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April 16, 2026
- Two marijuana stores approved for Boyne Falls
- City Commission appoints Aaron Place to fill vacant seat
- Flooding problems not so bad in Charlevoix County
- Evacuation lifted; water levels fluctuate at Cheboygan Dam
- Boyne City schools stay on track for June finish
- Two big fuzzy reasons to stop by the Police Department
- Repairs delay the opening of Ironton Ferry
- Boyne City gas prices drop to $4.09
- Groups to give away trees on Arbor Day, April 24
- Conservation District Tree Sale pick-up is April 25
- Two free public events planned for Writer’s Retreat
- Charlevoix Hospital President Schroeder to retire
- Concord hosts Kindergarten Roundup and open house
- New Eta Nu project supports middle school students
- Evangeline Township Board meeting summar
- Patrick McCleary history: Kitty Kemp-Vought, milliner
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
April 9, 2026
- City moves to fill vacancy after Pritchard resignation
- Main Street gets ready to sell the theater
- County to reduce HHW collection events
- Ironton Ferry set to open on Wednesday
- Ed May wants you to see his historic photos
- Friends of Library host “Art of The Pour”
- WLAC celebrates new 34-acre nature preserve
- Gas prices are up $1.10 to $4.19 – for now
- Rescheduled Project Connect set for April 22
- Charlevoix Hospital hosts Baby Expo on Tuesday
- Get outdoors with Little Traverse Conservancy
- Astronomy: Back to the Moon with Artemis II
- Patrick McCleary history: Recollections of a Boyne City boy
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
April 2, 2026
- Boyne City backs EMS overhaul in emotional hearing
- Zach Sompels hired to fill planning director role
- Check out these Easter events and egg hunts
- Churches join for Community Good Friday Service
- Join the Boyne Citizen April 9 for coffee, pastries
- April Foolish fun from “Boing Citizen” and others
- Boyne City gas prices remain at $3.99
- Binkley highlights Stiggs via American Dream TV
- Great Lakes Energy hires VP of communications
- Get outdoors with Little Traverse Conservancy
- Patrick McCleary history: The East Street bridge
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
March 26, 2026
- 30 days to decide: Who fills Pritchard’s seat?
- Pritchard resignation highlights deeper divide
- Farrell defends EMS role as city weighs budget
- Join us for coffee on Local News Day, April 9
- Boyne City gas prices rise 29% to $3.99
- Chamber Awards Celebration honors members
- Boyne City Schools honor all-academic team
- Woman dies when Wilson Twp. house explodes
- Check out these Easter events and egg hunts
- Churches join for Community Good Friday Service
- First Congressional District candidate forum
- Boyne Girl Scouts learn about genealogy
- Schools schedule kindergarten round-ups
- Library plans spring break activities for kids
- Wilson Township Board meeting report
- Patrick McCleary history: the old high school gymnasium
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
March 19, 2026
- Kaila tells Boyne City students: “Pick something you love”
- City proposes $19.9M budget with similar millage rate
- BCHS graduate celebrates dental practice anniversary
- Groups partner for 36-acre addition to Boyne Forest Trail
- Greetings from Boyne Valley, Ireland
- BCHS Gershwin musical wraps up this weekend
- Students will be building recreational boards in career tech
- Boyne Citizen readers have plenty of suggestions
- Join us for coffee on Local News Day, April 9
- Walloon Conservancy plans spring events
- Lavender Hill Farm announces summer concerts
- Chamber announces 2026 BAH schedule
- “Shred the Stigma” Mental Health Weekend
- NCMC announces CMU partnership, job fair
- Patrick McCleary history: James R. Dean’s rental cabins
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
March 12, 2026
- City delays decision on old EMS debt
- Kaila Kuhn celebration and parade on Monday
- Leadership class rallies support for greenhouse
- Boyne Citizen is founding partner for Local News Day
- Which students are starring in BCHS musical?
- Char-Em career tech millage on May ballot
- County Board approves park projects
- Challenge Mountain purchases new facility
- Air & Après returns to Boyne Mountain
- “Voices of the Land” celebrates Aldo Leopold
- Project Connect set for Wednesday at NCMC
- Boyne City Taproom is ready for 10th anniversary
- Boyne Falls preschoolers ride snow groomers
- Barnard church group donates to Birthing Center
- Patrick McCleary history: Bay Springs Post Office
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
March 5, 2026
- Kaila Kuhn celebration & parade set for March 16
- Boyne Arts Center plans move to Water Street
- Ice damage twists Boyne City Marina docks
- City backs $376k grant for skate park in Rotary Park
- Trail organizers push for donations, volunteers
- Chamber names 4 honorees for Awards Celebration
- BCHS presents spring musical March 13, 14, 20, 21
- Ruby Williams makes “Fascinating People” list
- Job coaches help students take next steps
- Challenge Mountain celebrates Bill Aten’s legacy
- Foundation awards student success grants
- Boyne District Library March highlights
- Masonic Lodge presents scholarships
- Would you like to get started in astronomy?
- Patrick McCleary history: Who shot the judge?
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
February 26, 2026
- City visioning session sets four priorities
- Short-term rental numbers still being verified
- Frozen hydrant prompts review after fatal fire
- Parade in the works for gold medalist Kaila Kuhn
- BCHS spring musical tickets now on sale
- Fitness group offers free fun workouts & social hub
- Chamberlain joins State Sen. Damoose’s office
- Lions Club offers help for vision, hearing care
- “Voices of the Land” community reading event
- Stiggs hosts open house at Charlevoix location
- Women for Democracy make final push for socks
- North Central celebrates immigrant stories
- Patrick McCleary history: Photographer Walter Ware
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
February 22, 2026 – Special Edition
Boyne City Olympian Kaila Kuhn wins gold in Mixed Team Aerials.
February 18, 2026
- Kaila proud but 5th place is “a bit gut-wrenching”
- Boyne City rallies for “our Olympian” Kaila Kuhn
- Local gym helped launch Olympic athlete
- Ice Breaker Boyne will celebrate winter Sunday
- School board honors coach, approves budget
- Board recognizes Community Christmas
- Workforce housing advances with land sale
- Students host Job Shadow Dinner Tuesday
- Walloon Village to host 9th Winterfest Saturday
- Ski film screening benefits Challenge Mountain
- Main Street offers $4,150 for Community Grant
- Friends of Library plan artsy fundraiser in April
- Women for Democracy make final push for socks
- Patrick McCleary history: Boyne’s first hospital
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
February 12, 2026
- City caps short-term rentals – but how many are there?
- Kaila’s mindset is different for this year’s Olympics
- Man dies in Lakeview Village mobile home fire
- City and townships face hard truths about EMS costs
- Citizen reader survey; Let us know how we’re doing
- Big Rock site draws data center concerns in Hayes Twp.
- County hires engineer for Little Traverse Wheelway
- Prosecutor reports three felony convictions
- Students to host Job Shadow Dinner at Cafe Santé
- Ice Breaker Boyne will celebrate winter on Feb. 22
- Walloon to host 9th Annual Winterfest on Feb. 21
- Conservancy plans Wander Walloon hikes
- BCHS band students do well at district festival
- Pirate Fest plans Buccaneer Ball for March 9
- Main Street offers $4,150 for Community Grant
- Friends of Library plan artsy fundraiser in April
- Patrick McCleary history: Early BC businesswoman
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
February 5, 2026
- Jenny Clasman takes the helm at Boyne Chamber
- Citizen reader survey; Let us know how we’re doing
- Boyne City’s Kaila Kuhn aims for Olympic medal
- Library to expand access with new vending machine
- Garden Club seeks city help to repair aging garden wall
- Foundation welcomes three new trustees
- Bluegrass band to perform at Freshwater Gallery
- BC Schools earn prestigious athletic program award
- Friends of Library plan artsy fundraiser in April
- Ice Breaker Boyne will celebrate winter on Feb. 22
- Boyne District Library February highlights
- Our Night Sky: Mysterious motion of the planets
- Patrick McCleary history: What is CCHPS?
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
January 29, 2026
- 96-unit Court Street housing plan moves ahead
- Boyne City Schools close amid extreme cold
- Senior centers open to all during cold spell
- Heritage Center presses for storage building
- City Planner McPherson returns part-time
- Longtime yacht broker Wes Dilworth retires
- Ice Breaker Boyne will celebrate winter on Feb. 22
- Patrick McCleary local landmarks: Shaw mansion
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
January 22, 2026
- Debating 911 system problems, solutions and costs
- Ice Breaker Boyne will celebrate winter on Feb. 22
- Boyne City Schools adopt “Portrait of a Rambler”
- Adgate exhibit opens, continues through Feb. 14
- Conservancy celebrates landmark year
- Char-Em ISD millage request on May 5 ballot
- Boyne Eta Nu Charities donates $3,500 to Hospice
- Women for Democracy launches winter sock drive
- Project Connect set for March 18 at NCMC
- Regional News from Bridge Michigan & IPR
- Patrick McCleary local landmarks: Boyne Theater
- Olympics legends Andrée and Pierre Brunet
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
January 15, 2026
- City to transfer theater deed to Main Street
- Commissioners debate how to revise city charter
- Wheelway boardwalk repair could cost $1 million
- Fat and Flurrious bike race returns Saturday
- Students gain real-world welding experience
- City to repair police drone that fell into lake
- BCHS Quiz Bowl team repeats as Char-Em champs
- Betty Adgate art exhibit opens Friday
- Chamber plans BAH and Awards Celebration
- First World Cup win for Kaila Kuhn
- After 47 years, chiropractor passes the torch
- Boyne Iglu is “Michigan’s first mountaintop ice bar”
- Evangeline Township Board meeting summary
- Regional News from Bridge Michigan
- Patrick McCleary local landmarks: 116 Water Street
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
January 8, 2026
- Funeral today for former Mayor Eleanor Stackus
- Mike Cain: Eleanor Stackus was “a person of integrity”
- Food Pantry names Kathy Anderson as new director
- Engagement ring drops 118 feet from Skybridge, but…
- Flu is on the rise in Charlevoix County
- Arts Center celebrates beloved teacher Betty Adgate
- Chamber plans BAH and Awards Celebration
- Patrick & Kassie Gerred hit the road with Coffee Chariot
- C3F announces youth needs grant recipients
- WLAC plans winter programs starting Friday
- The first baby of 2026 at Charlevoix Hospital
- Regional News from Bridge Michigan
- Night Sky: The truth about the winter solstice
- Patrick McCleary history: Wolverine Dilworth Hotel
- News briefs, 12 Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
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