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northernexpress.com | Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ellen Miller
Tastemaker May 24, 2025 Spring has finally sprung, and you know what that means: time to go fishing! For a truly killer catch, we’re heading to Harrington’s by the Bay in Traverse City, where the vacation-inspired Wild Caught Salmon ($35.50) has just landed on the seasonal menu.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ellen Miller
Hikers and bikers can make fresh tracks with these conservancy trails By Drew VanDrie | May 24, 2025 Spring in Michigan arrives with an asterisk. After many fits and starts, a sunny afternoon that hovers around 70, and the inevitable late season snow that dampens all hope, eventually the renewal of spring prevails. Now that warmer weather has (finally) settled in, the urge to venture outside can no longer be denied.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ellen Miller
May 24, 2025 Green Elk Rapids is a local volunteer organization committed to raising awareness of environmental issues. This Saturday, May 31, they’re hosting a community science session to help you get to know the plants in your backyard. From 10am to 12pm at the Elk Rapids Harbor gazebo, volunteers will explore how to use iNaturalist, a popular community science app that helps identify flora and fauna.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Kierstin Gunsberg |Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Ellen Miller
Grand Traverse County Parks and Recreation targets a late summer opening for phase one By Kierstin Gunsberg | May 24, 2025 After several dormant years, 196 acres of parkland just south of Traverse City is set to begin opening to the public late this summer.
For over a century, Camp Greilick has been a base for outdoor adventure, first as a Rotary youth retreat, then a Boy Scout camp, and more recently, an abandoned patch of wilderness left to the critters who inhabit it.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ellen Miller
Stuff We Love May 24, 2025 Holly Therrien of Wandering Waters Designs knows how to make northern Michigan look good. Therrien’s rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets all reflect the beauty of the region, whether that’s with NoMi stones (think Petoskeys, Superior agates, Leland blues, and more), soothing wave patterns, or nods to the flora of the region.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ellen Miller
Bottoms Up May 24, 2025 Farm Club, the restaurant-on-a-farm hotspot in Leelanau County, is also a hopping little brewery. But rather than go for the beer on our latest visit, we opted for a glass of the Golden Russet cider (half pour pictured). Made with golden russet and dabinett apples (both delicate, mild-flavored classics for cider-making), this Farm Club creation goes down nice and easy, complementing the menu packed with farm-grown veggies.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Anna Faller |Drew VanDrie |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ellen Miller
Sisters opens in Traverse City By Anna Faller | May 24, 2025 It was just over four years ago that Jenni Scott—a Traverse City native and longtime veteran of the local restaurant scene—in partnership with her sister Lisa, their parents, and Lisa’s husband, Matt Gaffy, purchased and planned to redevelop the historic downtown pub, Little Bohemia.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ellen Miller
May 24, 2025 Traverse City’s International Affairs Forum and Interlochen Public Radio are teaming up for a special event, “On Journalism, Media, and Information Literacy,” on May 29 at the Dennos Museum Center Milliken Auditorium. IPR News Director Ed Ronco will moderate a discussion with Sharon Moshavi, the president of the International Center for Journalists, about the ever-changing media landscape in 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Ellen Miller |Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Kierstin Gunsberg
Local cyclists Kate White and Wes Sovis share the joys of getting out on two wheels By Ellen Miller | May 24, 2025 For those who love being outdoors (and during Traverse City’s beautiful and fleeting spring, who doesn’t?), the TART Trails are a well-known community asset. This local network includes several multi-use trails in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties, as well as a cross-town bike route.
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2 weeks ago | 
northernexpress.com | Drew VanDrie |Anna Faller |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ellen Miller
May 24, 2025 Six weeks ago, we shared the news that the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, the Charlevoix County Community Foundation, and Venture North had teamed up to fund emergency mini-grants in response to the devastating March ice storm. Well, a month and change later, and $80,000 has been awarded to small businesses in our region: 45 in Emmet County and 16 in Charlevoix County. But just because spring is here doesn’t mean the aftermath of the storm is in the rearview.
