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FIFE LAKE — After almost an hour of heated public comment, Exodus Place CEO Robb Munger said he decided against developing a former correctional facility into transitional housing.

FIFE LAKE — A sprawling, vacant prison near Fife Lake could be the future site of transitional housing for men facing homelessness and hundreds of studio apartments.

What can $4 million buy? Right now, in northern Michigan, the list of possibilities includes not just the usual investments like houses and businesses, ...

9 & 10 News January 28, 2021 Grand Traverse County was also in the running to become to the launch command center, at the site of the former Pugsley Correctional Facility. “That’s really what our focus is on, is forward looking industries of the future and we look 7 generations ahead,” said GTED Interim CEO Paul Bussey. It was that vision that had Grand Traverse Economic Development trying to bring a space command center to the site of the former Pugsley Correctional Facility. With Chippe...

Space command center to be in Chippewa County [The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.] Jan. 28—TRAVERSE CITY — The former Pugsley Correctional Facility near Fife Lake lost its bid to reach for the stars when the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association on Thursday named Chippewa County International Airport, near Sault Ste. Marie, the site of its new command and control center. The Chippewa airport, which was Kincheloe Air Force Base until 1977, and Pugsley were among four potential loc...

David A. Lieb and Camille Fassett Associated Press Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New Hampshire store that specialized in protective gear for police.  Then he got a call from a buyer with the state of Massachusetts asking if he had anything that could protect people from COVID-19. As it happened, he did. He went on to sell the state 300,000 disposable masks for 97 cents each. "From that point on, its been just insan...

AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New Hampshire store that specialized in protective gear for police. Then he got a call from a buyer with the state of Massachusetts asking if he had anything that could protect people from COVID-19. As it happened, he did. He went on to sell the state 300,000 disposable masks for 97 cents each. “From that point on, it’s been just insanity,” Bellia sa...

Ohio spent almost $100 million in scramble for protective gear in the spring David A. Lieb and Camille Fassett, Associated Press © Charles Krupa/Associated Press Ray Bellia holds up personal protective masks and gloves, used by medical and law enforcement professionals, in the warehouse of his Body Armor Outlet store, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Salem, N.H. Bellias store rapidly evolved into one of the nations 20 largest suppliers of personal protective equipment to states th...

Ray Bellia holds up personal protective masks and gloves, used by medical and law enforcement professionals, in the warehouse of his Body Armor Outlet store, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Salem, N.H. Bellias store rapidly evolved into one of the nations 20 largest suppliers of personal protective equipment to states this past spring, according to a nationwide analysis of state purchasing data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) By ...

Updated Dec 21, 2020 Tight Supplies For Coronavirus Protective Gear Cost States Billions The AP tallied more than $7 billion in purchases by states this spring for personal protective equipment, or PPE, and high-demand medical devices such as ventilators and infrared thermometers. David A. Lieb and Camille Fassett Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New Hampshire store that specialized in protective gear for police. Then ...