History – The Betsie Current Newspaper

2023 , Basketball , Coach , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 7 , Print Editions , Sports

Using Basketball to Impart Vital Life Lessons

Staff Reports June 28, 2023July 12, 2023 3 comment

Octogenarian coach can’t stop giving

2023 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 6 , Music , Musician , Print Editions

No More Clarinet

Staff Reports June 27, 2023June 27, 2023 0 comment

African harp “kora” returns to Empire

2023 , Businesses , Essays , Featured Stories , History , Issue 6 , Print Editions

Summers in Beulah

Staff Reports June 22, 2023June 22, 2023 3 comment

A family history of Reedcraft Weavers (1940-2011)

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 5 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Memorial Morses

Staff Reports May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 1 comment

Local brothers take Honor Flight

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Native American Culture & History , Noah Sorenson , Print Editions

What’s In A Name?

Staff Reports April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 1 comment

Stories behind the names of Benzie County

2023 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Then & Now

Staff Reports April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 1 comment

More than a century of the Mills Community House

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 2 , Print Editions

1906: A Summer to Remember

Staff Reports March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 0 comment

Donated historical photos bring a family to life

2022 , Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Print Editions

Never Too Late

Staff Reports December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 0 comment

Gaining recognition for a fallen brother

2022 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Print Editions

Filmmaker Rich Brauer

Kelly Ottinger December 15, 2022December 16, 2022 1 comment

Northern Michigan’s heartfelt storyteller

2022 , Essays , History , Issue 5 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Photographer , Print Editions

Preserving Family Photos

Staff Reports June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 0 comment

A window to your family’s past

2022 , Businesses , Farmers , Farms , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Issue 3 , Print Editions

Rice Centennial Farm

Staff Reports May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 0 comment

All in the family, for more than 100 years

2022 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 2 , Maritime History , Print Editions

Point Betsie’s Lost Ship

Jed Jaworski May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 1 comment

The wreck of the St. Lawrence appears

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 15 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Print Editions

154-year-old Shipwreck on Frankfort Beach

Jed Jaworski February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 1 comment

Hazard, tourist attraction, or priceless historical artifact?

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 14 , Maritime History , Native American Culture & History , Print Editions

Big Boats

Staff Reports January 29, 2022January 31, 2022 2 comment

Local ships bring maritime history alive

2021 , Art , Artists , Featured Stories , Fishing , History , Iconic Person , Issue 14 , Nature , Print Editions

Preserving a Family’s Heritage

Staff Reports January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 0 comment

One decoy at a time

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 11 , Print Editions

Time Travel Back to Your Hometown

Jed Jaworski September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 1 comment

The Sanborn map collections for Benzie County

2021 , Featured Stories , Issue 11 , Maritime History , Music , Musician , Print Editions

‘Song of the Lakes’ Keeps Sailing Onward

Staff Reports September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 0 comment

Iconic band celebrates 40 years

2021 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 10 , Maritime History , News , Print Editions

Roaring Dan Seavey

Staff Reports August 20, 2021February 6, 2022 0 comment

The pirate of Lake Michigan

2021 , Canoeing , Featured Stories , History , Issue 10 , Native American Culture & History , Nature , Print Editions

A Manistee River Adventure

Staff Reports August 14, 2021August 14, 2021 0 comment

From Buckley to Lake Michigan

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 10 , Print Editions

Rival Rings

Aubrey Parker August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 0 comment

Missing for 32 years, found just weeks apart

2021 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Issue 9 , Maritime History , Print Editions

A Tale of Two Ships

Jed Jaworski July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 3 comment

An odd dock

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 9 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

The Makings of the “Crown Jewel” of South Fox Island

Staff Reports July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 1 comment

How volunteers make it happen

2021 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Issue 8 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

A Three-hour Tour

Staff Reports July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 1 comment

Tours to North Manitou lighthouse crib begin

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 8 , News , Print Editions , Railroad History

The Well-Traveled Painted Lady

Staff Reports July 1, 2021July 3, 2021 1 comment

Copemish Depot finds new home near Glen Arbor

2021 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 5 , Print Editions

A Memorial Day Story

Staff Reports May 28, 2021June 3, 2021 0 comment

Northern Michigan daughter strives to bring home MIA airmen from a World War II mission