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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
New Buffalo Township Library now open for appointments
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Flooding on Whittaker Street near beach made dry
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BY STAN MADDUX
lmost constant flooding on Whittaker Street near the beach in New Buffalo should be a thing of the past following a recent construction project. A 40-foot stretch of the road north of the bridge on Whittaker Street was reconstructed last week for about $44,000. City Manager Dave Richards said a low spot where flood water collected is now level. The road was also slightly tilted to send water during storms toward the lake and into a 30 foot long swale constructed between the sidewalk and Galien River. Richards said the 2- to 3-feet deep swale was also equipped with a pump to discharge water from the manmade cavity into the river. “So far, it’s working well,” he said.
That section of Whittaker Street before the reconstruction developed numerous pot holes from high water gathering not just during storms. Water was backing up from the river being swollen and deposited on the street through a storm drain along the curb across from Harbor Pointe condominiums. Eventually, Richards said the badly deteriorated stretch of Whittaker Street was turned into a gravel surface, which is easier to maintain until a solution to the flooding was in place. The storm drain was filled with concrete during the summer to stop the discharges from the river, which has risen from the record high water levels on Lake Michigan. “I think it was a good deal for a temporary fix that should last several years,” Richards said.
Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure. — Alfred Whitehead
The New Buffalo Township Library is now taking appointments for book browsing. Full rules are listed on the library’s website, Facebook page and on the doors of the library. Appointments are limited and of a half-hour duration, so patrons should call to schedule an appointment soon. Curbside service and service appointments are still available. Patrons can call the library to arrange their appointment. Curbside and appointments are only available to cardholders, so patrons should sign up for their card on the library’s website, newbuffalotownshiplibrary. org. Youth Services is offering biweekly story times for both little ones and bigger ones as well as weekly crafting projects available via curbside service. A Youth Fall Reading Program began Sept. 22. Those who are interested can sign up now. Curbside Trick or Treat will be Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30 and 31, by appointment. Adult Services is offering Flash Fiction on Mondays at 12 p.m. and Books on the Beach on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. on the library’s Facebook page. Adult Services is also offering Blind Date with a Book. Patrons can call the library to sign up. A new virtual book club is also on offer, called the Dewey Decimators. More information is available on the library’s website, Facebook or Instagram. The Friends of the Library is keeping our calendar full of Zoom presentations. A full roster of events is available on the library’s website. — STAFF REPORTS