Acme News

For about 80 years the festival that celebrates all things cherry was king in Traverse City.

Two area townships won't wait for Grand Traverse County to decide if it needs a road millage to fix its crumbling infrastructure.

The Traverse City, Mich., area is home to an increasingly varied and sophisticated culinary culture.

A divided Grand Traverse County board quibbled, but ultimately agreed to partially fund a probe into whether the developers of Grand Traverse County's septage treatment plant committed professional negligence.

One thing missing from this year's National Cherry Festival in Traverse City will be locally grown cherries.

West Grand Traverse Bay will serve as stage for twin Saturday pyrotechnic shows.

A dedication ceremony to unveil renovations at Acme Township's Sayler Park will be held Saturday starting at noon.

Authorities identified a man who likely drowned in East Grand Traverse Bay. Robert Wayne Smith, 61, jumped off his 20-foot cabin cruiser near Deepwater Point in Acme at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday after his granddaughter fell in the water.

Two township supervisors with their taxpayers on the financial hook for the Grand Traverse County septage plant won't spend $10,000 to potentially seek up to $500,000 from parties that developed the problem-ridden operation.

I recently had an opportunity to discuss the importance of citizen participation in government with members of the Grand Traverse League of Women Voters.

Caleb Thompson is on the verge of his 16th birthday and hopes to celebrate by landing a summer job.

To the four finalists for 2009 National Cherry Festival Queen -- Franki Price, of Elk Rapids; Angela Sayler and Stephanie Paulosky, of Williamsburg; and Samantha Dunn, of Gaylord.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 6:07 p.m. WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP AND ACME TOWNSHIP -- A public hearing tonight in Grand Traverse County will allow residents to learn about two proposed injection wells and present their questions to the environmental protection agency.

Specific task force recommendations for the five-county Grand Traverse region: n St.

A Kalkaska woman faces criminal charges for a traffic crash that killed two people, including her young daughter.

When you think about our region's prosperity, do you think about farms? Maybe not, but agriculture is a critical component of our state and regional economy.

Eleven people on two boards voted in favor of approving a contract with CMS that they never saw; some of them did so twice.

A 24-hour recycling program will be launched in Elk Rapids next month. Elk Rapids Township and the Village of Elk Rapids will partner in a new recycling program for both township and village residents.

Some Acme Township residents plan to fight a proposed deep-injection disposal well for oil and gas brine.

Someone ran off with a cleaning company's van shortly before 3 a.m. Tuesday as crews worked to clean the Bayview Inn Bar & Grill on U.S. 31 in Acme Township.