The Betsie Current Newspaper

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2016, Businesses, Featured Stories, History, Non-profits, Print Editions

Not your grandmother’s libraries

Beulah, Benzonia libraries up for Aug. 2 millage vote

The Platte River will have seen a record number of visitors at the end of July, according to predictions. Photo courtesy of Joe Lachowski/Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

2016, Businesses, Canoeing, Featured Stories, Nature, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Sports

Booze Cruise: Animal House on the River

National Park tries to curtail dangerous behavior on Platte River

Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre Frankfort Tank Hill Noah Barnes Sam Buzzell OB and Co. Productions Liv Buzzell The Betsie Current Aubrey Ann Parker Elizabeth Laidlaw A Winter's Tale The Rivals

2016, Art, Featured Stories, Non-profits, Print Editions

All the World’s a Stage

Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre tries something new

Meg Doby and Ethan Przekaza moved back after five years in Colorado. They now live in Beulah with 8-year-old Apollo, an American Staffordshire, and Wicket, a 7-year-old Shih tzu.

2016, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Print Editions, Question and Answers

Ethan Przekaza and Meg Doby’s Boomerang Home to Benzie

Questions & Answers with community faces

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2016, Events, Featured Stories, History, Maritime History, Nature, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Baby Bears at Sleeping Bear

Especially for kids at the National Park

Julie Avery Empire Michigan State University Museum creative placemaking Empire Aspargus Festival Port Oneida Fair Rural Arts and Culture program Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

2016, Art, Businesses, Events, Featured Stories, Print Editions

Creative Placemaking in Empire

Designing towns for people, arts, and culture

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2016, Essays, Featured Stories, History, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

African-American Pioneers in Benzie County

Their imprint on our collective history

Dick Bayer in his rock shop at his home. Photo by Kelly Ottinger.

2016, Artists, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Print Editions

Striking Creations from an Accidental Jeweler

Lessons from Frankfort’s former mayor

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2016, Businesses, Featured Stories, Print Editions

Where Are the Workers?

Tourism economy booms, but finding help proves elusive

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2016, Brewery, Businesses, Featured Stories, Horticulture, Iconic Person, Print Editions

A Meadmaker’s Journey from the Bayou to Beulah

Kirk and Sharon Jones are two busy bees