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Eastport Market has cheapest gas in Antrim County

June 6, 2009

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Bet you never thought you’d see THAT headline, but travelers are saying it’s so, and for the moment it appears to be. That cheapest price as of noon today was 2.899 for regular. [Update: By 3 pm it was up to 2.959, but that was still lower than most places.] So go fill up. You […]

Frugal Bugle: Free house

May 28, 2009

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Every Up North grocery store has a community bulletin board somewhere near the entrance.  Here customers may post their business cards, their flyers about spaghetti supper fundraisers for the school band, their For Sale notices featuring photos of trucks or bedroom furniture.  But even at the Eastport Market, a place notably tolerant of eccentricity in […]

Frugal Bugle: Free green things

April 22, 2009

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While I am in Los Angeles Alana Haley is going to paint the fence at Torch Lake Views. She even has presents for you. On Friday, April 24, Pine Hill Nursery is giving away white pine seedlings in honor of Arbor Day. Drop by to pick up your baby tree, wander around the greenhouses sniffing your fill […]

Cleaning out the cobwebs

March 20, 2009

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The calendar says it’s spring, and I’m prepared to believe that it might be, somewhere, perhaps even here in a couple of weeks or so.  I’m determined to do some spring cleaning.  Out with the piles of books I’ll never read again.  Out with the clothes I’m tired of, or that are tired of me.  […]

Extra Credit

March 15, 2009

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A harried dad carried a bunch of bananas to the register at the Eastport Market.  “How much are these with the tax?” he wanted to know. “There isn’t any tax on food in Michigan.” “OK, how much are they without the tax?” “$1.48.” “This is going to be hard,” he said, trudging off toward the […]

Frugal Bugle: Treasures in Central Lake

March 3, 2009

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People kept telling me about the consignment shop in Central Lake. Sure, I thought, just what I need, a new source of knick-knacks. But there I was, foiled in my plans to do laundry and looking for adventure. The only place open at 5:30 on a frigid Saturday evening was – ta-da! – the Treasure […]

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