Community

Briefs 08.24.17

Test drive event to raise money for school - Grayling High School will team up with Feeny Ford to host a Ford Drive 4 UR School fundraiser event on Thursday, Aug. 24, from 2-7 p.m. The event, conducted prior to the first GHS varsity football home game of the 2017 season, will be held at the...

Briefs 08.17.17

CASD retirees to meet - The Crawford AuSable School District retirees group will hold its annual gathering on Thursday, August 24, with a luncheon at the Grayling Country Club. Social hour will begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch at 12:30 p.m. To make reservations, call Pam Williams at (989)...

Briefs 08.10.17

Hartwick Pines to host Forest Fest - Hartwick Pines State Park will host Forest Fest – a “celebration of Michigan forests” – on Saturday, August 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature fun educational activities to help kids and families learn about natural resources. There will be a...

Briefs 08.03.17

Seniors to travel to Beach Bums baseball game - The Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center will be hosting one more trip to see the Traverse City Beach Bums on Tuesday, August 8. The cost of the trip is $13, which includes transportation by CCTA bus (Dial-A-Ride) and game ticket...

Briefs 07.27.17

Fundraiser offers light batons for Marathon - As a fundraiser event, Project Graduation 2018 will be selling special glow sticks –16-inch multi-color multi-display mode LED foam light batons – to help “light up the river banks” during the AuSable River Canoe Marathon this weekend. The booth for...

Briefs 07.20.17

Historic Artillery Match to be held at Range 37 - The Loomis’ Battery and Michigan National Guard Camp Grayling will host the 2017 Long Range Historic Artillery Match on Saturday and Sunday, July 22 and 23, at Range 37. Access is at the gate north of the North Down River Road/Headquarters Road...

Briefs 07.13.17

Pop can drive will support scholarship fund - A pop can drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, at the Grayling Family Fare, to support the scholarship fund established by the AuSable River Canoe Marathon Committee. Scholarships are awarded to a Grayling High School...

Briefs 07.06.17

Senior Center to host free concert - The community is invited to attend a free concert with Brian Ashton on Thursday, July 13, at 5:45 p.m. at the Crawford County Commission on Aging and Senior Center. Before the concert, enjoy a pork roast dinner served at 5 p.m. The cost of dinner is a...

Briefs 06.29.17

Shred Day to be held at Spike’s - Join the Crawford County Commission on Aging and Michelson Memorial United Methodist Church Relay for Life Team for the 2nd Annual Community Shred Day on Saturday, July 8, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the parking lot of Spike’s Keg ‘O’ Nails, 301 N. James Street....

Briefs 06.22.17

Church to host taco/nacho bar fundraiser - St. Francis Episcopal Church will host a taco/nacho bar fundraiser for Pat Kucharek on Thursday, June 29, from 5-7 p.m. Kucharek recently received a kidney transplant, and money raised from the event will go to help with his recovery, medications, and...