Festival week deemed surprising success (Traverse City Record-Eagle) bi13220453 Matt and Mary Presnell leaned against a downtown building son Boone, 2, as thousands of spectators jostled for the perfect spot to watch the National Cherry Festival's Cherry Royale Parade. The family from Athens, Ga., nearly canceled annual vacation to Traverse because of skyrocketing gas prices, but the festival, beaches and other local attractions proved too hard to ..

Michigan's picturesque Little Traverse Bay region a gem (The Columbus Disp bi13220453 PETOSKEY, Mich. -- I had thought story would be about my quest, probably fruitless, to find an elusive Petoskey stone, the state rock of Michigan and a relic of an age 350 million years ago when a warm sea covered the area. Folks come to stretch of the Lake Michigan shore for many reasons: the gorgeous beaches, the quaint and inviting towns, the many warm-weather festivals, the fine ..

Garden club presents Summer Garden Walk (Grand Traverse Herald) bi13220453 Garden walks are not just for the visitors. Homeowners who agreed to present garden to the public during the 26th Annual Summer Garden Walk, scheduled for Thursday from noon 8 p.m., took time to view each other's gardens Monday afternoon

Smiles were plentiful the festival celebrations (WPBN Traverse City) bi13220453 By Jayne Smith Wednesday, July 09, 2008 at 7:31 p.m. TRAVERSE CITY -- Every year at The National Cherry Festival, the midway shut down to other guests for one morning special needs kids and families enjoy all the attractions

160,144: Garthe keeps adding to pin total (Traverse City Record-Eagle) bi13220453 Peter Garthe set an ambitious goal for the number of Cherry Festival Commemorative pins he wants to sell year. But that's not unusual; he does so every year. And Garthe would like to see one of pin-buyers be the winner of the raffle drawing. But he's done that, too -- four times. This year he not only wants to sell the winning pin, but to sell to a woman

Bands March On: Volunteers help make festival a highlight for musicians (Trav bi13220453 Andra Wist has played the Saskatoon Lions Band before she was high school and can hardly wait for the band's summer tour each year. The cherry on top: the group's final stop at the National Cherry Festival

Former coal dock plans to help marina parking (Leelanau Enterprise) bi13220453 The missing ingredient plans to upgrade the Elmwood Township marina and park may have been found. Plans outlining improvement to the two public areas, located adjacent to each other on West Grand Traverse Bay, contained a big question mark: Where to park all the visitors during peak use

Webb's America (BBC News) bi13220453 High fuel prices and a risk of bitterness smalltown USA..

Entertainment the area weekend (Detroit Free Press) bi13220453 Find something to do --- your choice of music, comedy and more

Family affairs (Adelaide Now) bi13220453 The price of petrol may be high, but there are plenty of good family holiday options closer to home

2 arrested Fairfield city councilman slaying - San Francisco Chronicle bi13220453 KCBS 2 arrested Fairfield councilman slaying San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 3 hours ago (09-13) 18:56 PDT FAIRFIELD -- The Labor Day shooting that killed Fairfield Councilman Matt Garcia, who at age 22 was one of the nation's youngest Two arrested for allegedly killing Fairfield Councilman Matt San Jose Mercury News 2 Arrested For Death Of Councilman KCRA.com Two Arrested, One Sought, In Garcia Murder KCBS Sacramento Bee - News10.netall 61 news articles..

24 bodies found near Mexico City - Los Angeles Times bi13220453 EiTB 24 bodies found near Mexico Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer MEXICO CITY -- Gagged and bound, the bodies were dumped on a grassy roadside littered trash. Organized crime takes control parts of Mexico Kansas Star Mexicans Find 24 Dead and Suspect Drug Gangs New York Times Police find 24 bodies Mexico USA Today AFP - Reutersall 83 news articles..

Player Ratings: Manchester City 1-3 Chelsea - Goal.com bi13220453 SkySports Player Ratings: Manchester 1-3 Chelsea Goal.com, Switzerland - 9 hours ago A commanding performance by Chelsea ensured they took all three points against Manchester at Eastlands evening. Goal.com rates the performers. Manchester 1 Chelsea 3: Reality check for after Chelsea Independent brought back down to earth by Chelsea Irish Times Frank Lampard cashes on Manchester flaws Telegraph.co.uk The Press Association - SkySportsall 921 news articles..

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