The Greater Muskegon Woman’s Club honors local women for the work they do to change our community for the better. Find out how you can join them at the May 16 brunch here.

DECORATING
The age old question: How do I treat my slider to help reduce sun and increase privacy — and look modern, too? Carol Beatty of Quigley Draperies offers suggestions for side options in this informative article.

SENIORS
Alzheimer’s caregivers have a growing, stressful and often overwhelming list of duties. Kurt Sapp of Seminole Shores Living Center explores why finding gratitude is essential to caregivers' overall health and quality of life.

COMMUNITY
What is our community's literacy standing and what work is being done to improve it? United Way of the Lakeshore's Christine Robere investigates learning to read in Muskegon County here.

LAKESHORE STAR GAZER
This month, become a sky watcher, and enjoy views of the brightest stars and constellations of winter and spring, under warmer observing conditions. Astronomer Jonathan Truax is your guide here. VIDEO!

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BUSTER KEATON
Working hard to impress the father of the woman he loves, Keaton leaves for the big city and tries his hand at a number of different jobs in "Daydreams," complete and on line here. VIDEO!

CARTOONS
It's spring, a favorite theme for early animators! We enjoy a UB Iwerk's Comicolor and a Burt Gillett's Rainbow Parade Cartoon from Van Beuren Studios, both from 1935, complete and on line here. VIDEO!

EVENTS CALENDAR
Don't miss a thing this month with Muskegon County's best online events calendar, courtesy of Hackley Public Library!

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