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I was smiling as I went on my way, surprised to discover how much pleasure it gave me to help these people. And I think most of us are really yearning to be of help to each other.
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Northern Michigan had another beautiful fall full of brilliant foliage. When and how that happens depends on a lot of factors, including a changing climate.
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I had heard about the Hindu belief in “sacred cows” and thought the whole idea rather strange and certainly unhygienic. Now I was sharing a sidewalk with them. Now I was watching a lovely woman touch the cow and touch her forehead in reverence. I could feel something shift in the baggage of my assumptions.
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Two protests were in the news this week — one over concerns about an oil pipeline, the other about anti-trans remarks made by a Traverse City salon owner.
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People who own vacation rentals in northern Michigan are seeing a drop in revenue part of a national trend.
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This week: One year since the Gaylord tornado, school safety in Traverse City, and a pedaling the rails in Grawn.
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Allison and Alan Sehoyan have called Mackinac Island home for about 18 years. They live there year-round, and see a side of the island not readily apparent to most visitors.
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Tourism is slowly recovering in northern Michigan three years after COVID-19 rocked the industry. Hotel occupancy in the region is almost back to pre-pandemic levels.
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Speakers included figureheads in education, environment, state and local governments, and tourism.
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Some in the local tourism industry are tossing around the idea that short-term rentals, such as those booked through Airbnb, collect room fees and use the money to pay for affordable housing.