Culture Bluffs
Frankfort's fantastic off-leash dog park is the place to be with your dog Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Started by Jordan Bates, Aubrey Parker, and John Vinkemulder in May 2010, the place has become a hit with local dog owners. Recent head counts have registered up to forty
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Sue King’s husband, Bob King, bought the lot on the corner of Bigley and Glen about 15 years ago. He eventually decided, as a gift to Sue, to put in a spur off the water main and give her a section to grow a garden in. The other day
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The first-ever Elberta Alert logo tee, in beautiful 100% recycled fabric, can be yours for just $20 ($15 without shipping). Help support deeply local media! All proceeds go directly into producing more free newspapers and great stories online. To celebrate, we hereby announce the Doing Wacky Things in an Elberta
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Janet Buck, a member of PEO (variously thought to stand for "Phone Everybody Organization" or "Pickled Eggs and Oysters") will host an antiques and secondhand items sale at the La Rue House Bed & Breakfast garage this Friday and Saturday. Items for the sale may be
Green Elbertians
The filmmaker Christopher Bedford, who passed away this week, made a visit to the Elberta Farmers Market on May 26. Amid a driving, chilly wind that blew stacks of morels and vases of lilacs off the picnic tables, Chris spoke about the possibilities for local food systems. Later that day
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IT’S THE BIGGEST EVENT of summer 2011: June 18, the Elberta Summer Solstice Festival. To get you ready for the longest day of the year, the Alert spoke with Josh Stoltz, who organizes the event along with Josh Herren, Bill Soper, Connie Manke, Jennifer Wilkins, Art Melendez, Adrian Hirsch,
Politics
By Susan Koenig BENZONIA - On Wednesday, May 18, the Benzie County Democrats sponsored a community forum on state budget proposals and Public Act 4 (known as the Emergency Financial Manager Bill; see “Show Us the Money,” Elberta Alert, April 29) at the Mills Community House in Benzonia. Presenters were
Culture Bluffs
IN 1978, GOVERNOR Milliken proclaimed May 23 Gwen Frostic Day, and in 1986, Benzie County’s own artist-naturalist was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. A dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Northwest Michigan Folklife Center, Gretchen Eichberger considers Gwen Frostic an icon of northern Michigan culture.
Open Season
For Memorial Day, the Alert reflects on the sacrifice of Elbertians living and dead who have dedicated themselves to our national security and fought to uphold our freedoms. Below is the only known image of the monument that once stood in Veterans' Park. Parks and Rec is currently at
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Liz Padalino led an intrepid group of six for a little over an hour's worth of garlic mustard pulling this morning in the misty rain on Elberta Dunes Park (still in the hands of the Conservancy for a little bit longer). She said it was one of her
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Tomorrow, May 28, we will be pulling garlic mustard from South Elberta Dunes. This conservancy property is soon to be transferred to the village of Elberta, along with the task of pulling garlic mustard. The conservancy has been pulling garlic mustard at this site for several years now, and the