9 & 10 News
February 14, 2021
Two Traverse City restaurants say this weekend’s holidays have more guests coming to dine in.
“This is the best weekend that we’ve seen probably since November, beginning of November,” says Kate Keefe, manager at Jolly Pumpkin.
She says Valentine’s Day has been booking up their reservations.
“We had to stop taking them for this weekend last week middle of the week,” said Keefe. “But is great, it’s great for us, great for business. It’s awesome to see people in here.”
She says all weekend their staff has been kept on their toes.
Now, they are focusing on getting back into a routine.
9 & 10 News
January 14, 2021
The Cherryland Humane Society says since COVID-19 they’ve been allowing adoption visits by appointment only.
Because of this, they aren’t seeing as many people in to express interest in adoption.
Now, they rely on their website to show the public their animals.
Since these photos are what brings people in, one local couple, Charrisa and Aaron O’Maley, wanted to lend their time to make sure each animal had their own glamor shot.
Charrisa O’Maley says, “Their photos are really their voice right now and we have such a profound respect for all the hard work that the shelter volunteers and their volunteers put into it. So, we just thought this could be out small contribution to try to get these animals homes.”