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Appearing at a Port Huron public hearing may have been the biggest thing these people had in common Tuesday.
Dozens of residents from around the Thumb offered comment this week on anything from their own views of the region’s communities of interest to how those communities should be grouped together to the state commission tasked with redrawing Michigan’s political boundaries
In many cases, speakers disagreed on what factors members of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission should consider before they finalize new lines for more than 100 congressional, state House and state Senate districts.
Although they’re asking the Michigan Supreme Court for a longer timeline, the commission currently must finalize new boundaries with public input by Nov 1.
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As the Black Lives Matter movement marches on, more communities are celebrating Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day, nearly two-and-a-half years.
With the flipping of the calendar comes a change in hours for the Port Huron Museum's Carnegie Center and satellite sites. Andrew Kercher, the Museum's Community Engagement Manager, says the change in hours took effect Monday for all museum properties except for the Huron Lightship. Those hoping to board the 100 year old vessel will have to wait a while longer, says Kercher, as it undergoes more preservation work. "We've recently had a cathodic system installed. It's a series of cathodes and anodes buried in the ground, basically to keep the ship from rusting away," said Kercher on the WPHM Morning Show. "It's National Historic Landmark that's a hundred years old, it's been buried in dirt for fifty of those (years). We want to make sure (the ship) is there for the future." Meantime at the Carnegie Center, Kercher says there is still time to check out the current exhibit called "threads" featuring vintage clothing. That ex