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COLDWATER — In a 5-1 vote, Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Counties Community Health Agency (CHA) commissioners issued a resolution supporting fluoride in water supplies. Only Hillsdale County Commissioner Brad Benzing voted no. The issue will come back for a vote Nov. 4 in the city of Bronson, officials of which are considering removal after years of adding […]

A group calling itself “Citizens Against Forced Medication” has scheduled a public debate featuring a prominent anti-fluoride advocate for several weeks prior to the general election, when the issue of whether to resume the fluoridation of Boyne City’s municipal water supply will be decided by voters. “(CAFM) do hereby publicly challenge the pro-fluoridation lobby to […]

BOYNE CITY — Come November, voters in Boyne City will have the opportunity to decide for themselves if the city’s water supply should have fluoride added to it. After being presented with a valid petition seeking to enact an ordinance requiring the city to add fluoride to its water supply, the Boyne City City Commission on […]

Boyne City City Clerk Cindy Grice on Tuesday confirmed that a group has submitted enough valid signatures on a petition to force a vote on whether fluoride should be added to the city’s water system. … In the group’s release, one of the organizers of the group who circulated the petition, Carl VanDomelen said, “This is […]

Despite a quickly approaching deadline, city officials believe it’s still possible to get the question of whether the city’s water supply should be fluoridated on the November general election ballot. … Boyne City City Clerk Cindy Grice… said she was still in the process of verifying the signatures. … Grice said staff members are still […]

The members of a citizens group hoping to put the question of whether the city’s water supply should be fluoridated on the November ballot believes it has collected enough signatures, but time may not be on their side. Boyne City City Clerk Cindy Grice confirmed on Tuesday Carl VanDomelen, a city resident and one of the founders […]

Fluoride Free in TC turned in their petition signatures Tuesday to the city clerk. The group wants to eliminate the addition of fluoride to Traverse City’s water supply. They say the petition could give the people a chance to choose, since water fluoridation has never gone to a vote in Traverse City. The group completed their […]

BOYNE CITY — A group in Boyne City that wants fluoride back in the city’s water supply has started to gather signatures to get the issue on the November ballot. Members of the Citizens United for Dental Health gathered signatures at their open house in the Boyne City District Library Community Room. In May, Boyne […]

The city commission of East Jordan voted to continue the use of fluoridated water in a public meeting Tuesday evening. The vote resulted in five commissioners in favor of the continuation and two against. Read full article