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1 week ago | 
traverseticker.com | Beth Milligan |Art Bukowski
Construction work is underway at both West End Beach and the RB parking lot by the volleyball courts starting this week and continuing through June 20.
Work includes the reconstruction of the West End parking lot and installation of bathroom facilities at both the West End and RB parking lots. Those lots are both closed starting this week. The TART Trail is also closed near those lots.
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1 week ago | 
traverseticker.com | Beth Milligan |Art Bukowski
Grand Traverse County commissioners will tackle a busy agenda Wednesday that includes approving pursuing a new 911 system, updating a Health Department agreement to keep the Community Connections program going despite eliminated state funding, voting on a new ethics policy, and approving a resolution of support for Antrim County’s planned withdrawal from 86th District Court.
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1 week ago | 
traverseticker.com | Beth Milligan |Art Bukowski
They call it “California sober.” Generally speaking, this term applies to folks who use marijuana but abstain from alcohol and other drugs, particularly narcotics or other highly addictive substances. People choose this lifestyle for a variety of reasons, though it’s often encountered in people who have had medical, legal, or financial problems with alcohol.
Is marijuana better for you than alcohol?
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1 week ago | 
traverseticker.com | Beth Milligan |Art Bukowski
Garfield Township and the City of Traverse City are swapping assessors, with Township Assessor Amy DeHaan announcing her resignation to join the city and former City Assessor Polly Cairns – who’s embroiled in an active lawsuit against the city – receiving an offer to fill DeHaan’s role.
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1 week ago | 
traverseticker.com | Art Bukowski |Beth Milligan |Craig Manning
Steve Melvin still vividly recalls those terrible days when his young son Jake was battling cancer.
The heavy, inescapable weight of this disease hung over Steve, Jake and their family as they did their best to power through.
“It was such a kick in the gut,” Melvin tells The Ticker. “Here you have this otherwise healthy 13-year-old kid, and all of the sudden everything is on hold until you beat cancer. You can’t think beyond the next scan, the next the next chemo treatment.
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1 week ago | 
traverseticker.com | Beth Milligan |Art Bukowski |Craig Manning
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced the appointment of Chris Rogers as Grand Traverse County Public Administrator. County public administrators have powers and duties primarily related to intestate decedent estates where there are apparently no known heirs, including managing the determination, collection, liquidation, and/or distribution of any assets in the estate.
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1 week ago | 
traverseticker.com | Beth Milligan |Art Bukowski |Craig Manning
Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) Extended Education & Training will host a community day of educational exploration at Campus Day 2025 on Friday, May 9 at NMC’s Main Front Street Campus. This community event is geared towards ages 50 and older, though all ages are welcome to attend.
Attendees personalize their learning experience by selecting three sessions from over forty topics. Participants will also be able to join in a "Coffee & Connection" time before the sessions begin, as well as lunch.
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1 week ago | 
northernexpress.com | Molly Cox |Art Bukowski |Ren Brabenec |Anna Faller
Bestselling author Leif Enger on subversion, writing, and hope By Molly Cox | April 12, 2025 In the near-future world of Leif Enger’s I Cheerfully Refuse, a few ultra-wealthy autocrats control the world, while the majority of people are indentured servants with little autonomy, living in extreme debt and poverty.
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1 week ago | 
northernexpress.com | Ross Boissoneau |Art Bukowski |Molly Cox |Ren Brabenec
Steaks, staff, and old-school drinks make this restaurant a tradition By Ross Boissoneau | April 12, 2025 On April 7, 1975, Bob and Anita Mode opened a bar and restaurant that was to bear their name.
A half century later, Mode’s Bum Steer is still going strong, with their daughter Skylar now running the enterprise. That makes it the longest-running family-owned restaurant in Traverse City.
And it looks the part.
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1 week ago | 
northernexpress.com | Isiah Smith |Art Bukowski |Molly Cox |Ren Brabenec
Guest Opinion By Isiah Smith, Jr. | April 12, 2025 In 1998, the highly respected scientific journal, The Lancet, published a study that sparked the theory that vaccines cause autism. In 2010, the article was retracted after the editors discovered that the conclusions had been based on fraudulent data from a study involving only 12 children.
