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Family expands farm, launches Backyard Burdickville campground, brings back music festival
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Family expands farm, launches Backyard Burdickville campground, brings back music festival
Local youths curate post-pandemic art exhibit at Grow Benzie
Questions & Answers with community faces
Benzie Bus offering Nite Owl rides on Saturday, October 27, 2018 By Aubrey Ann Parker Current Editor Do you know any young people who are in a hurry to grow up? If so, warn them—adult life does not have nearly enough costume parties. Children get to dress up for Halloween, for school plays, even for […]
17th Annual SummerFest provides family fun and community resources
A truly local celebration
An ode to entrepreneurs
Especially for kids at the National Park
Designing towns for people, arts, and culture
Though typically winter is thought of as a time for hibernating, for many, it is the time to come out and play.
A Loveless night for L’Chayim
Celebration starts at 5pm on September 11, 2015
Blues & zydeco picnic scheduled at Frankfort’s Open Space Park
Community tradition connected by America’s pastime
By Nancy Bissonnette Bordine They gathered on the shore of Frankfort Harbor, all eyes on the horizon. The breeze ruffling their hair was subtly chilled from traveling over the yet cold waters of Lake Michigan. The white silhouettes of three boats approaching the shore gave them great relief, for those boats were the guardians escorting […]
For 25 years, Richard Ide of Beulah has been gathering funds for Crystal Lake’s popular fireworks display, which carries an annual ticket of approximately $7,000. According to the Benzie County Sheriff’s Department, an estimated 10,000 people view the show from the village, from boats on the lake, and from homes on both the north and south […]
Who funds the Frankfort fireworks?
Five guys, 60 miles of open water, one goal
Elberta’s phoenix from the ashes
February 21st, 2015. Frankfort, MI. Place Name Age Group Time 1 Jeff Houser M: 25-29 19:35.33 2 Austin Smith M: 30-34 20:05.19 3 Jerry Brown M: 55-59 20:56.09 4 Max Okros M: 15-19 21:09.56 5 Matt Nahnsen M: 30-34 21:16.36 6 Clinton Brian M: 45-49 21:22.25 7 Avery May M: 15-19 21:27.78 8 James Fink […]
Go on an epicurean vacation each week
October 16 – 19, Features 17 International Award Winning Films During Northern Michigan’s Peak Fall Color.
Head of Beer Education, Stormcloud Brewing Company
It’s the perfect time to be in Frankfort.
D.E. (Dan) Johnson brings his Detroit-based Will Anderson mystery series to the Darcy Library on Friday, August 22, at 7 p.m. The early 20th century is the setting for Johnson’s four historical novels that involve murder, blackmail, organized crime, politics, and the inside story on early electric automobiles. Johnson’s first book, The Detroit Electric Scheme, […]