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The Once and Future Otter Creek
2017 , Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Nature , Non-Profit , Print Editions , Scientist / Researcher / Ecologist , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Once and Future Otter Creek

Staff Reports April 3, 2018April 6, 2018 0 comment

An ode to brook trout and the river ecologists who study them

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Little-known local history from WWI
2017 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Print Editions

Little-known local history from WWI

Staff Reports March 30, 2018March 31, 2018 0 comment

A Polar Bear Returned to Russia

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2017: First Place
Essays

Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2017: First Place

Staff Reports December 27, 2017March 11, 2018 0 comment

Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he ever talks about. It wasn’t always this way, though. You see, before me, all Gerald’s Talking Dog could say was that he hated cherries.

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2017: Second Place
Essays

Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2017: Second Place

Staff Reports December 27, 2017March 11, 2018 0 comment

Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he ever talks about, but that wasn’t always true. He used to ride with his paws on the dashboard chattering about everything he saw. And he was so opinionated! Some days Gerald wished he’d never picked up the stray Basset Hound.

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2017: Third Place
Essays

Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2017: Third Place

Staff Reports December 27, 2017March 11, 2018 0 comment

Gerald’s talking dog likes cherries. It’s all he ever talks about. Gerald, that is, not the dog. “My talking dog,” Gerald says to anyone who will listen, “likes cherries. I mean, he really likes cherries.”

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Dennis Pace Remembered
2017 , Coach , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Print Editions , Soccer

Dennis Pace Remembered

Staff Reports November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 0 comment

Saying goodbye to an old friend

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2016: Third Place
Essays

Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2016: Third Place

Staff Reports November 9, 2017March 11, 2018 0 comment

Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he talks about, but when he got into the sauce he began to slur his words so that, “I’d like some more cherries, please,” came out as, “Idrike zhumor sherrish, shpleeeesh.”

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2016: Second Place
Essays

Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2016: Second Place

Staff Reports November 9, 2017March 11, 2018 0 comment

Gerald’s talking dog loves cherries. That’s all he ever talks about. So when Gerald took his dog, Mont, on a trip to the world’s cherry capital, Mont just about lost his mind.

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2016: First Place
Essays

Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2016: First Place

Staff Reports November 9, 2017March 11, 2018 0 comment

Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he ever talks about. To understand why, you must hear his first spoken words,  learn how he lived off the land and  became..the Most Interesting Dog in the World.

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‘Days for Girls’ Helps Women Thrive Worldwide
2016 , Art , Featured Stories , News , Non-Profit , Print Editions

‘Days for Girls’ Helps Women Thrive Worldwide

Staff Reports August 10, 2017May 17, 2022 0 comment

Every girl. Everywhere. Period.

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Frankfort48 Film Festival
2017 , Art , Featured Stories , News , Print Editions

Frankfort48 Film Festival

Staff Reports June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 0 comment

Filmmakers and film enthusiasts invited to participate

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Jim MacInnes: Benzie’s Renewable Energy Leader
2017 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Nature , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Jim MacInnes: Benzie’s Renewable Energy Leader

Staff Reports June 15, 2017April 1, 2018 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

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All Aboard for Norconk Asparagus
2017 , Businesses , Farms , Featured Stories , Issue 2 , Print Editions

All Aboard for Norconk Asparagus

Staff Reports June 1, 2017September 11, 2017 0 comment

Choo-choo!

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Where’s My Cheese? A Food Co-op Story
2017 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Issue 2 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Where’s My Cheese? A Food Co-op Story

Staff Reports June 1, 2017September 11, 2017 0 comment

Still Grinning Co-op members have been rounding up healthy food and smiles since 1996

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Growing Native in Benzie County
2017 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Iconic Person , Issue 1 , Landscaping , Landscaping , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Growing Native in Benzie County

Staff Reports May 21, 2017September 11, 2017 0 comment

Our local gardening and native plant network

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Baby’s Breath: One Person’s Bouquet, Another’s Nemesis
2017 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Issue 1 , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Baby’s Breath: One Person’s Bouquet, Another’s Nemesis

Staff Reports May 20, 2017September 11, 2017 0 comment

Removing invasive species from Elberta Beach

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James K. Evans: Zombies in Benzie
2016 , Art , Author , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Print Editions , Question and Answers

James K. Evans: Zombies in Benzie

Staff Reports October 13, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

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Maker Movement Comes to Benzie
2016 , Events , Featured Stories , News , Print Editions

Maker Movement Comes to Benzie

Staff Reports August 4, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

An ode to entrepreneurs

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Not your grandmother’s libraries
2016 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Non-profits , Print Editions

Not your grandmother’s libraries

Staff Reports July 21, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Beulah, Benzonia libraries up for Aug. 2 millage vote

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

Baby Bears at Sleeping Bear

Staff Reports July 7, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Especially for kids at the National Park

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Creative Placemaking in Empire
2016 , Art , Businesses , Events , Featured Stories , Print Editions

Creative Placemaking in Empire

Staff Reports July 7, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Designing towns for people, arts, and culture

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African-American Pioneers in Benzie County
2016 , Essays , Featured Stories , History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

African-American Pioneers in Benzie County

Staff Reports July 7, 2016February 9, 2023 4 comment

Their imprint on our collective history

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History of Michigan Shores, from a Ruthven’s Point of View
2016 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Print Editions

History of Michigan Shores, from a Ruthven’s Point of View

Staff Reports June 23, 2016December 29, 2016 2 comment

Frankfort’s U-of-M, Maize-and-Blue connection

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Elberta Mercantile: Everything Old Is New Again
2016 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Print Editions

Elberta Mercantile: Everything Old Is New Again

Staff Reports June 23, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Very heavy weird old things

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Mr. Eagan’s Opus
2016 , Featured Stories , Humans of Benzie County , Iconic Person , Musician , Print Editions

Mr. Eagan’s Opus

Staff Reports June 23, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Retiring Benzie Band director also a community leader

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