Frankfort In The Spotlight With Film Fest This Week

This week is the 13th annual Frankfort Film Festival, featuring 17 films on the big screen at the historic Garden Theater. The festival runs October 21-24, with the ...

"Demand Up 300 Percent": Local Builders Share Their Backlogs, Advice

By Craig Manning

Traverse City’s homebuilders have never been busier. The area’s red-hot housing market – combined with limited inventory of homes for sale – have construction companies scrambling. And ...

City To Vote On Hiring Firm To Monitor Dam, Adopting Healthier Drinking Culture Plan

By Beth Milligan

With the FishPass project on hold due to ongoing litigation, Traverse City commissioners will vote tonight (Monday) on hiring an engineering firm for nearly $135,000 to monitor ...

From Labor To Race Relations To Grasshoppers, Traverse City Had A Rough Time 100 Years Ago

By Ross Boissoneau

Were things actually “better back then” in Traverse City? On the next several Sundays, The Ticker takes a look back at the town’s history during several milestone ...

Driver Shortage Now Causing Drastic Measures At TCAPS

The shortage of school bus drivers has worsened so much that Traverse City Public Schools now says the district has reduced routes, lengthened ride times, and increased ...

This Realtor Can't Find Enough Houses To Sell. So He's Building His Own.

By Ross Boissoneau

Realtor Sam Flamont calls himself a numbers guy. And the numbers he saw weren’t promising, as the inventory of homes for sale continued to diminish. “There’s a ...