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Today at 2:09 PM  A service will be held at the City Opera House on Saturday, June 22 at 11 a.m.

Yesterday at 10:13 AM  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Bryan Crough suffered a massive heart attack and died, according to City Manager Ben Bifoss.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Intelligence chief declassifies details of phone-records program after uproar over snooping

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Christine Guitar will serve as the school district's new Chief of Communications. The district's former  Director of Communications, Alison Arnold resigned in January.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: There's a new strategy in the works to help improve housing development in Grand Traverse County.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  US Officials: Unpredictable North Korea with its nukes and missiles poses serious threat

Monday, February 25, 2013  United Airlines will offer inbound and outbound summer-season service to and from United's New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport beginning July 5th.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Ben Affleck's "Argo" earned him best motion picture drama and director honors at Sunday night's ceremony.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Also among the nine nominees for best picture Thursday: "Amour"; "Argo"; "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; "Django Unchained"; "Les Miserables"; "Life of Pi"; "Silver Linings Playbook"; and "Zero Dark Thirty."

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  'Lincoln,' 'Les Miserables, 'Life of Pi' lead nominations for British Academy Film Awards.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Traverse City Area Public Schools will have to find a new Director of Communications.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  In elf ears and wizard hats, 'Hobbit' fans revel in New Zealand premiere of Jackson's new film

Monday, November 19, 2012  "Very early on in one of my first meetings I was asked to serve coffee, and this was 20 years ago, everybody in the room sort of took a collective gasp to see how I was going to do it," said Marsha Smith, Executive Director of Rotary Charities of Traverse City. "So I got up and I left the table and went over to where the coffee pot was and I came back and I said to the gentleman who requested it, 'Here's your coffee sir, would you like it in your cup or in your lap?', and of course everybody laughed and that was the last time I was ever asked to serve coffee at a meeting."Marsha Smith is the Executive Director of Rotary Charities of Traverse City and she has been for the past 16 years. "We have the wonderful opportunity and privilege of helping non-profits, units of government and schools make our community better," Smith said. "So we do that by giving away grants with two cycles a year and we also provide services and programs."

Monday, November 19, 2012  Wranglers say horses, other animals used in 'Hobbit' movies died on unsafe New Zealand farm

Friday, November 16, 2012  Petraeus testifying before congressional intelligence committees on Sept. 11 attack in Libya