(Editor’s Note: At a special Township Board meeting on Dec. 16, the Michigan DNR presented a proposal for improvements to the boat launch located at the corner of East Shore Road and Center Road. The ...

Many of you may already know that Peninsula Community Library (PCL) has a wide range of diverse programming for all audiences, but the library was also the forerunner in the Traverse City area for ...

Whew, that was a marathon of a week. The Township played host for the DNR to provide an informational session and Q&A regarding the planned upgrade to the DNR’s East Arm boat launch at East Shore Road ...

(Editor’s Note: Vicki Shurly, director of Peninsula Community Library, reports in with news of the Winter Solstice, Michigan movies, a Christmas poem and more. Read on for her note. -jb) Ahh! Winter ...

On April 15, 2019, a structural fire broke out in the roof space of Notre-Dame de Paris, the iconic medieval Catholic cathedral in Paris, France. Like the rest of the world, I remember watching in ...

The Township has closed out another productive week! The Town Board accepted my request to form three Ad Hoc Committees, each led by a Trustee. JP Milliken will lead the Budget and Finance Committee.

After spending last week moving snow around, I finally had a chance to catch up with friends Tom and Maria to chat about their pets. Cloud is a Great Pyrenees, and this big, cuddly beast weighs in at ...

Old Mission Gazette is the only digital daily newspaper covering the Old Mission Peninsula, an 18-mile piece of land stretching into Lake Michigan north of Traverse City, Michigan. Whether you grew up ...

This week, winter showed up with a debt to repay for winters’ past. We marched through the snow at the Township and had a solid post-Thanksgiving week. Here are a few points of interest for this week… ...

Hard to believe that 2025 is just a few weeks away, but here we are. I’ve got the 2025 OMP Photo Calendar in the store now, so hop over there and get yourself set for the new year. The calendars are ...

The Old Mission Women’s Club is hosting their 27th Annual Christmas Cookie Sale on Saturday, Dec. 14, 8 a.m. – noon at the Peninsula Township Hall, 13235 Center Road. As in past years, there will be a ...

My friend Marge Long comes from a long line of kitchen goddesses. After all, her mom, Jo Brown, was the cook at Old Mission Peninsula School when we were kids (remember the cinnamon rolls?). And if ...