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Goodwill is excited to announce the Grand Opening of new Acme Retail and Donation Center on Friday, May 24.



Festivities begin with an official ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:45am, followed by the 9am grand opening and continue throughout the weekend with daily door prizes, generously donated by area businesses and one lucky shopper winning a 32 inch HD TV.



The new 12,000 square foot retail and donation center is located at 3922 E. M-72. Shoppers and donors will be impressed…

My daughter turned 10 this spring. Double digits. Worth an extra layer of sophistication than the princess, cup-cake-focused, plastic party favor events of her past. She remembered the lobby of the Grand Traverse Resort from the November Chamber Expo, when she helped set up our corporate booth. While this may sound…

It's that time of year again: I'm out and about gathering sneak peeks of the homes on our 2013 Northern Home & Cottage Tour (Saturday, September 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) The photo above is from a home built by Grand Bay Builders. Besides having a gorgeous kitchen that sports a cork floor, granite countertops and a…

My first experience with Dward Iris was reading my daughter a children's book, "M" is for Mitten. Each page is a different letter of the alphabet associated with a Michigan fact. And there was a drawing of the Dwarf Irises of the eastern shore of Michigan, on the banks of Lake Huron. Until today I had no idea how small these fab little irises are.

My friends invited me to join them at the Presque Isle Lodge in…

Bent Trillium of Michigan

Bent Trillium (Trillium flexipes) also known as ‘Drooping’ or ‘White’ trillium, often hybridizes with…

Here's a sample of what you might see at this year's show.

Snow Trillium of Michigan

Michigan Snow Trillium (Trillium nivale) is the first trillium to appear each spring. It blooms in March most often under a blanket of snow. Snow Trillium can tolerate below freezing temperatures without suffering. No matter how…

With its vibrant vermillion, ochre and tangerine hills against an azure Grand Traverse Bay, fall is the quintessential winery tour season, but I much prefer spring. When I lived in the Detroit area, getting Up North in spring felt like a special sneak peak. It was the early start to the summer, and made me feel like…

Above: Governor Snyder taking the podium on Friday, April 26, 2013 at Brys Estate on Old Mission Peninsula

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Channels dug beneath the snow this winter.

What, you may be asking, is the subnivean zone. Well, it is a magical world that exists between the bottom of the snow and the top of the ground, and there's a lot more animal action there than what you may be aware of, a secret…

Wine tasting room at Blustone Vineyards, a sleek, contemporary space set amid captivating rolling Leelanau hills and orchards just north of Lake Leelanau village.

At the invitation of the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association, I hit the wine trail last…

You know when you're watching Food Network and Ina Garten just casually turns to her window-side garden, picks a few herbs, and continues like "Oh, no big, here's my convenient backyard produce station"? Meanwhile you're sitting there, simultaneously impressed and depressed because, welp, you just don't live on a dang farm. You've got to haul your goods from the grocery store back to your home, losing an hour of freshness just in transportation. Daily, fresh-picked herbs? Meh, more like…

Red Trillium of Michigan 

After Snow Trillium (T. nivale), “Red Trillium” (T. erectum) is the next Michigan trillium species to begin its bloom period. As a result, it’s sometimes referred to as “Wake-robin”.

From mid to late April into June, this…

With shovels, from left: Mayor Michael Estes, Brownfield coordinator Jean Derenzy, Managing Partner Jeff Schmitz, with Grand Traverse Hotel Properties.

The owners of Hotel Indigo, the long-talked-about boutique hotel that is being built in Traverse…

Michigan's White Trillium

As one of the eight species of trillium native to Michigan, the Common Trillium, also called the White Trillium or Great White Trillium, Large-flowered White Trillium or White Wake-robin (Trillium grandiflorum) is by far our…