by Heather Johnson Durocher | Sep 6, 2022 | Counties, Live Here, Towns
Changing young lives a few days a week is the perfect way to give back to the community. Here’s how two Traverse City healthcare workers chose substitute teaching as their second career—and how you can do it too. This article first appeared in Traverse, Northern...
by MyNorth/Traverse Magazine Staff | Jun 3, 2022 | Counties, Evergreen, Features, Food & Drink, Live Here, Outdoors, Red Hot Best, Towns |
After more than 63,100 nominations and 177,700 votes, a record-breaking 22,200 people voted in the 2022 MyNorth Red Hot Best Awards to kick off the second decade of this sought-after community awards program. From Traverse City to Marquette and everywhere in between,...
by Kandace Chapple | Mar 25, 2022 | Features, Live Here
It takes a village! Eagle Village, a Northern Michigan nonprofit in Hersey, supports youth through love, education and care—and it needs your help. Give back to the community through programs that fit your schedule while leaving a lasting impression on local youth....
by Carly Simpson | Dec 14, 2021 | Live Here, Red Hot Best, Towns
Now more than ever, teachers deserve a hearty round of applause and recognition for their herculean efforts to educate and encourage students while navigating an always changing pandemic. Below are this year’s Top 7 Red Hot Best winning teachers, as voted on by our...
by Kandace Chapple | Oct 12, 2021 | Live Here
Life first, school second. The Michigan Reconnect Scholarship is encouraging students these students to rediscover and redefine their careers and passions, like this Traverse City resident who headed back to Northwestern Michigan College. In 2019, Marilyn Dear...
by mynorthmedia | May 3, 2021 | Counties, Live Here, Towns
Three eighth-grade students from Cherryland Middle School in Elk Rapids raised more than $20,000 for Great Lakes preservation on the 46.2-mile stand-up paddleboard journey from Sault Ste. Marie to Drummond Island. The official press release from Stand Up for Great...
by Emily Oakes | Mar 24, 2021 | Counties, Events, Live Here, Towns
Winterlochen, the annual family-friendly festival brought to you by Interlochen Center for the Arts and featuring arts exploration and creative fun for children of all ages, held virtually this year for the first time. Free virtual programming will encompass live...
by Emily Oakes | Mar 3, 2021 | Counties, Live Here, Outdoors, Towns
The East Jordan Middle School “Shoe Club” announced plans today to raise $70,000 to build a 30KW solar array at the school—and have it installed by Earth Day on April 22, 2021! The fund drive will run through midnight on Saturday, March 13, with the club’s annual...
by Emily Oakes | Sep 28, 2020 | Counties, Towns
A new educational guide is out just in time for school—in whatever form school is taking. “Exploring Sleeping Bear: An Educational Guide” has been designed for use with “The Life of the Sleeping Bear,” a book that celebrates the Sleeping Bear...
