Excerpt from a new local novel
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Planting Trees and Cultivating Community
Frankfort Tree Board has an eye toward the future
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Riverside Canoes Celebrates 60 Years
And wins National Park lawsuit, again
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From Pandemic Penguins in a Plague House to a Parakeet in a Parking Lot
A long and winding story about friendship and fate, perhaps… By Aubrey Ann ParkerCurrent Contributor I grew up in and around Traverse City, where both sets of my grandparents lived—Cedar, Williamsburg/Acme, and then Lake Ann/Interlochen. My best friend from college, Quinn Davis, also grew up in Traverse City, but we didn’t become friends until we […]
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Story Updates: A Lot Can Happen in a Year or Two (or a Few)
Coastline Cycles, Cottonseed, Lost Lake Farm, and HARP Park updates
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A Moment of Joy and Happiness Amid War
Ukrainian refugee arrives in Michigan to meet her grandchildren
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Phenology
A farmer’s ode to the season change By Charla BurgessCurrent Contributor I have missed the afternoon ritual of hiking out to the maple bush to check the taps. Each step a dance between winter and spring; a deliberateness to this sun. It is always the trees speaking to me of my next moves. When their […]
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Roaring Dan Seavey
The pirate of Lake Michigan
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Know Your Neighbor
How the Grand Traverse Band makes a difference Up North
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The Well-Traveled Painted Lady
Copemish Depot finds new home near Glen Arbor
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Carrie Rains: Bun in the Oven
Questions & Answers with community faces
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Pandemic Parenting
A first-time mother considers how COVID-19 has affected parenting in Northern Michigan
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Emily Pangborn: The Candle Lady
Questions & Answers with community faces
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Shop Local: Make A Difference This Holiday Season
Letter from the editors
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Life in the Time of Coronavirus
Benzie boon, despite COVID-19 economic projections
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Charla Burgess: Flower Lady
Questions & Answers with community faces
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Lumberjacks and Cracker Jacks
A Northern Michigan ghost town and America’s favorite pastime
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Pride in a Pandemic
Celebrating from home
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Comparing COVID-19 and the 1918 Flu Pandemic
What can history teach us
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Remembering Rick Jones
The “Green Man” of Benzie County
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Filling A Need
Iron Fish Distillery makes hand sanitizer during COVID-19 pandemic
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From Ms. Frizzle to Mrs. Fizzling Out
Musings of a crisis homeschooler
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Video: Benzie and Frankfort Schools Deliver Meals During COVID-19 Closure
An interview with Lisa Purchase and Jenna Noffsinger, food service directors for both school districts.
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Photo Essay: Benzie and Frankfort Schools Deliver Meals During COVID-19 Closure
Food is being delivered twice a week to more than 1,000 children.
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Helping Hands
The isolation that we have been asked to do—sharing physical space only when it is absolutely essential—means less face-to-face contact and more time on screens.
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