Expert Opinion: Key to Good Tourism Industry Is Hospitality
By Jessica Delaney
     What is the secret to having and maintaining a booming, successful tourism industry in a small town? According to Michigan small towns, there is no secret. The important thing is marketing the town and encouraging visitors to return year after year.
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Rare Summer Heat Wave May Set Island, EUP Record
By Karen Gould
     The National Weather Service says this may be the warmest summer in its 57 years of record keeping and, this week, issued a rare heat advisory for northern Michigan and much of the Eastern Upper Peninsula.
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High Wheelmen Roll Into Town August 11
100 Miles on Antique Bicycles
By Jessica Delaney
     “I know it hurts, but you’re so close, you’ll just kill yourself in the morning if you don’t finish.”
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Family Fulfills Quest With Hamilton Cottage Purchase
By Leslie Rott
     John and Mary Davey of Bloomfield Hills have been on a quest for more than five years to buy a cottage on Mackinac Island. Mr. Davey has a lot of family history here, and when their grandchildren visited them at the end of July, they became the fifth generation of Daveys on Mackinac.
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