Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
ZEELAND — The Zeeland Public Schools board is getting closer on considerations for a facilities plan. In doing so, the board is looking at possibilities based, perhaps, more on enrollment than an improvements timeline. The district is considering a $27.65…
Press file photoRalph and Betty Baker moved into their Red Barn Theatre and Red Barn Treasures flea market building in Laketown Township in 2005. The area is sparsely populated now but could be adding businesses along Blue Star Highway to…
SAUGATUCK — The city has agreed to apply for a $15 million state grant to help buy the 171-acre southern half of the undeveloped Denison duneland. The decision followed heavy public support and virtually no public opposition during tonight’s meeting….
Courtesy PhotoThe Casco Township nature preserve will have about 300 feet of Lake Michigan frontage.CASCO TOWNSHIP — More than 8 acres of lakefront property appears destined to become the Casco Township Nature Preserve, thanks to funding from the state. The…
SAUGATUCK — The deal to buy the 171-acre southern half of the undeveloped former Denison dunes land from billionaire owner Aubrey McClendon for $25 million is banking on $15 million in state funds….
SAUGATUCK — Annie Hotwagner’s charity climb up Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro will include suffocatingly high altitudes. But her greatest concern for the five-day climb is that she is not much for sleeping in the Great Outdoors. “My idea of camping is…
DAVE RACZKOWSKI/PRESS PHOTOSShining brightly: Lights highlight the exterior of the mansion at Felt Estate Historic Home & Gardens in Laketown Township. The 1920s-era house is open for holiday tours. LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP — What would be an ideal task for a…
HAMILTON — Business Manager Steve Aardema is succinct about Hamilton Community Schools’ needs. “Every elementary building could use space, but now we’ve got this kindergarten thing,” he said. Starting with pre-kindergarten programs (or Young Fives) for the 2009-10 school year,…
Press File PhotoThe James DeYoung power plant in Holland. HOLLAND — About 50 people attended a meeting with state environmental officials Tuesday night, seeking more information on expansion plans at the Holland BPW’s coal-to-energy James De Young Plant. Several attendees…
Courtesy photoJosiah Tummel ZEELAND — An essay authored by Cityside Middle School seventh-grader Josiah Tummel represents the U.S. in a United Nations booklet titled “Peace Messages from Around the World.” The essay by the 13-year-old son of Rod and Carolyn…