Ross Boissoneau

Michigan

Freelance Journalist and Editor at Freelance

PR & marketing consultant, freelance writer, music journalist and critic. Occasional musician, depending on your definition of same.

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Articles

The Landing’s Lobster Avocado Toast

3 weeks ago | northernexpress.com | Abby McKiernan |Ren Brabenec |Victor Skinner |Ross Boissoneau

Tastemaker May 17, 2025 Lobster and avocado toast? In this economy?! You bet. The Landing Restaurant in Charlevoix is gearing up for their summer reopening May 21, and we’re headed straight for our favorite pick from the appetizer “Sharing is Caring” side of the menu. This loaded toast is hearty enough to split with a friend (or hold up as its own meal), and at $18.99, won’t break the bank despite its bougie ingredients.
What to Do This Memorial Day Weekend: 11 Ways to Celebrate Up North

3 weeks ago | northernexpress.com | Abby McKiernan |Ren Brabenec |Victor Skinner |Ross Boissoneau

Festivals, music, fashion, camping, and more! By Abby McKiernan | May 17, 2025 Memorial Day weekend is almost here, and it’s time to kick off summer the northern Michigan way—with festivals, races, cookouts, and celebrations across the region. Whether you’re looking for family fun, lively music, historical reenactments, or just a glass of wine in the sunshine, there’s something for everyone. Here’s what’s happening: 1.
Local VA Offices Not Expecting to Be Impacted by DOGE Cuts

3 weeks ago | northernexpress.com | Ross Boissoneau |Abby McKiernan |Ren Brabenec |Victor Skinner

Millage funding keeps essential services running throughout the state By Ross Boissoneau | May 17, 2025 The Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE have made cuts to hundreds of agencies across the federal government. Among the cuts that have been in the news are those to the Department of Veterans Affairs. According to accounts in numerous media, the VA is planning to cut 83,000 jobs. At the VA, nearly 30 percent of workers are veterans, half of whom are disabled.
Don’t Burn That Storm Debris

3 weeks ago | northernexpress.com | Abby McKiernan |Ren Brabenec |Victor Skinner |Ross Boissoneau

May 17, 2025 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking northern Michigan residents to reconsider burning debris from the March ice storm. “Our local fire departments are reporting that people in areas impacted by the storm are starting to burn debris, which is causing surrounding dry grass and leaves to catch on fire,” said Paul Rogers, fire prevention specialist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, in a DNR press release. What to do instead?
A Fast(er) Track for Line 5

3 weeks ago | northernexpress.com | Victor Skinner |Abby McKiernan |Ren Brabenec |Ross Boissoneau

Enbridge and environmentalists speak about updated timeline for the tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac By Victor Skinner | May 17, 2025 The Canadian oil and gas company Enbridge in early March unveiled a revamped information center in St. Ignace that now features a 22-foot model of the boring machine the company plans to use to tunnel hundreds of feet below the Straits of Mackinac.
Grand Rapids Symphony set to get funky with Lettuce

3 weeks ago | localspins.com | Ross Boissoneau

SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOSSupport our coverage ofWest Michigan's music sceneIt’s doubtful the Grand Rapids Symphony ever showed up at a bar and asked the establishment if its members could perform. But such was often the case for the guest artist lighting up its Saturday (May 17) pops concert. In fact, that’s how the band got its name: While students at Berklee College of Music, they would go to clubs and bars and ask if they could sit in. “Let us play,” they said.
Herb Alpert turns back clock with verve, classic songs

3 weeks ago | localspins.com | Ross Boissoneau

Grand Rapids’ DeVos Performance Hall turned into a time machine Sunday night, courtesy of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Support our coverage ofWest Michigan's music sceneFrom the black and white video of Alpert and the band as mystery guests on “What’s My Line?” which opened the show, to new renditions of favorites from the days when Alpert outsold the Beatles, the evening was both a trip back in time and a reminder of the joy that music can bring.
Capturing AAPI Month

3 weeks ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Jamie Kauffold |Matt Dursum |Abby McKiernan |Ross Boissoneau

Capturing AAPI Month By Jamie Kauffold | May 10, 2025 Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Taro Yamasaki heads to Traverse City as the Dennos Museum Center celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month on Tuesday, May 13.
Skate, Jam, and Roll

4 weeks ago | northernexpress.com | Ellen Miller |Matt Dursum |Abby McKiernan |Ross Boissoneau

TC Roller Derby looks back over 15 years By Ellen Miller | May 10, 2025 For the past 15 years, TC Roller Derby has been tearing up the rink and building relationships on and off the track. Back in 2010, a group of interested potential derby players met up to discuss the possibility of forming a team. They met at public spaces downtown, including Horizon Books and Cherry Republic, before finding a place to start practicing.
A Formula Playing Out

4 weeks ago | northernexpress.com | Stephen Tuttle |Matt Dursum |Abby McKiernan |Ross Boissoneau

Spectator By Stephen Tuttle | May 10, 2025 First, we have to tear things down, demonizing both people and institutions. Human enemies are easy enough to define—we’ll call people here illegally rapists, murderers, released prisoners, and mental patients. We’ll describe Muslims, and most anybody from a Muslim-dominant country, as terrorists. That way, people who look a little different, speak a different language, or believe a different religion become easy targets.