Cemetery staff, outgoing chamber president among honorees at annual breakfast event By William T. Perkins, Petoskey News-Review Published December 11, 2019 PETOSKEY - The Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce recognized an array of contributions to the local business community — and the community in general—on Tuesday, during the annual Breakfast for Champions. About 500 people attended the awards breakfast, which took place at Odawa Casino. Greenwood Cemetery and its staff r

By Jennifer Chambers , The Detroit News Published 10:19 p.m. ET Sept. 15, 2018 | Updated 8:37 p.m. ET Sept. 16, 2018 The State History Awards are presented by the Historical Society of Michigan. The forgotten era of women’s bicycle racing, a history tour through a Petoskey graveyard and other unique projects are among 18 winners of the 2018 State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan. Announced on Sept. 10, the awards will be presented during the group's annua

In this day and age some would ask the question, why use a cemetery? With the rising cremation rate and the warm feeling one gets from...

We believe a cemetery is the best place, the only place, that a loved one will be remembered and honored for the rest of time. Why would a nation set aside so much valuable property, just to inter the human dead? What value is there in returning, again and again, to visit the graves of those who have gone on before us? Renée Tanner says regarding Emma Lamb Barnes Baker: “I couldn’t help feel a bit sad to find she had no children of her own. But then I thought, ‘I am here, 92