Elk Rapids News

For me, regardless of the season, holidays are always times when my thoughts run back to my parents.

The superintendent of Elk Rapids Schools will resign "for the purpose of retirement" this summer, and cited a desire to spend time with his family.

A dedication ceremony to unveil renovations at Acme Township's Sayler Park will be held Saturday starting at noon.

John Robert Barnes still believes he's the toddler abducted outside a New York bakery in 1955, despite a denial on national television this morning by the Michigan man who raised him.

You learn a lot on a beach walk , especially when it's 1,000 miles long - around pretty much the entire perimeter of Lake Michigan .

Today's newspapers might change the way they deliver information in the future, but the region always will have a need for journalists, area publishers said.

The news about newspapers has been grim for months. Large metro dailies in Denver, Seattle and Tucson, Ariz., no longer exist in print.

Because of incorrect information received by the Record-Eagle, a wrong phone number was listed in a news brief in Thursday's Well-Being section about World Wide Knit in Public Day on June 13 at the Now and Then Yarn and Quilt Shop in Elk Rapids.

By BILL O'BRIEN bobrien@record-eagle.com TRAVERSE CITY - A therapy clinic that grew from a small operation launched in 2005 to a state-of-the-art fitness and health center is the winner of the 2009 Hagerty Small Business of Year Award.

For the past three years, I have heard how amazing senior year is; now that it is finally here, I can say that this year has been one of the best of my life.

To the four finalists for 2009 National Cherry Festival Queen -- Franki Price, of Elk Rapids; Angela Sayler and Stephanie Paulosky, of Williamsburg; and Samantha Dunn, of Gaylord.

Ron Lindgren's weathered hands carefully wove rough corn fibers under a bright white tent on River Street.

It's no secret: it's been a rough year for newspapers across the country, including here in northern Michigan.

Specific task force recommendations for the five-county Grand Traverse region: n St.

Locals are fond of touting this little, lakeshore village in western Antrim County as an eco-friendly community.

The National Cherry Festival announced its applicants for National Cherry Queen.

A 24-hour recycling program will be launched in Elk Rapids next month. Elk Rapids Township and the Village of Elk Rapids will partner in a new recycling program for both township and village residents.

A man who allegedly tussled with police officers and smashed one of their cars faced a Taser -- and now could face multiple criminal charges.

It would appear that the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce hit a home run with the selection of Terri Kimble to be the organization's new chief executive officer and president.

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce has selected a veteran chamber of commerce director from Michigan to be its next president and chief executive officer.