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TRAVERSE CITY -- Students in Josh Veith's social studies classes like to talk about politics, especially when issues surface that concern their daily lives.
But Veith noticed they tended to express opinions to each other within the classroo... - Posted on November 6, 2009
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TRAVERSE CITY -- Ali Sullivan has been writing poetry seriously for five years and meets regularly with a poetry group through the Michigan Writers cooperative.
But there's nothing quite as supportive as Poets' Night Out, an annual reading ... - Posted on November 6, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY -- There's no denying that the budget will be a predominant topic at Traverse City school board meetings next year.
But the board will have to contend with another pressing issue shortly after members-elect Julie Puckett and K... - Posted on November 5, 2009
Traverse City -- Budget cuts and a hike in salt prices could make it tougher for motorists to travel on northwest Michigan's icy roads this winter.
County road commissions winced at a 22-percent increase in salt prices this year, and crews ... - Posted on November 5, 2009
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TRAVERSE CITY -- Traverse City's school board will welcome two new members in January, and an incumbent will retain his seat.
Newcomers Julie Puckett and Kelly Hall won four-year terms on the board, earning 4,892 and 4,842 votes, based on u... - Posted on November 4, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY -- Prepare to get dirty.
Riders in the inaugural Ice Cross cyclocross event, planned for Sunday at Timber Ridge Resort, will maneuver a course of mud and asphalt, navigate manmade and natural barriers -- and yes, get dirty.- Posted on November 4, 2009
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TRAVERSE CITY -- Sleeping in has become routine for Kendra and Shelby Harris.
The Harris twins, sophomores at Traverse City Central High School, caught up on sleep last week after a suspected swine flu outbreak forced officials to shut down... - Posted on November 4, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY -- Members of a committee drafting budget cuts for Traverse City's public schools next year said the scope of potential reductions could be more sizable than they hoped.
The 19-member group has considered reductions worth $2 m... - Posted on November 4, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY -- Jeff Gibbs struggles to breathe whenever he sits around a campfire.
The Traverse City resident is "particularly sensitive" to air pollution, though he said he's never been diagnosed with a medical condition that would expla... - Posted on November 2, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY -- One by one, brightly colored beads are lifting Ugandan women out of extreme poverty.
A sale of one-of-a-kind necklaces and bracelets, sponsored by the Unitarian Peacemaker Needleworkers group of the Unitarian Universalist C... - Posted on November 2, 2009
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