This week, I'm looking forward to Spring, pondering my Grandma's 75-year-old flowering cactus, and feeling touched about a ...

Peninsula Township Supervisor Maura Sanders updates us on happenings in the community, including an explanation of the Joint ...

On Feb. 13, Peninsula Township filed an appeal in the ongoing winery lawsuit. Additionally, five organizations have filed ...

I'm still grieving the loss of my beloved cat over here, but working through it as best I can. I also have an update on my ...

Until then, here are some photos of winter around the Old Mission Peninsula – including families enjoying the ice, playing hockey, having a neighborhood get-together, ice-fishing, a few turkeys and ...

Old Mission Gazette is a reader-supported news magazine covering the Old Mission Peninsula, Old Mission Village, Traverse City and Northern Michigan.

Peninsula Township Supervisor Maura Sanders updates us on happenings in the community, including a 5th Amicus Brief filed about the WOMP lawsuit, a new Scenic Heritage Route Committee, winter taxes ...

Wineries of Old Mission Peninsula (WOMP), more recently known as the Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail, consists of ten wineries, including 2 Lads, Black Star Farms, Bowers Harbor Vineyards, Brys ...

Michael Delp is a resident of northern Michigan and the author of several collections of poetry and a collection of short stories from Wayne State University Press. He is the former director of ...

Vicki Shurly is director of the Peninsula Community Library, 2893 Island View Road on the Old Mission Peninsula near Traverse City, Michigan. Call the library at (231) 223-7700 or email Vicki at ...

Born during a blizzard on Jan. 12, 1923, on the Johnson "home farm" just north of Mapleton, Walter Johnson (Jane's dad) was a local historian, devout cherry farmer, founding member of the OMP ...

Shortly after I started Old Mission Gazette in 2015, I had the fun opportunity to sit in with the Maple Grove Friendship Club at Wendy Warren’s house. At that time, the club was celebrating its 66th ...