Archive for month: August, 2016

Stormcloud Brewing Company expansion bottling plant Brian Confer Rick Schmitt Michigan's best new brewery The Betsie Current Jacob Wheeler Benzie County Frankfort

2016, Brewery, Businesses, Featured Stories, Print Editions

Stormcloud—Michigan’s Best New Brewery—Set to Expand

New brewing and bottling plant coming to Frankfort

Foxxy the stalwart stuffed fox sits in a well-lit corner, holding court over open mic night at Jodi’s Tangled Antler. Photo by Jordan Bates.

2016, Businesses, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Print Editions, Restaurants

Tangled Up in Antlers

A decade with Jodi at the crossroads

Nozomi Khudyev (left) is the piano accompanist for the Benzie County Community Chorus. Dinah Haag (right) is director.

2016, Art, Iconic Person, Musician, Print Editions

She’s Got the Music in Her

A pianist’s life comes full circle

Crystal Lake Alpaca Farm Crystal Lake Alpaca Boutique Frankfort MIchigan Benzie County kids activities children's activities Nicole Bates The Betsie Current

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

Rainy Day Activities for Kids

Benzie County has more than just beaches

The Benzonia Public Library is just wrapping up its hugely popular “Building Up S.T.E.A.M. Summer Reading Program, which allowed kids of all ages to play with gizmos like Makey Makey. Photo by Michele Leines.

2016, Events, Featured Stories, News, Print Editions

Maker Movement Comes to Benzie

An ode to entrepreneurs