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  2. List of Superfund sites in Michigan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Michigan designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

  3. Penny auction (foreclosure) - Wikipedia

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    Neighbors would gather in large numbers at the auction and place bids of only a few pennies, while intimidating anyone who attempted to bid competitively. [1] In the end, the bank that owned the farm would get whatever was bid and the neighbors would return the farm and its contents to the farmer.

  4. Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville - Wikipedia

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    In spring 2021, Margaritaville Resort Times Square, New York, opened. The resort is the northernmost resort in the chain, and it opened alongside five restaurants. It features a Tropical NYC atmosphere and a 50-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty holding a Margarita. The resort also features New York's only year-round outdoor pool on one of ...

  5. Charity auction - Wikipedia

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    Charity auctions aimed at business leaders and other well-off potential donors often take the form of a formal gala. According to the New York Times , items that sell well in such auctions are experiential items that cannot typically be bought in the store, including meetings with celebrities, [ 1 ] an autographed guitar, and naming rights for ...

  6. Carrie Bethel - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, one of her baskets sold at auction for $216,250. This basket had won first prize in the 1926 Yosemite Field Days basket competition. [4]Four of her baskets were part of an exhibition on the art of Yosemite which appeared at the Autry National Center, the Oakland Museum of California, the Nevada Museum of Art, and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art from 2006 to 2008.

  7. Holly, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Mount Holly, a large ski/snowboard resort in southeastern Michigan, is located 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the village in Groveland Township. Nearby is the state-owned Holly Recreation Area . Crapo Park, named after Michigan Governor Henry H. Crapo (1804–1869), [ 14 ] located near the junction of the CSX Saginaw Subdivision and Canadian ...

  8. Marshall, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Marshall is a city and the county seat of Calhoun County, Michigan. [5] The population was 6,822 at the 2020 census.. Marshall is best known for its cross-section of 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and as the future home of Ford Motor Company's BlueOval Battery Park. [6]

  9. Chinese auction - Wikipedia

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    Chinese auction is a type of the all-pay auction, where the probability of winning depends on the relative size of a participant's bid. [1] The choice of the winner is done by a lottery, whereby the bidders compete for a higher chance of winning. [1] It is also known as penny raffle, chance auction and tricky tray. [2] [3]