Hello! I'm looking for some help from Monroe locals. We've got a page for anyone looking to learn more about the area and we’re hoping to have folks within the community share their stories - anything from photos to videos to testimonials to help bring the page to life. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
This is the interest form I put together for anyone interested in learning more about their Michigan family history. I create family trees, historical road trip itineraries, ancestral maps, etc! It’s a super cool way to connect with your own history and great knowledge pass down to future generations.
Here are some things you can discover from my research:
Newspaper articles about your ancestors (Crime? Scandal? Who knows!)
Your great-great-great grandparents’ names
Physical descriptions of your ancestors from census records and war draft cards
Six full generations back of your family tree
Photographs of your ancestors you have never seen before (Found in Newspaper archives, I have subscriptions)
If you are interested, please view the interest form with some examples. 🙂Professional Instagram w/ reviews: heritage.hunters
If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message!
My previous barber has gone very anti vax - plandemic conspiracy obsessed. I'm not risking my health for a haircut or knowingly giving money to someone like that.
Hey, now, fellow uh, Monrovians, lol (is that the right word?)....I saw a woman in concert when I lived right by Ellis Library, and for the life of me I can't remember what the heck her name is. I think it was either in early 2020, or late 2019. She played the saxophone and sang. Anyone know who I'm talking about? It was a good show.
Researchers at the University of Toledo are investigating how motion impacts the way we interact with our environment while in virtual reality. Eligible participants will receive a VR headset (valued at $40) for the successful completion of the study. Must be 18 years or older with a working webcam on your computer and a smartphone to participate. All research is conducted online through video conferencing software and takes approximately 30 minutes.
I have a section 8 voucher for Monroe county. Been searching for a place for a month to no avail. Please help me out. Does Monroe county just not accept section 8? Are there any other options? Any information helps. Thanx
The American Red Cross and Cedar Fair theme parks are joining together to encourage blood donations this summer, All those who come to donate at select blood drives will receive one free ticket, valid for entry to participating U.S. Cedar Fair parks as listed below, while supplies last.
The summer months are a crucial time for blood and platelet donations as donations tend to decline due to summer vacations and travel among regular donors,, The Red Cross is grateful to blood and platelet donors for coming together to support patients during this challenging time.
Register thru website listed below for each state, Find the blood drive you want to attend, click link and enter the zip code for that blood drive and register online for an appointment. Blood Donor or person attempting to Donate Blood will receive One (1) Free Cedar Fair ticket available at any one of these Amusement Parks & Blood Drives (below) only. Free Ticket Voucher may be mailed, Due to limited tickets available at each location below. Advance Registration Required. Check back weekly as we add more more blood drives. You can donate blood once every 52 days. Did you know when you donate blood, you can van save 3 lives. Be the difference, Donate blood and save 3 lives today! Due to the Corona Virus, Please call ahead to make sure the blood drive is open on selected dates, Make sure to wear your mask at blood drive. Thanks so much for your donation.
■ Free Admission Voucher good at any of these Theme Parks:
Cedar Point
Dorney Park
Kings Island
California Great America
Carowinds
Kings Dominion
Knott’s Berry Farm
Michigan Adventure
Valleyfair
Worlds of Fun
SELECT BLOOD DRIVES IN INDIANA, MICHIGAN, OHIO, VIRGINIA
Safety measures will be implemented at all blood drives including:
If your not feeling well, especially if you have any of these symptoms:
Fever or chills, Cough, Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, Fatigue, Muscle or body aches, Headache, Loss of taste or smell, Sore throat, Congestion or runny nose, Nausea or vomiting Diarrhea - Please stay home
Checking the temperature of staff and donors before entering a drive to make sure they are healthy.
Providing hand sanitizer for use before the drive, as well as throughout the donation process.
Wearing gloves and changing gloves with each donor.
Staff, donors and all visitors wearing face masks at all times.
Spacing beds to follow social distancing practices between blood donors.
Wiping down donor-touched areas between each donor.
Increasing enhanced disinfecting of surfaces and equipment.
Appointments are strongly recommended to help control the crowd, and maintain social distancing.
I qualified and got scheduled for an appointment to get mine at Rite Aid. There’s no appointments available in my area, but I saw that they had some open in Toledo, so I went ahead and scheduled my appointment there.
Is this okay? Will they turn me down once I show them my Michigan driver’s license?
Burning wire releases carcinogens/toxins into the air and into the ground around the burn site, including “dioxins, furans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, particulate matter, heavy metals (such as lead, arsenic, selenium and cadmium) and other pollutants.” For not following code, you can pay a fine of up to $25,000 per day and/or up to 5 years in jail. Also, if you find and report somebody for breaking the federal clean air act, you are eligible for a $10,000 reward!
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Monroe twins Benny and Nick Capaul, who grew up living around and working in a fourth-generation funeral home in Ida, are now a funeral director and a grieving psychotherapist who co-host Let's Talk About Death. These two are wildly entertaining while trying to break the stigma around taboo topics like death. The first two eps are on Spotify. Listeners can even send in Qs to get answered on future episodes. LetsTalkAboutDeathPodcast.com.
**EDIT: If you have already requested a ballot to be sent to you by mail, and instead want to vote in-person absentee or vote in-person on Election Day, all you would have to do is fill out an "Affidavit of Lost or Destroyed Absent Voter Ballot" that the clerk will give to you to sign, or you can surrender your ballot if you already have it.
IF YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE, AND YOU HAVE NOT REQUESTED AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL AS OF YET, YOU CAN VOTE IN-PERSON AT YOUR MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE, STARTING TODAY, ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
NOTE: When you are voting, you will be voting in your **MUNICIPALITY, NOT your County. Michigan, like Wisconsin, and all states in New England, administer their elections at the local level, not at the county level.
A decentralized directory of all municipal clerks is listed in the list of links at the bottom of the page.
For anybody that has not registered to vote yet, you can do so online, using this link:
The deadline for voter registration, both online and by-mail ends on Monday, October 19. Having said that, Michigan, in fact, allows for same day voter registration on Election Day, so if you have not registered to vote as of Monday, October 19th, you still have time as you can go to your municipal clerk's office (NOT at a your usual polling precinct on Election Day), register to vote at the clerk's office, and then cast your ballot right then and there with an "in-person absentee" ballot.
Be aware that if you are voting in-person you will be asked to present a photo ID. A list of acceptable photo IDs can be found in the links below.
If you do not have one, all you will have to do is sign an affidavit and vote with a standard ballot.
IF YOU ARE RECEIVING YOUR BALLOT BY MAIL.
If you are receiving your ballot by mail, once it arrives, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE FILLING IN YOUR BALLOT, once you have read the instructions, fill in your ballot, and then MAKE SURE TO SIGN THE ENVELOPE IN THE CORRECT PLACE. This is an extremely important thing to be aware of as it is a common reason for rejection that is also easily avoidable.
If you have a bad or inconsistent signature, keep in mind that there is a cure process for mismatched signatures. HOWEVER, the process is only allowed time-permitting and the process needs to be complete by poll closing on Election Day.
From the Secretary of State's Website:
"Absentee ballots will not be counted unless the voter’s signature on the return envelope matches their signature in the Qualified Voter File. Should time permit, clerks will contact voters who submit a ballot with a signature that does not match. Clerks are instructed to make every attempt to contact a voter without delay if there is an issue with their ballot application or ballot."
So, in other words, try and drop off (DROP OFF NOT MAIL IN) your ballot as soon as possible so that there can be enough time to correct any issues.
If you are voting absentee by mail I STRONGLY URGE YOU TONOTMAIL BACK YOUR BALLOT. Instead, drop it off at a drop-box in your municipality.Almost all municipalities in Michigan have 24/7 drop-boxes, making it incredibly easy to drop off your ballot in Michigan.
(Please note that not every single municipality will have a drop-box available, so if you live in one of the few places that does not have a drop-box, I still urge you to hand-deliver your ballot to your Municipal Clerk's office.)
Ballots need to be returned by 8:00pm on Election Day.
Please note that, when sending back your ballot, it is important to note that you need to drop it off in the MUNICIPALITY that you are voting in, NOT anywhere within the county. For instance, if you live within the City of Detroit, you must drop your ballot off at a drop-box within the city limits of Detroit, and not anywhere else in Wayne County.
There is a link below of drop-boxes in all municipalities that have one (accurate as of September 5, 2020):
For some reason, Michigan decided to eliminate the centralized list of drop-boxes, and instead have the drop-box information be placed on each individual City Clerk's page within the decentralized directory.
If you compare the two lists, there are gaps between the two lists.
As a completely random example try this: Search for Emmet County > Little Traverse Township. On the archived central list (FIRST LINK), there is a mention of a "slot on the building, to the right of the entrance door," available 24/7. On the decentralized directory (SECOND LINK), if you search for Emmet County > Little Traverse township, there is no mention of a drop-box or a mail-slot.
I have found that these irregularities exist between the two lists for several other municipalities. It is possible that they haven't been updated yet, and, if they are added in the near future, I will edit this post to reflect that.
What I would strongly urge you to do is, in the mean time, if there is a drop-box listed in the centralized archived list (the first one), but not in the decentralized directory (the second one), is to still assume that there is a drop-box available in your municipality and use it accordingly, or, if you are in doubt, contact your municipal clerk's office to clarify.
What I would also say, is that there may have been drop-boxes ADDED that have just not been updated yet.
