• Solstice Quilt up for Auction!

    Submit your bid here! http://villageofelberta.com/quilt-bid-form/ Lot no. 1, the one and only Elberta Solstice Festival Quilt. It’s a full/double  (54″ x 75″) coverlet handcrafted out of Elberta Solstice T-shirts and donated as a benefit to the Village by artisans Rosemary Tanner and Cynthia Larson. This is a truly unique piece of Americana, made in 2015 to commemorate the Elberta Solstice Festival, which has been held annually since 2002. → → → More

  • Elberta & Gilmore November 2016 Election Results

    For Benzie County totals, go and keep refreshing here. Here is a pdf of elberta-gilmore-election-2016-results. Scroll down for visuals of all the data. More

  • Get Ready to Vote Tuesday!

    GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT PREVIEW  for Village of Elberta and Gilmore Township Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Open from: 7 am to 8 pm  Our Polling Place: The Village Community Building 401 First Street Elberta, MI 49628 Complete Michigan voting instructions, including “write-in” instructions, are available here. PDF Download: Ballot Preview 2016 See the ballot info in picture form here… More

  • President Jenks Resigns, Clerk Anderson Resumes

    Council Meeting Report, October 2016 By Emily Votruba Holly O’Dwyer chaired this regular council meeting in the absence of president Diane Jenks, who resigned from Council and the Planning Commission effective October 13. New Shed on Crapo A Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing was held before the meeting. The ZBA (consisting of Holly O’Dwyer, Ken Holmes, Joyce Gatrell, and Bill Soper) granted a variance to 233 Crapo Street for a shed. Our village zoning administrator, More

  • Elberta Farmers’ Market Celebrates a Bountiful 2016 Season

    The last day of the 2016 Elberta Farmers’ Market is tomorrow, Thursday, October 13, from 9 am to noon. Let’s show our gratitude to our market master, Sue Oseland, and the local vendors who have nourished us since May, and make a strong showing for the final harvest of the season. More

  • Frankfort Film Festival Blooms at the Garden Theater

    The City of Frankfort and the historic Garden Theater come together to elevate the human spirit through film, with 20 award-winning features at the 8th Annual Film Festival, October 20–23! As usual, some of the year’s inspired independent filmmakers will be on hand to share their stories: Bill Latka, producer of Year by the Sea (Thursday 4:30); director Edd Benda of Superior (Saturday 4:30); director Michael Bofshever of Echo Park Blues (Saturday 4:30). More