Northern Living

Features stories about living in northern Michigan from the Traverse City Record-Eagle, northern Michigan's daily newspaper.

Grandparents raising kids admit it's tough, but they love it About 4.5 million children in the U.S. live in grandparent-headed households as the result of incarceration, illness, poverty, substance abuse, teen pregnancy or deployment. And the trend is growing.....more>>

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  Patient photographer studies, waits, shoots
  Not many tourists to Mackinac Island see it cloaked in winter white, but now they can take in the scenery in all its four-season splendor thanks to Traverse City photographer Terry Phipps.

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  Northern Notes: Thanks for girl's safety
  One of a parent's worst nightmares came true for Nicole and Mark Wade when their 3-year-old daughter, Laurel, wandered away from their Traverse City home with the neighbor's dog on April 18.

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  Ed Hungness: Those darn socks
  Last week, my wife was busy doing laundry, which she claims is one of her favorite chores. She was holding my favorite pair of warm, heavyweight socks.

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• Seniors in Brief: 05/11/2008
  Refresher course for mature drivers; 'Ideas for Life' Senior Expo

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• On Poetry: Pausing for Mother's Day
  A poem invites an intimacy of the daily sort. I think this is because a good poem, like a good mother, speaks quietly into the ear.

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  The View from Sunnybank: Duck!

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  Match Game: Area's single scene is thriving
  Exploring the singles scene in Traverse City and its environs might require some travel, a little gumption and an open mind.

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  Northern Notes: Fire victim thankful
  Greg Whitten has just recently been able to move back into his Traverse City home that was heavily damaged by smoke and water in an attic fire in September 2007.

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  Kathy Gibbons: A trip down memory lane
  Still, 16 years here and several freelancing before that is a substantial chunk of time. And coming up with remembrances to talk about at a party was a trip down memory lane.

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