• Foghorn: Trees on Old M-168

    Why are most of the gorgeous newly planted trees right under the power lines, when the old beauties had to be removed because they were right under the power lines?   Send anonymous or signed rants, gripes, queries, or even kudos to elbert.alert@gmail.com, subject line “Foghorn.” Read more

  • Don’t Care Where You Get Your Appetite, as Long as You Eat Locally

    The local food movement has made its way to Northern Michigan. You may be asking yourself, “What is the local food movement?” In a nutshell, it is a locally based effort to make food grown and processed locally available for purchase. So instead of your food traveling via container ship from a foreign country 3,000… Read more

  • First Meeting of the Elberta Arts Council

    The Elberta Arts Council met Saturday, November 6, at 1 pm, at the Conundrum Café, to brainstorm ideas for community arts projects and programs. Elbertians and Elberta fans are encouraged to submit ideas to the new Elberta Arts wiki, located at www.elbertaarts.wikispaces.com. To add content, simply join the wiki with your own username and password.… Read more

  • Elberta Village Council Election Results

    Tuesday, November 2, saw big changes to the Elberta Village Council. The Elberta Alert was on the scene at the library on Frankfort Avenue when the polls closed at 8 pm. The trusty election workers had put in a very long day and were probably only too happy to read the results and be on… Read more