The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce reports that this year’s Glen Lake Winter Fest has been revamped in light of COVID-19 social distancing precautions. The popular chili cook-off fundraiser will take place at locations in both Glen Arbor and Empire during President’s Day and Valentine’s Day weekend, February 13-14.
Three prominent Glen Arbor business owners have purchased separate parcels next to the Crystal Harbor Marina, where Fisher Lake (at the north end of Big Glen Lake) feeds into the Crystal River. In doing so, they’ll make sure the fragile ecosystem isn’t turned into a major housing development or resort.
Suttons Bay-based Moraine (curated by Leland resident Kelsey McQuown: read about Moraine here) and SMQ Consulting (her husband Steve) have partnered to create an interactive online dashboard to visualize the key factors, pain points, and opportunities for Leelanau County’s expanding online business ecosystem. During a time when a business’ online presence is more crucial than ever, the Leelanau Business Digital Vitals Dashboard seeks to help local business owners, chambers of commerce, and economic development organizations identify—and efficiently act on—the most potent opportunities for online business growth and optimization in 2021.
It’s a cold, blustery Monday night. Holiday feasts are past. The season of high darkness and penetrating cold is here, and I am far from alone in wishing I could again spend 90 minutes in a room heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit and lose myself in the meditative movements calmly and insistently guided—or more accurately encouraged—by certified Bikram instructor Alison Arthur.
South Haven, Mich., artist Susan L. Anderson’s Glen Lake Splendor is the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s (GAAC) iconic 2021 Manitou Music poster image. The Manitou Music concert series, one of the GAAC’s summer highlights, is paused for 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
When I was eight years old in 1960, I rode with my grandparents, Hattie and Peter Brondyke, from Muskegon, Michigan, to Bradenton, Florida, so that they could look for a house trailer for them to buy in a trailer park upon his coming retirement five years later.
Affordable, quality child care was in short supply before the pandemic. Now families’ inability to find child care has reached a crisis stage, preventing many parents from returning to work. This League of Women Voters Leelanau County forum on Feb. 3, available via Zoom and presented by four panelists, will provide a local perspective on the state of child care, with input from both those involved in finding and providing child care.
When I met with Melissa Kelenske and Liz Neddo, owners of Wool & Honey in Cedar, for an interview, it was in the way that is now standard in the year 2021. The meeting was on a video call, with all the technical difficulties and internet interruptions you would imagine, especially since we all live in rural northern Michigan and do not have high-speed internet. We were three mothers behind closed doors in our separate houses, joined here and there throughout the call by little ones popping in to ask a question or wave at the other faces on a computer screen. Currently, our work time is rarely separate from our parenting, a reality that makes both roles more difficult than before.
Chance encounters have shaped “CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent Martha Teichner’s life in profound ways. There was the chance encounter at Union Square Farmer’s Market in lower Manhattan that connected Martha and her Bull Terrier, Minnie, with Harry, a dog of the same breed, and Harry’s owner, Carol, who was dying of cancer from radiation exposure after 9/11. Girl dog met boy dog, and a deep and meaningful friendship blossomed between the two women.
The Empire Snowmobile Drag Race Roy Taghon Memorial is scheduled for Saturday, January 23, at the Empire Airport on County Road 677, south of M-72, after being postponed last month for a lack of snow. Registration for the event runs from 8-10:30 am on Saturday. The races begin at 11 am.