2024 and 2025 Boyne Citizen issues
December 24, 2025 – Special Edition
- The Top 25 Boyne Citizen stories of 2025
- Powerlifter Remsberg is world champ at age 64
- New Year’s Eve entertainment highlights
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
December 18, 2025
- Sam Demel focuses on moving Boyne City forward
- Mike Smith dies in M-75 crash at Tractor Supply
- Tricia Wilcox resigns as chamber executive
- County discusses Beaver Island 911 problems
- New Year’s Eve entertainment highlights
- Heritage Center ornament celebrates Boyne Theater
- Presbyterian Church hosts community Christmas dinner
- Boyne City High School wins Char-Em Quiz Bowl
- More winter trails now open and groomed
- Casa Tequila Mexican Bar & Grill opens
- Foundation celebrates graduating trustees
- Regional News from Bridge Michigan & The Ticker
- Patrick McCleary history: Kids on Christmas, 1944
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
December 11, 2025
- City Commission hears long list of unfinished business
- New mayor Farrell says his focus is steady leadership
- BC schools report early progress in literacy overhaul
- RSN Music starts new “Backstage Concert” series
- School bands perform free holiday concerts Tuesday
- Avalanche warming house, ice rink, sledding hill open
- Chamber Business After Hours set for tonight
- Bay Township Wreaths Across America ceremony
- Middle School PTO Candy Gram sale ends Friday
- Community Christmas deliveries will be Friday
- Holiday Open House at Boyne Mountain this weekend
- Heritage Center ornament celebrates Boyne Theater
- Presbyterian Church continues Christmas dinner
- Bank hosts fraud prevention seminars Dec. 11
- C3F reflects on $185k ice storm relief grants
- Evangeline Township Board meeting summary
- Regional News from Bridge Michigan
- Night Sky column: Our Local Group of galaxies
- Patrick McCleary history: Small town Christmas
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
December 4, 2025
- Frustrations grow as county veterans officer steps down
- County board discusses Veterans Office complaints
- City gives green light to Open Space grant
- Peninsula store calls it quits in downtown Boyne City
- Make your voice heard – take this survey on local news
- Identity theft case from Seattle targets county resident
- Boyne man pleads not guilty in catfishing assault case
- Red Mesa hosts 28th Annual Judy K Benefit Breakfast
- Chamber Business After Hours set for Dec. 11
- Stiggs Feed-A-Friend & Chamber provide holiday meals
- Community Christmas accepting donations through Dec. 11
- Holiday Open House at Boyne Mountain Dec. 12-14
- Regional News from Bridge Michigan
- Patrick McCleary history: Toymaker Lewis Upton
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
November 26, 2025
- Trail inches forward, but funding uncertainty looms
- Wednesday – Walloon Village Lighting & open house
- Thursday – Boyne Kiwanis Turkey Trot
- Thursday – Eagles Community Thanksgiving Dinner
- Friday – Holly Jolly Boyne parade & downtown open house
- Make your voice heard – take this news survey
- Audit praises Boyne City’s healthy reserves
- City manager Demel updates commission via Zoom
- Freshwater announces next four concerts
- Red Mesa hosts 28th Annual Judy K Benefit Breakfast
- Chamber Business After Hours set for Dec. 11
- Holiday Open House at Boyne Mountain Dec. 12-14
- New changing station at Boyne Forest Trail
- Bay Township prepares for Wreaths Across America
- Regional News from Bridge Michigan
- Patrick McCleary history: Boyne City Sanitarium
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
November 20, 2025
- Fire destroys former Boyne Valley Lodge in Walloon Lake
- Wilson honored for 33 years on BC Fire Department
- Foundation supports Boyne Citizen & others with grants
- It’s time to shop in your pajamas on Saturday
- Watch our video of Garden Club assembling wreaths
- Kiwanis Club hosts 15th Annual Turkey Trot
- Eagles host Community Thanksgiving Dinner
- This sugar maple is largest tree in Charlevoix County
- Bay Township prepares for Wreaths Across America
- Master Gardeners honor Boyne City residents
- Cousineau retires after 29 years on BF school board
- McLeod inducted into SEMA Hall of Fame
- Evangeline Township Board meeting summary
- Patrick McCleary history: The Bergy Bros. Store
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
November 13, 2025
- New city commissioners sworn in; Farrell named mayor
- City manager will start work on Monday
- Evangeline Township Board hears cemetery issues
- School board weighs bond plans amid rising costs
- Boyne Meets Broadway sold out except for Saturday
- BC Schools named one of nation’s best for music
- Veterans complain about services from county
- Holiday season kicks off with Earlier Than The Bird
- Business leaders talk regional economic outlook
- NLEA releases Fall Economic Pulse Report
- Boyne Mountain winter lineup highlights
- Trail ribbon-cutting ceremony set for Nov. 21
- Patrick McCleary history: The newspaper delivery boy
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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November 6, 2025 – Special evening edition
Sam Demel hired as new city manager; Interim John Matthews is out
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November 6, 2025
- Commission to vote on hiring Sam Demel as city manager
- Families upset about Evangeline Township cemetery cleanup
- Signs of life and a ribbon-cutting for BC-Charlevoix trail
- Stiggs Feed A Friend grows from an idea to a nonprofit
- Introducing the new Youth Advisory Committee at C3F
- Boyne Meets Broadway to feature “Big Moments” Nov. 13-15
- Boyne City’s new community Christmas tree
- Main Street kicks off holiday season with Earlier Than The Bird
- Lions partner with Hospitality Class for “famous pasty” sale
- Eta Nu buys winter gear for 8th grade girls
- Lights of Love tree lighting set for Dec. 3 at Dilworth
- School boosters auction Pfahler paintings to raise funds
- Conservation District annual meeting includes speaker
- Nurse practitioner joins Boyne Area Health Center
- Hestia women’s group announces learning series
- Check out our Halloween parade video
- Night Sky: One of the most beautiful galaxies
- Library hosts Genealogy With Patrick on Saturday
- Patrick McCleary history: Road work in days of old
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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November 4, 2025 – Special election edition
Boyne City voters oust mayor, elect new commission majority
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October 30, 2025
- Boyne City extends third offer for city manager post
- EMS director pleads for help, gets a new paramedic
- Voters will elect 3 City Commission members on Tuesday
- Citizen accepted as Michigan Press Association member
- Downtown street projects test patience, communication
- Costume parade kicks off Halloween fun
- BCHS Drama presents “Big Moments in Broadway History”
- Gildas’ Bakery featured in Michigan Public podcast
- Public hearing set for Walloon Lake dredging proposal
- Airport Board works to regain full license
- Boyne Arts Center Holiday Market opens Saturday
- Arson blamed as blaze destroys Belvedere “Casino”
- Regional Business Outlook planned for Nov. 6
- Patrick McCleary history: IDs from last week’s photo
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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October 23, 2025
- Vondra withdraws from city manager spot
- Mayor defends process amid online criticism
- “No Kings” organizer’s goal was positive
- Halloween Events
- Resale Store’s annual outdoor pumpkin display
- Raven Hill embraces the future
- FERC says Boyne River Dam has no adverse findings
- Dress for Chill project
- “Bear River Boys” clean up Melrose Park
- Patrick McCleary history: Boyne Halloween festivities
- News briefs and Obituaries
- Municipal news: City leaf pickup & paving updates
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming
- Music and entertainment listings
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October 16, 2025
- Commission to review city manager applicants
- North Boyne housing deal hits friction
- Mexican bar & grill coming to former Friggy’s space
- Downtown Halloween spirit
- Halloween fun events
- Police urge caution after pedestrian hit downtown
- Local woman to open romance bookstore
- Boyne Thunder presents $151k to charities
- Evangeline Township Board meeting summary
- Patrick McCleary history: Mystic Workers of the World
- News briefs and Obituaries
- Municipal news: City leaf pickup & paving updates
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming
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October 9, 2025
- Townships pause EMS talks with City of Boyne City
- Downtown Boyne City sees many business changes
- County may give trail group permission to take on trail
- BC school superintendent says state budget brings stability
- ‘Rambler Fuel’ pairs workouts with smart snacks at schools
- Bay Twp. volunteers honor forgotten dead with grave markers
- Halloween fun events
- Tari Herrera wins $67k Eagles Queen of Hearts drawing
- Wreath and Garland Sale raises funds for Garden Club
- McCleary: The town of Hallock disappears
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment
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October 2, 2025
- Candidates forum
- City manager job reposted
- County Board – trail funding
- Parks and Recreation plan
- Preston Feather and Barden Lumber unite
- Walloon dredging project
- Former deputy’s plea deal
- Driver crashes at McDonald’s
- Ice storm – 6 months later
- Skitoberfest
- Hidden Blossoms open house
- Veterans Memorial clean-up
- Arts Member Appreciation
- Mobile Secretary of State
- Turkey drive
- Sky: Perseus Double Cluster
- Harriet’s pioneer experience
- News briefs, Obits, city news
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment
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September 25, 2025
- City manager contract stalled
- City pushes forward on housing
- Free student meals – Oct. 31
- Harvest Festival
- City Candidates Forum, Sept. 29
- Boyne City Homecoming
- City adopts 2025 Master Plan
- New assistant planner
- Boyne River Dam construction
- Organization makes case for ranked choice voting
- Chx State Bank promotions
- Two new teachers at Boyne Falls
- Succes at first Kid’s Art Camp
- Jelly Roll kicks off Skitoberfest
- State Park hosts trick or treating
- Eta Nu Charities – Dress for Chill
- Social media and keeping kids safe presentation on Oct. 6
- New pavilion in Walloon Village
- Main Street taking applications for facade grants
- Patrick McCleary history: A&P stores and the Arbuckles
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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September 18, 2025
- Corrections officer fired
- Trail development stalls
- Shared optimism from State of Community speakers
- BCHS Homecoming Week
- Librarian Aaron Nemec has NYC art gallery show
- Harvest Festival best yet
- Students earn college credit
- Social media affects youth
- Candidates Forum Sept. 29
- John Haggard dies hours after beating false elector charge
- Stiggtoberfest auction
- Bay Township Board Sept. 11
- Rubbish Pick-Up is Saturday
- Boyne was the county seat
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment
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September 11, 2025
- Boyne City manager contract
- City to adjust Earl Street design
- BC school enrollment up
- New bleachers, press box
- County Board approves security glass for offices
- BCHS Equestrian Team wins
- Candidates Forum
- Boyne Citizen anniversary
- Fire destroys RV parked
- Stiggtoberfest auction
- Evangeline Township Board
- McCleary history: Nicholls and Morgan partnership
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment
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September 4, 2025
- Annie Doyle named associate editor of Boyne Citizen
- Boyne Citizen’s anniversary
- County balks at funding for BC-Charlevoix trail
- Trail mostly funded by grants
- Food Pantry – 10th anniversary
- Concord hires 5 new staff
- City Candidates Forum Sept. 29
- Trees trimmed near the airport
- Lavender Hill plans 5K run
- Universally-accessible trail opens
- Rambler sports open at home
- Nemecek joins state Association
- oncert to benefit Fire Department
- We just witnessed a supernova
- McCleary: early teachers
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment listings
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August 28, 2025
- Commission hires John Matthews as city manager
- Celebrate Boyne Citizen’s anniversary on Sept. 4
- Labor Day weekend: perfect weather and fun events
- City sells Business Park lot to help Temprel expand
- Diversity of services is key to Northern Logistics’ success
- DNR can’t keep up as off-trail ORVs destroy ecosystems
- NLEA plans session on workforce strategies
- Library September highlights
- McCleary: Baseball in 1913
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment listings
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August 21, 2025
- Hiring of BC city manager clears a hurdle
- Celebrate Boyne Citizen anniversary on Sept. 4
- Healthcare officials dealing with smoky air problems
- No beach closings for BC; geese are still a problem
- Stroll the Streets lineup for Friday
- DNR supports public access above Boyne River Dam
- BC students beat state averages on test scores
- Bailey Holzschu hired as Early Learners teacher
- Boyne City welcomes Irish delegation
- Expanded childcare center sets grand opening
- Drag race set for Aug. 31
- August is “Make a Will Month”
- “Roads Less Traveled” history
- McCleary: our baseball tradition
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment listings
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August 14, 2025
- City manager hired, but she’s a finalist in Adrian
- Boyne Citizen anniversary, Sept. 4
- BCPS settles teachers contract through 2026-27
- School increases price of full-pay breakfast, lunch
- Camp Daggett celebrates 100 yrs.
- Health Dept., Road Commission update county board
- Jerry Douglas face painting
- Prosecutor warns about threats
- Twinning delegation visits from Boyne Valley, Ireland
- Humane Society opens surgery facility
- Patrick McCleary history: Restoring photos
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment listings
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August 11, 2025 – Special edition
Cain says city violated Open Meetings Act, files lawsuit seeking severance pay
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August 7, 2025
- Scott MacKenzie: Pirate
- PirateFest schedule highlights
- Meet new city manager
- Rambler Kickoff Classic
- Stroll the Streets Friday
- Lauren Macintyre book
- Boyne City Sidewalk Sales
- Foundation awards record $681,100 in scholarships
- Consumers plans outage
- Boyne USA violated license
- New Walloon Library manager
- Chamber raffle in progress
- Garden Party on Aug. 14
- “Roads Less Traveled” history
- Eta Nu supports fireworks
- 4-H swimmers cross lake
- Evangeline Township Board
- Night Sky: Meteor show
- McCleary: Famous authors
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment
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August 1, 2025 – Special edition
Elle Saline selected as Boyne City Manager
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July 31, 2025
- Commission will interview 3 city manager candidates
- Festival’s first queen returns as Honored Citizen
- Polish Festival and PirateFest
- Stroll the Streets lineup
- Downtown Boyne City hosts Sidewalk Sales Aug. 8-9
- City Commission meets with Airport Board
- Boyne USA LTBB’s concerns
- Boyne River sea lamprey control
- Auctioneer Wade Leist wins $15,000 competition
- College generates $78.9 million in economic impact
- Wallooners publish ‘Up North Michigan Day Trips’
- SBA ice storm loan deadline is Aug. 8
- Patrick McCleary: Scrapbooks
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment listings
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July 24, 2025
- Moody won’t run for reelection
- City won’t let developer build apartments in phases
- Moody – a “key contributor”
- Pride of Baltimore II tall ship
- Food Truck Rally
- Stroll the Streets Guide
- Patsy Grubaugh-Clink to lead Boyne Free Clinic
- Kid Rock pops in to Ace
- Six new teachers
- LTBB asks for more public access to river
- Sea lamprey control planned for Boyne and Jordan Rivers
- Five townships approve Walloon Watershed Collaborative
- Michigan receives federal disaster declaration
- County takes care of business
- Hemingway statue unveiled
- Raven Hill has new exec.
- It’s Flywheelers weekend
- Patrick McCleary history: Our connection to Newberry
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment
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July 17, 2025
- Food Truck Rally coming to Veterans Park July 24
- Stroll the Streets lineup for Friday
- Pride of Baltimore II tall ship returns July 25 -27
- Five candidates expected to file for City Commission
- Nathan Bates continues innovative school food program
- Tractors to face off at Flywheelers show in Boyne Falls
- Friends of Boyne River: “Fishermen didn’t cause instability”
- Registration opens for State of Community Luncheon
- Patrick McCleary history: the Boyne City Tabernacle
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
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July 10, 2025
- EJ woman dies crashing into lake
- Boyne Thunder roars in
- City to replace aging dock and raise slip rates
- Last-minute donation saves Hemingway sculpture
- Another fabulous 4th of July in Boyne City
- TriWalloon returns to Walloon Village July 19
- Boyne Valley & Evangeline Township reports
- Patrick McCleary history: the Barnard Settlement
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
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July 3, 2025
- The best 4th in the North
- Longtime Fire Chief Amesbury is parade Grand Marshal
- ‘The Big Show Over the Little Village’ in Walloon Lake
- BC Blaze helps rubber ducks race
- County board wonders: “Do we need three campuses?”
- FoBR challenge legal status of Boyne River dam
- Boyne Citizen and others get C3F grants
- Boyne Thunder – a week away
- Heritage Center presents Irish concert on Tuesday
- Golden Age of Astronomy
- Patrick McCleary history: BCHS Class of 1921
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
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June 26, 2025
- Pilots air complaints
- City replaces aging sewer and water infrastructure
- Stroll the Streets and Gazebo concert performers
- Best 4th in the North
- School Board reviews budget with lots of unknowns
- Prosecutor convicts for criminal sexual conduct
- New reserve is named Chigidaaki: Place of the Big Hill
- Congressional delegation pushes for disaster declaration
- Guzniczak replaces Sorenson as Wilson supervisor
- McCleary: Early physician Dr. Tew
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
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June 19, 2025
- Catt on 72-room hotel on M75
- Stroll hopes for clear weather t
- Concerts return to the Gazebo starting Wednesday
- 25 years for Neilson’s Inspired Living store
- 31 Young Eagles take free plane rides at BC airport
- Boyne USA responds to FoBR
- ‘Walloon Watershed is what this village has been missing’
- Leadership program accepting applicants North Country
- Trail volunteers revive path
- Conservation District plans summer events
- Cornhole event to benefit Field of Dreams July 6
- Boyne City Schools hiring
- Bay Township board highlights
- McCleary: Murder in town in 1946
- News briefs, Obituaries, and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors
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June 12, 2025
- City Commission and boaters debate marina waitlist
- Performers for first Stroll on Friday
- It’s always a good time for business during Stroll
- BC Blaze to unveil summer robot for Stroll
- The benefits and challenges of artificial intelligence
- FERC decision due soon for Boyne River dam project
- Janssen sells The Wood Shop to former employee
- SBA grants disaster declaration request for ice storm
- Free plane rides for kids
- Evangeline Township Board June 10 meeting summary
- Patrick McCleary on rapid growth around 1900
- News briefs and Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors!
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June 5, 2025
- Rebuilt City Marina opens
- Boyne City graduates’ speeches
- Boyne Falls and Concord Academy honor top grads
- Performers for first Stroll
- Meet John Matthews, interim city manager
- Man dies at Harborage Marina
- Dedication ceremony shows off greenbelt garden
- Free plane rides for kids – June 14
- Walloon Lake has ‘Consenses’ walks
- John McLeod, industry hall of fame
- Symphonic Winds free concert
- ‘Our Night Sky’ column on globular star clusters
- McCleary – early academia
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors
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May 29, 2025
- John Matthews hired as interim city manager
- City approves better retirement benefits for police
- Compromised memorial willow tree will be cut down
- BCHS announces honor students for Class of 2025
- BC-Charlevoix trail costs rising
- Boyne City resident Kristin Bates found dead in Ohio
- Kujawski honored for 50 years as high school sports official
- School district wants input for ‘Portrait of a Graduate’
- Lake Charlevoix Mariners celebrates 40 years of sailing
- Taco Tuesday is back for mountain bikers
- Garden Club will soon be planting
- Melrose Township Board meeting report
- Patrick McCleary on “lumbermen lingo”
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors!
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May 22, 2025
- County Board and sheriff discuss bike trail safety
- Memorial Day services planned for Monday
- Farmers Market moves outdoors, looks for coordinator
- Info session planned for Boyne Valley Ireland trip
- Beer, wine, and cider makers join forces
- Foundation awards grants for environment, arts & culture
- Rotary dedicates Peninsula Beach Park Pavilion
- Walloon Conservancy hires new exec director
- Boyne Arts Center announces extended summer hours
- City Commission petition deadline is July 22
- Patrick McCleary on Boyne Falls firefighting history
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
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May 16, 2025
- Mayor can get on city ballot
- City Commission approves sewer
- Mushroom Festival Weekend
- School board is developing “Portrait of a Graduate”
- Lea Howie to speak at Manna gala
- Salmon in Classroom fish release
- Armed Forces Day march
- Veterans Memorial Committee raising funds
- Northern Michigan businesses concerned about tariffs
- Evangeline and Bay Township board highlights
- McCleary – Schaub family history
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors!
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May 8, 2025
- Mayor challenges disqualification from city ballot
- Lofts on Lake property listed for sale at $2 million
- Waterfront Field is no longer just a dream
- School bond passes with 61% of vote
- Resort GM says “We want to be good stewards”
- Boyne Falls getting a traffic signal and a pot store
- Morel Mushroom Festival runs from May 15-18
- Planning Commission makes progress on Master Plan
- Patrick McCleary on the history of Gazebo concerts
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
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May 1, 2025
- Agency to decide public access above Boyne River Dam
- County Board approves final phases of BC-Charlevoix trail
- Raineys purchase church building for child-care center
- Kate Hartlep celebrates her 105th birthday
- Concerts return to the Gazebo starting June 25
- 65th annual Mushroom Festival runs from May 15-18
- Library welcomes author Bonnie Jo Campbell on May 23
- Students perform “Music Man Jr.”
- It’s Galaxy Season in night skies
- Patrick McCleary on Ephraim Shay’s ties to Boyne City
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
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April 24, 2025 Special PM Edition
- Mayor Nemecek disqualified from November ballot
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April 24, 2025
- Three women join Nemecek and Moody in city race
- City scrambles to rescue unfinished Master Plan
- Search for interim city manager
- Cain appeals firing
- Conservancy protects 654 acres
- School bond vote is May 6
- Life-saving Coast Guard flight
- Buff Up Boyne seeks volunteers
- Free tree seedlings – Arbor Day
- Urgent Needs Fund supports storm recovery efforts
- McCleary – antique shot glass
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors!
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April 17, 2025
- County board to buy generator for Shirley Roloff Center
- Ironton Ferry Opening Day
- K-3 literacy curriculum adopted after two years of research
- It’s almost morel season!
- Tony tells how to find them
- Restaurant Weeks in Boyne and Walloon Village
- Boyne Citizen board asks for housing help
- Easter events and egg huntsFree tree seedlings for Arbor Day on April 25
- No candidates yet as city petition deadline nears
- Patrick McCleary: BC Ramblers
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors!
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April 10, 2025
- City millage tax rate is lowest in decades
- Boyne Appétit Restaurant Week
- County approves 10 parks projects for $98,052
- Boyne Arts Center Spring Exhibit opens Friday
- Chamber hosts Business Expo/Taste on Tuesday
- Hiking, biking trails remain closed after storm
- Check out these Easter events and egg hunts
- Fundraisers for schools and Unity Hall
- Patrick McCleary on the history of BC Ramblers
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors!
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April 3, 2025
- Boyne City played a unique role in the ice storm
- Power restoration updates
- City budget calls for another drop in millage rate
- City, county want input in Boyne River dam licensing
- Boyne Arts Exhibit – April 11
- Chamber to host Business Expo/Taste on April 15
- Young State Park, Boyne Mountain plan egg hunts
- Free tree seedlings for Arbor Day on April 25
- Our Night Sky: Northern Lights
- News briefs and Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors!
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March 27, 2025
- Five candidates for interim city manager
- Cain’s contract provided severance pay, but…
- Planning Chair Aaron Place resigns over master plan
- Mayor Nemecek responds to Aaron Place criticism
- What’s coming to former Country Now & Then building
- Fox’s Pizza Den sells out; Muskrat adds food
- BC Blaze robotics team takes top honors
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
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March 20, 2025
- Hiring interim city manager
- Pride of Baltimore II tall ship returning in July
- Household hazardous waste events are expensive
- Heritage Center trip to Ireland
- Police: Fake active shooter call
- Foundation focuses on student success
- Schools: kindergarten round-ups
- Business Expo/Taste event
- We’re inviting township news coverage
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- History: Millie Chase, shoe store
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment listings
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March 13, 2025
- Commission fires City Manager
- Manager’s response: “We’ve accomplished a lot”
- Innovations class – cutting edge
- Boyne City wins Food Truck War
- A Boyne Mountain coffee klatch called Duane
- Final “Mamma Mia!” shows
- Business After Hours on St. Patrick’s Day
- Julie Joles named Camp Daggett exec director
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Patrick McCleary history: Woman manager saves the hotel
- Thanks to the donors!
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March 6, 2025
- Low measles vaccination
- Will they lower the millage again?
- Grain Train Market: Peace, love, and brown rice
- “Mamma Mia!” nears sellout
- Chamber plans Expo, State of Community, Biz After Hours
- Leadership Charlevoix County takes ‘Hope On The Move’
- Mayor meets with State Representative Fairbairn
- Coates’ ‘Halftime Hotseat’
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- “Our Night Sky” – Aurora Borealis
- Women’s History Month
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment listings
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February 27, 2025
- City Commission OKs $709k to improve 5 streets
- Mamma Mia! is a team effort for BCHS Drama
- Heritage Center exhibit grand opening tonight
- Fox’s Pizza hopes to be open in three weeks
- Lavender Hill Farm announces summer concerts
- Chamber plans Expo, State of Community, Biz After Hours
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Patrick McCleary history: The Boyne City Men’s Club
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
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February 20, 2025
- 3 City Commission seats up for election in November
- Artificial intelligence in our local schools
- Readers rate the Boyne Citizen in online survey
- BC Winterfest cancelled; Walloon event is Saturday
- Heritage Center exhibit grand opening is Feb. 27
- Tickets on sale for Mamma Mia & Paint The Town
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Patrick McCleary history: 1890 school photo
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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February 13, 2025
- Board discusses contigency plan if federal funds are reduced
- Police solve problems
- Mother and daughter raise diabetes awareness
- City solves river mouth pump problems
- Tickets on sale for BCHS production of Mamma Mia
- Band members shine at District
- Conservancy grooms trails
- Winter festivals set for Feb. 22 in Boyne, Walloon
- News briefs, Municipal News, Obituaries
- Patrick McCleary history: Our early Black pioneers
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment listings
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February 6, 2025
- City considers North Boyne apartment buildings
- New Main Street Board members are ready to start
- Personalized approach works for BF School chief Pineda
- “Outside” selects Mushroom Fest as one of the best
- Klonowski to lead Board of Health
- Great Lakes Energy to host Business After Hours
- New column – ‘Our Night Sky’
- Obituaries
- Patrick McCleary history: Avenue of trees destroyed
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment listings
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January 30, 2025
- City acts on Brownfield Authority, child care zoning
- New boynecity.gov website
- Kecia Freed’s designs seem to be everywhere
- BCPS fund balance decreases
- McLane Blatchford CPAs merge with Ralph Gillett
- Boyne Citizen reader survey
- Students host Job Shadow Dinner Feb. 4 at Cafe Sante
- Patrick McCleary history: Boyne’s skating Olympians
- Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment listings
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January 23, 2025
- Boyne Citizen progress report and reader survey
- Who loves this weather? Ice skaters, ice fishermen and more
- Heather DuBey of Boyne City dies in Hwy 131 crash
- Fight consumerism with thrift stores and a Facebook group
- Pure Michigan partners with Shaggy’s on a Michigan-made ski
- Patrick McCleary history: Christ Evangelical Lutheran
- Obituaries, including Heather DuBey
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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January 16, 2025
- City tables Woodland Drive easement again
- City Commission meets with Main Street Board tonight
- New Heritage Center exhibit is a multi-sensory experience
- Boyne Resorts’ Stephen Kircher
- School board reelects officers, tries Anatomage Tables
- Boyne Citizen looks to expand board of directors
- Boyne Falls School hosts Community Expo
- Little Traverse Conservancy
- Obituaries
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment listings
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January 9, 2025
- Open Space Project gets $322k in state funding
- City Commission meets three times next week
- Challenge Mountain sells Springbrook Lodge property
- Remodeled Youth Library attracts tweens and more
- Fat and Flurrious fat bike race returns Saturday
- Avalanche ice rink, sledding hill now open daily
- 6 Obituaries including Lee Ekstrom
- Patrick McCleary history: Our lamplit streets
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment listings
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December 19, 2024
- Behind the scenes with our snowplow crew
- Longtime music teacher Brandon Ivie to be honored
- BCHS students trip to Greece
- Community Christmas dinner + church services
- Fat & Flurrious fat tire race returns on Jan. 11
- Foundation awards $90k to organizations that serve youths
- Boyne Thunder sponsorships sell out in a day
- Obituaries
- Patrick McCleary history: Toy maker Lewis Upton
- Thanks to the donors!
- Music and entertainment listings
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December 12, 2024
- Rave reviews for improved online audio for city meetings
- School board approves bond
- City Commission continues to meet at 12 and 7 p.m.
- Upsy-Daisy closing storefront but not going away
- School bands holiday concerts
- Avalanche Warming House opens
- Chamber’s Business After Hours
- School Candy Gram sales to end
- McCleary: Boyne Theatre
- Obituaries: Craig Stadtmiller
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment listings
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December 5, 2024
- City planner McPherson looks back on 21 years
- Daifuku’s new Boyne City plant
- Boyne opens ski season early
- City Commission survey
- Sip & Shop
- Holiday Business After Hours
- Community Christmas
- Red Mesa Judy K Benefit
- Patrick McCleary history: Our nostalgic curfew siren
- 4 area obituaries
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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November 27, 2024
- Citizens ask for update on the Boyne Theater
- Water and sewer expansion
- BC-Charlevoix Trail delayed by problems – again
- Holly Jolly Boyne – Santa Parade, tree lighting
- Donate to new Boyne Forest trail
- Kiwanis Turkey Trot 5k and 1-mile
- William Raveau headlines concert on Saturday
- Patrick McCleary history: A tribute to the fallen
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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November 21, 2024
- New leaders for Free Clinic
- Ramblers in state semifinals
- Road Commission tests salt alternative
- Earlier Than The Bird
- Coldwell Banker hosts live Nativity scene Nov. 29
- Send us Christmas memories!
- Master plan draft
- New Clock Tower ornament
- 14th Turkey Trot 5k and 1-mile
- Ferry’s last ride is Nov. 27
- McCleary: War comes
- Thanks to the donors
- Obituaries
- Music/entertainment listings
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November 14, 2024
- $391,875 ARPA funds to marina
- Send us Christmas memories
- $12k grant to Boyne Citizen
- $24M bond moves forward
- Ramblers vs. Reed City – Friday
- Realtors – housing market
- What’s new at Boyne Mountain t
- McLeod inducted into Hot Rod Industry Hall of Fame
- Boyne Meets Broadway
- McCleary: Jefferson Street
- Thanks to the donors
- Obituaries
- Music and entertainment listings
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November 6, 2024
- County, township & Boyne Falls Village election results
- Sheriff investigates voter fraud allegations
- Possible bond projects
- Donate venison to Manna
- Boyne Meets Broadway on sale for Nov. 14-16
- Chamber plans welcome reception for new director
- ‘Earlier Bird’ and Holly Jolly Boyne
- McCleary : Leroy Street haunted house
- Thanks to the donors!
- Obituaries
- Music and entertainment listings
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October 31, 2024
- Some Boyne Falls candidates support “pot store”
- Wheat vs. County Treasurer
- Melrose Clerk vs. incumbent supervisor
- Conklin, VanZee for Hayes supervisor
- New faces in Evangeline
- Three for Eveline trustee
- Prosecutor reports sentencings
- Parade and more for Halloween
- Boyne Meets Broadway 11/14-16
- Reception for chamber director
- McCleary: Beardsley home
- Thanks to the donors
- Obituaries
- Music and entertainment
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October 24, 2024
- Commission acts on housing, marina, sewage plant, trees
- Olympians at Avalanche
- Bay Township supervisor race
- It’s Friends of the Library Week
- Fund the Hemingway sculpture
- Arts Center celebrates year
- Raven Hill/Smithsonian project
- Char-Em board members
- Halloween events
- BC Hardware hosts Veterans
- McCleary:Beloved school nurse
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment
- Obituaries
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October 17, 2024
- Housing Commission plans
- School board bond issue
- Main Street scarecrows
- Board candidate Riley Cope
- Halloween event
- Boyne Appétit! restaurant
- New Fox’s Pizza Den
- Camp Daggett names Joles as interim director
- Food Pantry, Lions Club, Garden Club raising funds
- McCleary: Old City Park Zoo
- Thanks to the donors
- Music and entertainment listing
- Obituaries
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October 10, 2024
- Planning Director to retire
- BC-Charlevoix trail on track
- Campaign sign thefts
- School board candidates
- Morgan-Shaw – a perfect fit
- Police officer Kyle Smith retires
- Halloween activities
- Boyne Appétit! starts Monday
- The tale of Enrique Beeman
- Music and entertainment
- Obituaries
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October 2, 2024
- Home rentals at Fox Run
- Heritage Center’s new exhibit
- Garden Club’s wreath sale
- $5 pizzas and fall meal deals
- Conservation legacy by Deer Lake
- Huntington Bank is NOT closing
- PTO plans dance/fundraisers
- Foundation’s Youth Advisory
- McCleary: Anatomy of a photograph
- Thanks to our donors
- Music and entertainment
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September 26, 2024
- City Commission approves $1.1 million marina project
- Building Trades house for sale
- Tricia Wilcox named chamber executive director
- Candidates forum
- Fun at the Harvest Festival
- Changes on tap for Stiggs Brewery and Kitchen
- McCleary: Goat cart photo
- Obituaries
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September 17, 2024
- How was summer business?
- School board gets sex education program update
- Library hosts Bonnie Jo Campbell
- McCleary: Roller skating in 1910
- BCHS Homecoming Court
- Dress For Chill shifts into high gear
- Thanks to 100 donors
- Obituaries
- Music and entertainment
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September 10, 2024
- Humane Society making long-held dream a reality
- Library prepares for demolition of “Red Building”
- Interlochen Public Radio interviews Boyne Citizen
- County political parties gear up for election
- Free area preschools
- Concord’s free lunch program
- Boyne River program on Wed.
- Thanks to MORE donors!
- Music and entertainment
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September 3, 2024
- City moves ahead with marina & new housing
- Profile of new elementary principal & new teachers
- BC Education Center opens with remodeled classrooms
- McCleary to present Boyne River history program
- Thanks to the donors who helped get us started
- Music and entertainment listings
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