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People of the Dune

Jim Olson July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 0 comment

Excerpt from a new local novel

2024 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Hotels/Motels , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Marta Turnbull: Motel Bear Lake

Aubrey Parker July 14, 2024July 14, 2024 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2024 , Essays , Featured Stories , Nature , Print Editions

Opening Day

Tim Mulherin July 10, 2024July 10, 2024 0 comment

The cabin kind

2024 , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Issue 6 , Landscaping , Nature , News , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Planting Trees and Cultivating Community

Bree McGregor July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 0 comment

Frankfort Tree Board has an eye toward the future

2024 , Businesses , Canoeing , Featured Stories , History , Issue 6 , Maritime History , Nature , News , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Stand-up Paddle Boarding , Swimming

Riverside Canoes Celebrates 60 Years

Jacob Wheeler July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 0 comment

And wins National Park lawsuit, again

2024 , Featured Stories , Issue 6 , Nature , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Real Estate

Platte River Park, A Natural Resource Treasure

Keith Schneider June 29, 2024June 30, 2024 0 comment

Investing in nature equals payoff

2024 , Banking / Finance , Businesses , Coach , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Margie DeVine: Consulting & Kindred Waters

Aubrey Parker June 28, 2024June 29, 2024 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2024 , Businesses , History , Issue 5 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Railroad History

From Crystal Beach Christian Assembly to the Crystal Conference Center

Staff Reports June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 0 comment

More than 100 years of history on Crystal Lake’s south shore

2024 , Art , Artists , Businesses , Culinary Artists , Iconic Person , Issue 5 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Restaurants

Story Updates: A Lot Can Happen in a Year or Two (or a Few)

Aubrey Parker June 3, 2024June 3, 2024 0 comment

Goody’s Lobster Shack and Market, Frankfort-Elberta Area Chamber of Commerce, Monumental Finds gallery

2024 , Bakery , Businesses , Farms , Featured Stories , Issue 5 , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Their Land or Our Land?

Jacob Wheeler June 2, 2024June 2, 2024 0 comment

Can we coexist with black bears?

2024 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 5 , Medical , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Toy Stores

Ben MacRAE & Tricia Strom: Frankfort Store Owners

Aubrey Parker May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2024 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Iconic Person , Issue #4 , Nature , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Jon Throop: Benzie Conservation District

Aubrey Parker May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2024 , Essays , Featured Stories , Issue #4 , Nature , Print Editions

Animal Magnetism: The Birds and the Bees

Staff Reports May 20, 2024May 20, 2024 0 comment

But not the way you thought

2024 , Farmers , Farms , Featured Stories , Horticulture , Issue #4 , Print Editions

Spring Has Sprung

Staff Reports May 19, 2024 0 comment

A flower lover’s guide to bulbs, blooms, and bouquets

2024 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 3 , Non-profits , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Matt Varnum: Benzie History

Aubrey Parker March 23, 2024March 23, 2024 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2024 , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 3 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Starting Over, But Still Smiling

Greta Bolger March 19, 2024October 4, 2024 0 comment

Ukrainian family resettles in Frankfort

2024 , Businesses , Events , Featured Stories , Issue 2 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Monthly Movie Club at The Garden Theater

Aubrey Parker March 17, 2024May 13, 2025 0 comment

Free “nostalgic” flicks create party atmosphere

2024 , Basketball , Businesses , Coach , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 2 , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Real Estate , Sports

Dan Loney: Building and Basketball

Aubrey Parker February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

2024 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 2 , Print Editions

Twin Flames Universe

Jacob Wheeler February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 0 comment

A Suttons Bay inferno of controversy

2024 , Businesses , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 2 , Print Editions , Railroad History , Skiing

Ski Jumping, from Norway to Elberta

Andrew Bolander February 18, 2024September 23, 2024 3 comment

Long-forgotten “winter sports” history still lives in the Elberta Hills

2024 , Essays , Featured Stories , Football , Issue 1 , Print Editions , Sports

Hail

Jacob Wheeler February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 0 comment

Confessions of a once reluctant Michigan Wolverine

2024 , Art , Artists , Iconic Person , Issue 1 , Music , Print Editions

The Evolution of Passages

Staff Reports January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 0 comment

Local artist Ron Gianola’s work spans decades and genres

2024 , Essays , Issue 1 , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Swimming

Winter Swimming in Lake Michigan

Staff Reports January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 5 comment

Multi-generational group finds community and resilience in cold water

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 16 , Print Editions

When You’re In Your 80s, Why Wait?

Aubrey Parker January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 2 comment

Dodie Toman and Fred Snow make a commitment

2023 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 16 , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Restaurants

Todd Bruce: 30 Years of Papano’s Pizza

Aubrey Parker January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces