Rod Phillips

50 years ago Ski  teams make history Petoskey High School ski teams turned in one of their best records in history this season with the girls winning five firsts and one second in six meets while the boys finished 4-2. Members of the team include Rosemary...

PETOSKEY -- Petoskey City Council members tended to agree Monday that engineers' concerns about the dormant Petoskey Pointe construction site need to be addressed. "I think there are some serious problems there, and I would like to see a timeline put...

PETOSKEY -- Petoskey Downtown Management Board members decided Tuesday to scale back on the rate increase they're requesting for the upcoming year's downtown property assessments. By an 8-0 vote, the board decided to adjust its proposed rates for these...

PETOSKEY -- Petoskey Downtown Management Board members agreed Tuesday to seek out an increase in the special assessment fees collected on downtown properties to fund programming and services. The board decided unanimously to seek an increase in the...

PETOSKEY — Petoskey Downtown Management Board members agreed Tuesday to spend $1 to buy a road trolley that could be used to offer rides to business district visitors in summer. “I don’t anticipate that this is necessarily a windfall to...

PETOSKEY — Petoskey downtown officials made plans Tuesday to explore whether a movie theater could be a viable coming attraction for the business district. The Downtown Management Board decided by a unanimous voice vote to accept a $10,000 grant...

A consulting firm has firmed up its proposal for visually establishing the Mitchell Street/U.S. 31 intersection as a gateway to Petoskey’s downtown. “They did a good job with the time they put into this,” downtown director Becky Goodman...

Nearly a year after Petoskey relaxed time limits for downtown businesses’ use of sandwich board signs on a trial basis, Downtown Management Board members agreed Tuesday that the more flexible policy should stay in place. “Anecdotally, I didn&...

Petoskey's Downtown Management Board decided by a 5-2 vote Tuesday to support the creation of a program that could expand on availability of liquor licenses for downtown business establishments. "I think from a business development, recruitment and...

The Celtic-themed merchandise at Ed Karmann’s downtown Petoskey store recently has been accented with live music from the same cultural tradition. While the bagpipe music performed several times daily outside County Emmet Celtic Shop’s...

Greetings from Edmonton, where it’s about 30 degrees Fahrenheit and there’s still a lot of snow on the ground. Spring hasn’t arrived here yet. The main attraction Tuesday at the Kings’ morning skate at Rexall Place was left wing...