Category: Foghorn

  • Your Opinion Sought on Elberta’s Parks and Recreation Assets

    Please plan to attend the input session on April 18 at 7 pm in the Village Community Building! See details below. A draft of the new 5 year plan can be found here: Village of Elberta Recreation Plan 2014–2019 draft for public meeting

  • Phragmites Treatment Thursday

    Vickie Smith, of Wildlife and Wetlands Solutions, will be applying an herbicide to stands of phragmites on Thursday beginning at 9:30 a.m., weather permitting. She’ll begin with the stands near the Luedtke Boneyard and proceed around to the Elberta M-22  and railroad/trail bridges, after noon. The spraying will be postponed if…

  • Memorial Day Bike Theft

    It was a not so nice Memorial Day for one local vet: Bill Buck’s new three-wheel bike was taken sometime between last night (Memorial Day Monday) and this morning. The bike was in the Bucks’ yard right by their house on Washington Avenue. They would very much appreciate its return!…

  • Putney Land Use Hearing Tomorrow

    The public hearing on the land use permit denial(s) for the Bay Valley Inn property, purchased by Loy Putney, will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, May 30, at 7 pm at the Village Community Building. All are welcome to attend and give their comments. This is a resumption of the hearing…

  • More Carbon to or from Your Garden

    Ken Bonney, our DPW, would like everyone to know that free wood chips are available from the tree cutting (and replanting) efforts around the Village this fall. Chips may be picked up at the Village Garage. Ken can be reached at 231-651-9626. Leaves may be dumped at the end of…

  • Foghorn: Anniversary

    Today, November 4, Bob and Bernice Beugnot celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Bob grew up in Elberta and Bernice in Frankfort. Here’s to their lasting union!

  • Proposed Lawn Maintenance Ordinance

    At the regular Village council meeting on Thursday, the Board of Trustees will consider the following wording for a lawn maintenance ordinance (see enclosed pdf). There will be opportunity for public comment at the meeting as the wording is reviewed. The ordinance would then come up for a vote as…

  • Foghorn: Benefit for Kelly Beaton

    This Wednesday night, October 5, a benefit spaghetti dinner will be held at the Mayfair Tavern from 4 pm to 9 pm for Kelly Beaton, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Dinner is by $10 donation, with a cash bar. One hundred percent of proceeds go toward medical expenses for…

  • Phragmites Eradication to Begin

    The Village of Elberta and several area property owners have given permission for phragmites eradication on several sites in Frankfort and Elberta. The invasive “common reed” has been known to overtake wetlands and shorelines, destroying native habitat for fish and wildlife, and has been successfully fought off in Beaver Island,…

  • Foghorn: Sell Your Stuff at E²: Eclectic Elberta

    E²: Eclectic Elberta! For the third year, Conundrum Café and Park and Rec are running a free market day on Labor Day Sunday (Sept. 4). Do you have something, anything, you want to sell? (Food, crafts, vintage items, et cetera…) Booths are free. Call 231-352-8150 to reserve a spot. Or…

  • Foghorn: Beach Driving RAP Line

    The Village Office has asked the Alert to announce that the following DNR RAP line is in place to receive reports of off-road and beach driving on Elberta Beach property and elsewhere along the shore and dunes. The fine for driving off the lot and gravel road that ends at…

  • Foghorn: Antiques Sale at La Rue House to Benefit PEO

    Janet Buck, a member of PEO (variously thought to stand for “Phone Everybody Organization” or “Pickled Eggs and Oysters”) will host an antiques and secondhand items sale at the La Rue House Bed & Breakfast garage this Friday and Saturday. Items for the sale may be dropped off on Thursday.…

  • Foghorn: Garlic Mustard Pull Follow-up

    Liz Padalino led an intrepid group of six for a little over an hour’s worth of garlic mustard pulling this morning in the misty rain on Elberta Dunes Park (still in the hands of the Conservancy for a little bit longer). She said it was one of her most successful…

  • Garlic Mustard Pull in Elberta Tomorrow!

    Tomorrow, May 28, we will be pulling garlic mustard from South Elberta Dunes. This conservancy property is soon to be transferred to the village of Elberta, along with the task of pulling garlic mustard. The conservancy has been pulling garlic mustard at this site for several years now, and the…

  • Foghorn: Reapportionment and the Emergency Manager Act Forum

    Thursday, May 12, 7 PM  County District Reapportionment Committee Meeting. The question is whether to stick with 7 county districts—because of declining population, some districts will be combined. There can be a no more than a 12% difference in population between districts. Gilmore Township and Frankfort have lost population, while…

  • Foghorn: Sign of the Times

    Observant travelers near the junction of M-22 and M-168 may have noted that the Welcome to Elberta sign is missing. The Parks Committee of the Parks and Rec Commission removed it Saturday, April 9, for renovations. Jennifer Wilkins of the Parks Committee remarked that at least one of the several…

  • Foghorn: 37 Questions on Smart Growth

    Monday, March 28, at 1:30 pm at Frankfort City Hall, waterfront property owners have been invited to fill out a survey. This survey will be used by MSU Extension agents to evaluate our “readiness for smart growth.” Please spread the word to Elberta waterfront stakeholders you know. The meeting is…

  • Foghorn: Community Wind Forum Tonight, 3/10

    This just in from the Eco-Building Products Facebook feed: “TONIGHT, Understanding Wind Initiatives (UWI), a community forum will take place at Benzie Central H.S. between 6:30 and 8:30 pm. You can learn more about the UWI initiative, ask questions, and participate in small group discussions focused on the benefits and…

  • Foghorn: Come to the Elberta Master Plan Public Forum!

    Tomorrow night, Monday, at 6 PM, a public forum on the Elberta Master Plan will be held at the Lifesaving Station. This is an important opportunity to discuss wind power, local agriculture and business, the height of buildings in the proposed waterfront development—anything that pertains to the future of the…

  • Vertical Thinking: Elbertian Proposes to Change Elberta’s Name

    During the initial public comment period at the Village Council meeting last night, Kelli Stapleton, Elberta resident and planning and zoning committee member, presented a proposal to change Elberta’s name to Heaven. Among Stapleton’s stated goals was the preservation of our local post office (no plans to close the office…

  • Foghorn: Monument to Edison Berryhill!

    The Alert recently spoke with a longtime Elbertian about Edison Berryhill, an unsung hero of Village maintenance… There really ought to be a monument to Mr. Berryhill, who was our department of public works person for many years. He collected garbage twice a week and took it to the old…

  • Foghorn: Grease Our Wheels

    Is anyone deep-frying a turkey or anything else for the holidays? Several area residents use vegetable oil to power their diesel cars, and they’d love to come and get your leftovers. You’d be doing them a favor and keeping the grease out of BLUA and the landfill. Contact elberta.alert@gmail.com or…

  • Foghorn: Underground Utility Lines

    If the village could get a grant to revamp the power/phone/cable lines to underground status, the problem with tree height and growth would be mute. It would be so nice to have a clear view of the bay (without utility lines) and it would make the commercial area for the…

  • Foghorn: Trees on Old M-168

    Why are most of the gorgeous newly planted trees right under the power lines, when the old beauties had to be removed because they were right under the power lines?   Send anonymous or signed rants, gripes, queries, or even kudos to elbert.alert@gmail.com, subject line “Foghorn.”