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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2015: First Place

Staff Reports December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 0 comment

By Gordon Berg Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he talks about. But who you gonna call when those beloved cherries mysteriously disappear??? Stormcloud, Private Dog. Gerald’s Talking Dog, a scruffy mutt named Stormcloud, had a reputation for solving life’s toughest mysteries. The Case of the Lost Keys. The Case of the Lost Cellphone. […]

Art , Essays , Featured Stories , News

Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2015: Judge Submission

Staff Reports December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 0 comment

By Jeff Smith Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he talks about. He talks Montmorencies, Balatons, dwarf root stock, cold tolerance. He talks dormant sprays, petal fall, shuck stage. He talks Malathion, fruit flies, fungal response. He talks sweets, darks, whatever. He sounds like a know it all, but none of it means anything. […]

2015 , Artists , Iconic Person , News , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Steve Elrick: He’s a Mean One

Aubrey Parker November 16, 2015December 14, 2016 5 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2015 , Businesses , News , Print Editions

Winter Survival in the Sauna

Jacob Wheeler November 16, 2015December 29, 2015 0 comment

“Cadillac of sauna stoves” are made right here in Benzie

2015 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , News , Print Editions , Restaurants

The Cabbage Shed’s History

Jacob Wheeler November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 0 comment

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 […]

2015 , Artists , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Music , Print Editions , Restaurants

The Cabbage Shed: A Musical History

Jacob Wheeler November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 2 comment

Popular venue that rocked Betsie Bay for three decades will continue

2015 , Artists , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Print Editions

Caning Chairs on a Benzie Back Road

Beau Vallance October 9, 2015 2 comment

Mr. Joy’s 31 years of making things better

2015 , Art , Author , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Print Editions

Local author, Susan Eldred, Teaches Important Lessons

Nicole L. Bates October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 0 comment

Zen of The Round Cat

Featured Stories , Iconic Person , News , Sports , Volleyball

Frankfort Volleyball Queen Coronated

Jordan Bates October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 0 comment

Becky Miller is pleased to announce this year’s Volleyball Queen, senior Mackenna Kelly.

Iconic Person , Nature

Remembering Michigan Legacy Art Park

Staff Reports September 30, 2015 0 comment

The tireless founder, David Barr

2015 , Businesses , Events , Featured Stories , Print Editions , Restaurants

Benzie ABCs: Art, Bagels, and Community

Karen Roberts September 13, 2015 0 comment

A Loveless night for L’Chayim

2015 , Coach , Iconic Person , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Soccer

Dennis Pace, More than Meets the Eye

Aubrey Parker September 13, 2015July 25, 2016 2 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

Coach , Events , Featured Stories , Football , History , Iconic Person , News , Sports

Perfect Football Season, 50 Years Later: 1965 Panthers Celebrate “Coach”

Staff Reports September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 1 comment

Celebration starts at 5pm on September 11, 2015

2015 , Art , Artists , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Music , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Liv Buzzell’s Gap Year

Jordan Bates September 9, 2015 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2015 , Essays , Featured Stories , History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Cottage Names in a Favorite Place

Beau Vallance September 9, 2015 0 comment

The many ways people name paradise

2015 , Nature , Print Editions , Running , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Sports

Running the Platte Plains Trails

Nicole L. Bates September 1, 2015August 31, 2015 0 comment

4 Mile Out-and-Back or 4.6-Mile Loop

2015 , Horticulture , Iconic Person , Landscaping , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Aftermath of Glen Arbor’s storm is a growing opportunity

Staff Reports August 31, 2015 0 comment

Straight as the Pine, Sturdy as the Oak

2015 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Landscaping , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Community Resilience After the Megastorm

Jacob Wheeler August 31, 2015 0 comment

How Glen Arbor picked itself up

2015 , Events , Featured Stories , Music , News , Print Editions

Grow Benzie Hosts First ‘Bayou on the Bay’ Fundraiser

Jacob Wheeler August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 0 comment

Blues & zydeco picnic scheduled at Frankfort’s Open Space Park

2015 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Print Editions

Men in Big Trucks

Staff Reports August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 0 comment

Experts arrive to save the day

News

Honor’s Wonderland

Jacob Wheeler July 30, 2015 1 comment

Life on a ball By F. Josephine Arrowood Current Contributor Recent visitors to the Village of Honor confront a mystery at the site of a once-notorious local landmark. The pink “Question Mark” building, as many called it, has completely disappeared from the historic downtown district, its grassy lot at the corner of Main and Henry […]