Locating a family member’s grave, with the help of a community
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Finding Lizzie
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Finding Lizzie
Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital
Maintaining health in a climate of failing rural hospitals
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Preventing Drowning Deaths
National Park increases water-safety awareness
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The Once and Future Otter Creek
An ode to brook trout and the river ecologists who study them
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Little-known local history from WWI
A Polar Bear Returned to Russia
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Not your grandmother’s libraries
Beulah, Benzonia libraries up for Aug. 2 millage vote
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Baby Bears at Sleeping Bear
Especially for kids at the National Park
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African-American Pioneers in Benzie County
Their imprint on our collective history
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History of Michigan Shores, from a Ruthven’s Point of View
Frankfort’s U-of-M, Maize-and-Blue connection
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Elberta Mercantile: Everything Old Is New Again
Very heavy weird old things
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The Wheels on the Bus Go Benzie ’round
All aboard the Magical History Tour
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Cabbage Shed 2.0
Elberta’s cultural watering hole re-opens
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The Cabbage Shed’s History
According to Allen L. Blacklock’s book, History of Elberta, and records from the Benzie Area Historical Museum, the site where The Cabbage Shed now sits, on Waterfront Lots 16 and 17, was first occupied by a general merchandise store, built in 1867 by George A. Douglas. It was the first commercial building in Elberta, which […]
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Caning Chairs on a Benzie Back Road
Mr. Joy’s 31 years of making things better
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Perfect Football Season, 50 Years Later: 1965 Panthers Celebrate “Coach”
Celebration starts at 5pm on September 11, 2015
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Cottage Names in a Favorite Place
The many ways people name paradise
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Le Griffon & Confederate Gold: Treasure Hunt Off the Frankfort Coast
Gold fever attracts media frenzy
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Point Betsie Lighthouse Illuminates Still
Museum and exhibit celebrate first full year
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The Witch of November
First-person account of a fall storm from the deck
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Early Native American Potsherds Discovered in Sleeping Bear Dunes
At least 500 years old
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Who Pulled the Plug at Crystal Lake?
Details of the Tragedy… err, Comedy
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Mills Community House Turns 105
Annual fundraiser features Cole Porter music
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Bones in the Muck
A mystery unfolding
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Living with Fire in Northern Michigan
By Jed Jaworski Current Contributor Residents of Northern Michigan, like much of the nation, are reevaluating our long held perceptions on fire in the environment. Fire professionals, ecologists and climate experts are all telling us fire will be in our back yard, but can we actually live “with” fire? The answer is that we may […]
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Sleeping Bear’s Wild Blue Yonder
A history of Benzie’s airfields
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