Your 2021 Recap Of Traverse City's (Many) Housing Projects

By Craig Manning

How many new residential units would it take to solve Traverse City’s housing crisis? It’s a question that many local players have spent 2021 trying to answer, ...

Touchdown Traverse: A Brief History Of Local High School Football Glory

By Craig Manning

The last time Traverse City Central played for a state football championship, Ronald Reagan was president, Russia was still the Soviet Union, and Central still went by ...

50 Years In Focus

By Ross Boissoneau

Have you ever given someone a gift that changed the trajectory of their life? John Russell’s girlfriend did. A half-century ago, when Russell was a mop-topped 19-year-old ...

Long Lake Township Eyes Twin Lakes Ownership, Dollar General Plans, Dredging Moratorium

By Beth Milligan

Long Lake Township has put forward a proposal to take over ownership of Twin Lakes Park from Grand Traverse County Parks and Recreation, citing a desire to ...

The Ticker's Biggest (OK, only) Sale Of The Year!

It’s the week when everyone from WalMart to the USPS to local businesses are doling out discounts and sales, so The Ticker and the Traverse City Business ...

New Inn Proposed For Downtown Elk Rapids

By Beth Milligan

A 17-unit inn has been proposed for a vacant site at 112 Dexter Street in downtown Elk Rapids, bringing one of the first formal lodging options to ...