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Dotti Thompson revives Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace

The annual Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace returns on Thanksgiving weekend with the “preview party” on Friday, Nov. 25, from 6:30-8 p.m. and the Holiday Market on Saturday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The market is known for showcasing a variety of quality, artisan-made goods. It is a popular annual event for year-round and seasonal residents, tourists, and vendors. The Holiday Marketplace nearly went on hiatus this year, but local resident and business owner Dotti Thompson stepped forward to take over as event coordinator.

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Glen Lake Library holds children’s holiday book drive

A special holiday tradition continues on Nov. 19 with an annual call for children’s books. The Friends of the Glen Lake Library are once again collecting donations of new children’s books for children whose families are in need of assistance this holiday season. Any family can find themselves in hard times and the goal is to make sure the children still have some holiday joy in the form of a special book. 

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Garbage Dump Angel

Editor/publisher of the Glen Arbor Sun, Jacob Wheeler has written a new book titled “Angel of the Garbage Dump: How Hanley Denning Changed the World, One Child at a Time” (Mission Point Press), which recounts how a young woman from Maine launched a school in the hovels of the Guatemala City garbage dump and helped pull thousands of children out of the teeming filth of one of the largest urban landfills in the Americas. Join Wheeler for any of the following upcoming readings in Leelanau County: Suttons Bay Library (with Bay Books), Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 6 pm; Glen Arbor Arts Center (with fellow author Anne-Marie Oomen) Saturday, Nov. 26, at 11 am, and Glen Lake Library in Empire (with Cottage Book Shop), Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 7 pm.

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Strolling Lights Festival returns to Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District

After a successful first year, the Strolling Lights Festival at Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District in Glen Arbor returns for a second year. This event is a combination of holiday festiveness with the added bonus of supporting local youth and families. Twenty-two pre-lit trees will be placed around The District by November 12. Sponsoring groups and families must provide the decorations and have until November 26 to decorate it. After that, trees will be on display for the public to admire through the new year.

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Northport’s Willowbrook Mill hosts Beaujolais Nouveau Day Dinner

Willowbrook Mill in Northport will host a Beaujolais Nouveau Day Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6-9 p.m. The five-course French meal includes wine pairings created by guest chef Guillaume Hazael-Massieux of La Becasse restaurant. Limited seating is available, and going fast. Tickets cost $129 per person and are available online at MyNorthTickets.com.

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Leelanau leans blue as Democrats hold County Commission, send Coffia to State House

Leelanau County leaned blue in yesterday’s midterm election—as the red wave that Republicans hoped for nationwide never materialized. By the slimmest of margins, Democrats will keep a 4-3 majority on the County Board of Commissioners. Leelanau also backed Betsy Coffia for State House, Gretchen Whitmer for Governor, Dana Nessel for Attorney General, Jocelyn Benson for Secretary of State and all three ballot proposals, including enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution.

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Cherry Republic, Glen Lake Chamber mourn passing of Kathy Baarstad

From staff reports It is with profound sadness that Cherry Republic announces the sudden passing of longtime employee and treasured friend Kathy Baarstad, who died on November 6 after a brief illness. Anyone who visited Cherry Republic’s Glen Arbor campus over the past 12 years no doubt encountered Kathy’s dazzling smile and friendly welcome. As […]

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Glen Arbor Arts Center features Small Works

The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 2022 Small Works Holiday Exhibition is an annual showcase of 2D + 3D work that offers small, original art at affordable prices, $150 or less. The exhibition takes place November 4-December 15, and features more than 100 works of art, 12” x 12” or smaller, by 17 artists working in mixed media, collage, paper, painting, wood, clay, and photography. The GAAC hosts a holiday kickoff on November 4, from 5-7 pm.

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League of Women Voters hosts webinar on post-Roe v. Wade

The League of Women Voters of Leelanau County will host a webinar on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at noon with Len Niehof, University of Michigan Law Professor and First Amendment and Media Attorney, as he narrates the recent Roe v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court Justices’ process to this decision and his own thoughts and ramifications of this important legal decision.

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Local author offers poems of spirits, seasons, Halloween

I Awaken In October: Poems of Folk Horror and Halloween is the debut speculative poetry collection from northern Michigan author Scott J. Couturier, published October 2022 by Jackanapes Press.

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