TRAVERSE CITY -- Garfield Township board members butted heads less than a week into their new jobs. Township officials met Nov. 21, their first gathering since being voted into office Nov. 4. The ...

TRAVERSE CITY -- Garfield Township trustees swapped free health insurance for pay increases, and slashed a lucrative retirement benefit for their recently ousted predecessors.

Garfield Township is looking at ways to improve its relationship with Grand Traverse Metro. ... Township board members will look at hiring a consultant in the new year.