Joe O'Neill

A Highland Park resident's front lawn ice hockey rink has pitted neighbor versus neighbor in a zoning dispute that highlights a debate over how strictly the city enforces its land ordinances, and whether its enforcement philosophy encourages property...

Highland Park officials will soon be faced with paying for a program to remove more than 6,000 public ash trees that are expected to fall prey to the emerald ash borer that has infested the area. City Forester Joe O'Neill said Highland Park has 4,125...

PETOSKEY -- During his civic involvement and his work and personal life, many recall Dick Bidstrup displaying senses of integrity and of caring for people. The Petoskey resident, formerly of Harbor Springs, died Tuesday at his home. He was 80. For...

HARBOR SPRINGS — Thursday may have been opening day for the Tigers, but this week signifies the opening of a less celebrated event: construction season. Harbor Springs is feeling the burden this year with seven water reliability projects slated...

The name made the man. And the man made the most of the name. Over the course of the life of George Walker Bush, his name and all it symbolizes have been defining features. Time and again, opportunity--inextricably linked with being a Bush--knocked,...

At first light, peeking through a sliver of clear sky on a chilly morning, President Bush's helicopter lifted off from Cincinnati for one final sweep across the most hard-fought states, a fervent seven-city, 17-hour last stand to extend his presidency....

President Bush, his brother Jeb and a clutch of local Republicans gathered for a late meal in a private dining room of The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort in Longboat Key, Fla., on the night of Sept. 10, 2001. The mood was light. "He was in great spirits,...