To Abe Ferris, of Acme, who is embarking on his new business selling painted ceramics. Ferris is 43, has cerebral palsy and requires a caregiver 24/7. But he has sought independence since his early 20s, he said.

Nobody can be everywhere at once, but it’s obvious the system in place to keep tabs on facilities that care for Michigan’s vulnerable adults falls woefully short.

We heard that legislators were already talking about what to do about snow day debt.

The Traverse City St. Francis Gladiators beat McBain on Saturday at Thirlby Field in Traverse City to win the District 7 title.

Today is the firearm season opener for deer hunters. Several schools in our region have the day off, and a sizable chunk of our population will disappear into woods, blind and camp.

To Kalo, a 13-month-old German shepherd, Belgian Malinois cross; his handler Deputy Kyler Rosin; the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Department; and the Oleson Foundation. The newest recruit at the Sheriff’s Department has brown eyes, black hair with streaks of tan, an impressive vertical ju…

Over sharing is a nuisance when we’re talking about friends or coworkers.

In northern Michigan we herald winter’s arrival with swearing and a roadway slide.

We checked the box to vote for no-reason absentee ballots when the question came up in 2018.

To the volunteers on a project with ReLeaf Michigan, a nonprofit tree organization; the DTE Foundation; and the City of Traverse City’s Planning Department and Parks and Recreation Division.

A planned solar panel installation near Elk Rapids won’t be powering up anytime soon after village trustees learned it would require substantial upfront investment.

Tonight, costumed kids hit the streets as darkness falls.

Weather prognosticators tell us that winter will blow in this week, right on time.

To Christian Boivin, who blocked his seventh punt of the season in Traverse City West’s 39-0 win Friday over Petoskey at Thirlby Field. It moved him into a tie for first place all-time for punt blocks in a season in the Michigan High School Athletic Association football record books with Pin…

Ignorance isn’t bliss.

Glen Lake Community Schools hasn’t had a marching band for years. Forest Area Community Schools this year doesn’t have a football team. So the two schools on Sept. 27 created a joint venture. The Forest Area marching band performed at the Glen Lake football game.

Transparency laws set a bar to exceed, not a floor to stoop toward.

One or more people, apparently upset over a development on Old Mission Peninsula, have caused thousands of dollars of damage to private property.

To The Good Bowl eatery, which recently donated more than $7,500 to three charities after collecting $1 from each bowl purchased from July through September. The local nonprofit Food Rescue, a Goodwill of Northwest Michigan program, received $5,514. Habitat for Humanity gets $1,314 and $774 …

Democracies die behind closed doors.

This week another inmate attempted suicide in the Grand Traverse County Jail.

Reporters have many questions — but lately one question keeps bouncing back at them:

A quick survey of the nine people in the newsroom Tuesday afternoon:

To Watson Benzie Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. Crystal Lake Elementary School recently received $990 from Watson Benzie through the Chrysler Cars 4 Classrooms fundraiser. The company contributed to the school on behalf of every test-drive participant.

Rural Michigan was thrust into Lansing’s political crossfire last week, and we’re not happy.

Oh yes. We hear it all the time. We’re the “The Most Beautiful Place in America” from Good Morning America. We’re “Sahara-Level Sand Dunes, Mediterranean Blue Water: Welcome to Michigan” according to the New York Times this September.

To the five local organizations that raised a total of $13,997.60 through the Traverse City Triathlon Charity Challenge.

There’s no beating around it — roundabouts get attention. Sometimes a soundtrack.

Volunteers help our region shine. Two bright examples of their toil appeared on recent pages of the Record-Eagle.

We Michiganders don’t need a calendar to tell us which season is upon us.

To the Grand Traverse Pavilions and its Foundation, as well as others supporting PACE North, a facility that offers health care services to chronically ill, high-risk elderly residents of seven counties. It has opened at 2325 Garfield Road.

Recognizing shortcomings and finding ways to fix them is a hallmark of great leadership.

We may all live to regret decisions like the one made by the Kalkaska County board this week.

If the school bus arrives after the starting bell, it’s late.

There are so many “days” these days.

To the Old Town Playhouse. Sixty seasons in, OTP continues to move forward in earnest. The anniversary season was to open Friday with a day-long celebration and a performance of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

We find ourselves in police stations and hospitals on the worst days of our lives.

We’ve all heard about a “cry for help.”

It’s not every day that a governmental unit says it has too much money.

We will see many photos of smoking buildings, piles of rubble, memorials and tear-stained faces today.

To the Suttons Bay Norsemen football team, which beat Bear Lake 62-8 and a week later beat the Bellaire Eagles 48-0. The team’s total of 110 points through the first two weeks of the football season are the most in school history.