Wednesday, September 30, 2026

OPINION

Walking Into Bird Season

We had a few strikes against us heading into opening bird hunting over the weekend. First, we are in rough shape. My husband’s back...

North Shore Reading Roundup

Last week I put out an article with my bottom lip stuck out so far I practically tripped over it. I wasn’t subtle about...

The Long Way Home

Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s daily missive, Letters From an American, keeps my perspective on current events grounded in American history. Reading her newsletter today...

Your Benefits Require Your Participation

Veterans’ benefits can be complicated. That is one reason County Veterans Service Officers exist. We assist, advise, advocate, explain, prepare paperwork, and help Veterans...

A WALK IN THE WOODS

I write this on September 11, 2026, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the attack on New York City’s Twin Towers. I realize I have nothing...

North Shore Reading Roundup

Still nothing in my inbox, North Shore Reading Roundup readers. I even checked my spam. I was hoping for a stray note that had...

The Long Way Home

In the early nineties of the last millennium, we purchased a small townhome at what was once Lockport, now part of Lutsen. It was...

Another Way to Serve

Not every Veterans Services article needs to involve a VA form, a claim, or a deadline. Sometimes the most useful thing I can do...

TRUE SIGHT

At the time, I didn’t understand my actions. Fifty-some years ago, I was at a Saturday yard sale in the hills above Traverse City,...

The Long Way Home

Perspective.  The muckety-mucks who opine on issues of concern tell us that our perspective determines how we see and feel about things. The old saying...
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LOCAL NEWS

C-26-005– Motion by Hoops supported by Bathke to approve with conditions a conditional use application for the redevelopment and expansion of the existing Silver...
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