The Betsie Current Newspaper

Art , Essays , Featured Stories

Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2014: First Place

Staff Reports December 16, 2014December 15, 2015 0 comment

Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he talks about. In fact, I can’t get him to shut up.

News

Write for Beer, Says Gerald’s Talking Dog

Jordan Bates December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 0 comment

Story/essay-writing contest at Stormcloud. FRANKFORT, MI (December 3, 2014) – Stormcloud Brewing Company is hosting a story/essay-writing contest to celebrate the official release of their Cherry Rye Dubbel entitled, “Gerald’s Talking Dog.” Every beer at Stormcloud has a story. Sometimes Brewmaster Brian Confer will share it, while others are kept secret. Because every dog has […]

2014 , Businesses , Culinary Artists , Events , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Print Editions , Restaurants

Charlie’s Natural Food Market

Aubrey Parker November 21, 2014 0 comment

Go on an epicurean vacation each week

News

Benzie Bus open for the holidays

Jacob Wheeler November 20, 2014 0 comment

Public transportation service a life-saver for residents like Lois Weaver From staff reports Benzie Bus believes in its mission “to connect people to community” and that requires working some holidays. “Our customers have spoken about their needs and wants and we have re-allocated drivers to work on those days”, said operations manager Chad Hollenbeck. The […]

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Crystal Mountain Wastes Not, Wants Not

Kelly Ottinger November 17, 2014 1 comment

Successful partnership with Bay Area Recycling for Charities

2014 , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Witch of November

Jed Jaworski November 14, 2014 6 comment

First-person account of a fall storm from the deck

2014 , Art , Artists , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Question and Answers

Loveless for Art

Jacob Wheeler November 13, 2014 0 comment

Questions & Answers with Community Faces

2014 , Featured Stories , History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Early Native American Potsherds Discovered in Sleeping Bear Dunes

Staff Reports November 13, 2014 0 comment

At least 500 years old

Iconic Person

On the Road to Borneo

Jacob Wheeler October 14, 2014 1 comment

A Benzie girl’s global mission to teach environmental education By Susan Koenig Current Contributor Amalia Fernand has travelled. A lot, by anyone’s standards. In her relatively short life, she has visited and taught in 17 countries, including Uganda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Madagascar, Australia, Thailand, Mexico and Ethiopia, to name a few, not to mention Florida, […]

2014 , Businesses , Events , Featured Stories , Print Editions

Frankfort Film Festival, October 16 – 19,

Staff Reports October 10, 2014 0 comment

October 16 – 19, Features 17 International Award Winning Films During Northern Michigan’s Peak Fall Color.

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Interview with Charla Burgess

Jordan Bates October 8, 2014 0 comment

Head of Beer Education, Stormcloud Brewing Company

Events , Press Releases

Frankfort Beer Week Launches in Benzie County

Staff Reports September 27, 2014September 27, 2014 0 comment

It’s the perfect time to be in Frankfort.

2014 , Banking / Finance , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Print Editions

Blake Brooks: Frankfort’s Finance Man

Staff Reports September 15, 2014 0 comment

Questions and answers with community faces

2014 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Nature , News , Print Editions

Relinking the Food Chain

Karen Roberts September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 0 comment

Thoughts on the local harvest

2014 , Art , Artists , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Print Editions

Wildest of the Wild Things

Susan Koenig September 10, 2014 0 comment

The collector and creator behind Monumental Finds

2014 , Businesses , Farmers , Farms , Iconic Person , Nature , Print Editions

Farming the Right Way

Karen Roberts August 28, 2014March 30, 2015 1 comment

Paul May’s local approach to the harvest

2014 , Artists , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Nature , Print Editions

From the Rubble

Jordan Bates August 18, 2014 0 comment

Polishing a new gem in Frankfort

2014 , Biking , News , Press Releases , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Sports

Trail Proposal: Platte Bay to Good Harbor Bay

Staff Reports August 14, 2014March 30, 2015 0 comment

Park seeks your trail input

2014 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Print Editions , Sports , Stand-up Paddle Boarding

Paddleboarding: Walking on Water

Staff Reports August 14, 2014March 30, 2015 0 comment

Who Pulled the Plug at Crystal Lake?

Staff Reports August 14, 2014March 30, 2015 0 comment

Details of the Tragedy… err, Comedy

Events , Press Releases

“Off the Page” Features Mystery Writer, August 22, 7pm

Staff Reports August 12, 2014August 12, 2014 0 comment

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, […]

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Partner Thai Yoga Massage Workshop

Staff Reports August 12, 2014 0 comment

Release stress and tension, increase vitality and deepen the connection between mind, body and spirit in both the giver and receiver. Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient and sacred system of healing with roots in Yoga, Ayurvedic Medicine and Buddhist spiritual practice. It is a unique and powerful system of Yoga Therapy, which combines rhythmic […]