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NOVI HOCKEY PLAYING WELL UNDER NEW COACH / 3A JANUARY 9, 2025 • Vol. 5, No. 1
Novi Civic Center EXPLORE to house People’s Express for 6 more months
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Feature THE FOLLOWING IS PART OF C & G NEWSPAPERS’ FEATURE SERIES ABOUT NORTHERN MICHIGAN DESTINATIONS TO EXPLORE. Series
The Highlands at Harbor Springs unveiled its newest lift — the Interconnect triple.
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City subsidies for residents to continue BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
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SKI SEASON OPENS IN MICHIGAN BY GREG TASKER
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A woman gets on a People’s Express bus outside the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor on May 14, 2024.
NORTHERN MICHIGAN — Nearly a year ago, despite the scarcity of snowfall in northern Michigan, I found myself gliding along a powdery, groomed trail in the woods at Forbush Corner Nordic, a cross-country ski destination outside Grayling. And I wasn’t alone. With its state-of-the-art snowmaking system, Forbush had created a snowglobe amid an otherwise dreary, barren landscape, drawing amateurs and polished skiers alike. As long as temperatures cooperate, Forbush can pump out enough snow to create a figureeight-loop at the 200-acre destination.
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This ski season Forbush has expanded its snow-making prowess to blanket another km of trails. And that’s just one of the many improvements this winter at the dozen or so Nordic and downhill ski resorts across the northwest lower peninsula. Nearly all of the downhill ski areas — from Thompsonville to Traverse City and beyond — have unveiled a slew of upgrades, many of them focused on improved snow-making capabilities. But that’s not all. There are new ski lifts. New rental equipment. New trails. New ticket options. And new dining and apres-ski possibilities. All of these resorts, of course, are looking to create See EXPLORE on page 11A
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The People’s Express transportation service company will continue to be housed at the Novi Civic Center for at least another six months while the company continues its search for an adequate facility nearby, and the city will continue to provide subsidies to Pex, as People’s Express is known, so that older adults and residents with disabilities are able to ride the bus for free.