Old Mission Gazette is a reader-supported news magazine covering the Old Mission Peninsula, Old Mission Village, Traverse City and Northern Michigan.

How are the cherries looking this year? At this writing, orchards on the OMP have seen pockets of frost here and there, but ...

Peninsula Community Library Director Vicki Shurly updates us on library happenings, including the upcoming Used Book Sale, ...

Peninsula Township Supervisor Maura Sanders reports on a lawsuit settlement, the agricultural ordinance, PDR properties, ...

Check out a few photos of blossoms, trails, Old Mission Flowers, Kroupa's tulips, the Fire Department, Local Yokels, the Old ...

Susie Shipman is a resident of the Old Mission Peninsula, Secretary/Treasurer of the Old Mission Peninsula School Board, a founder of the non-profit Old Mission Peninsula Education Foundation, and a ...

George Boursaw grew up on the Old Mission Peninsula with his parents Garrett and Clarissa Boursaw and siblings Tug, Jim, Jack, Jerry, Shirley and Bryce. Now a retired math instructor, he lives in ...

Rumors of a ghost inhabiting Bowers Harbor Inn, now known as Mission Table, have endured for decades. But are these rumors true? And just who is this ghost that some claim to have seen at the historic ...

I write on behalf of Protect the Peninsula (PTP) in response to Todd Anson’s most recently published discourse titled, “Litigation is an Avocation for Some.” (Editor’s Note: Read it on NextDoor here. ...

Feel free to share this post... To view or leave comments on this story, click HERE. In a 75-page Bench Opinion released July 7, 2025, Judge Paul K. Maloney awarded nearly $50 million in damages to ...