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Local author to lead poetry workshop

On Saturday, August 10 at 10:30 am, Teresa Scollon, poet, essayist, editor, and educator, will lead a poetry workshop in the Munnecke Room at Leland Township Library. “A poem doesn’t setout to tell the entire narrative the way a story does,” said Scollon. “And yet, a poem, by capturing a particular moment, can illuminate a world and draw in the reader in profound ways.” The workshop is free and open to the public. “No matter your level of experience in reading or writing poetry. All are welcome,” Scollon said.

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Port Oneida Collection features images, oral history, maps

Those who are interested in the Port Oneida historic district of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore might be interested to know that a new book about the place is now available. Tom Van Zoeren’s A Port Oneida Collection: Images, Oral History, Maps presents the story of each of the farms of Port Oneida, based mainly, as the title suggests, on oral history interviews conducted with residents of the community, and on photographs collected from them. It is illustrated with a detailed map of each farm.

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Housing shortage “epidemic” impacts our workforce

If you have been to the Empire Village Inn in the last two years, you have likely noticed some changes. The menu has been revamped, the beer menu has expanded, and the bar has been rebuilt, all thanks to the newest general manager, Riley Scott, who was hired by owner Frank Lerchen in the fall of 2017. Scott had been working in the restaurant industry in Grand Rapids, and moved north when offered a management position to help make some changes to the establishment.

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Leelanau Conservancy’s Cedar River Preserve grows to 546 acres

Late in June the Leelanau Conservancy closed on an 80-acre parcel adjacent to the Cedar River Preserve, growing the property to a total of 546 acres. This piece of land has been on the Conservancy’s priority list for nearly 30 years when founders Ed and Bobbie Collins first dreamt of protecting the unique, undisturbed property filled with rare plants and incredible wildlife habitat.

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High waters, shrinking beaches up ante over road end lake access

Higher Lake Michigan levels have shrunk beach areas and are exacerbating the struggle between public beachgoers and private landowners over access to our shoreline. A prime example can be found at the 60-foot-wide beach access at Reynolds Street in Leland, which for decades has been called “South Beach”.

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Glen Arbor’s Revolutionary Realtor

Doug Manning, an avid outdoorsman, hunter, sailor and connoisseur of fine colas, passed away on June 9. A realtor with a big personality and tremendous sense of humor, Manning and friend Michelle Stryker found an anchor off Empire beach in 1977 that prompted the town to celebrate its annual Anchor Day Festival. Manning was a regular at the Leelanau Coffee Roasters. Though a patriot and proud conservative, he once jokingly dressed as Fidel Castro for this real estate poster. RIP, Doug!

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Friends of Glen Lake Library hold used book sale

The Friends of the Glen Lake Community Library will their annual used book sale Aug. 7-9 at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. This three-day fundraising event offers gently used books for adults and children in more than 50 categories, games, and puzzles, as well as DVDs and CDs. This year the Friends have an extraordinary selection of beautiful coffee table books. The sale is scheduled as follows:

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Wildflowers celebrates 40 years in Glen Arbor

Wildflowers owner, Donna Burgan, said her store would have never lasted 40 years without the devotion of the community when she first opened it.

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Leland Old Art Building hosts Crockett, Ball, Brown

The Leelanau Community Cultural Center (The Old Art Building) is pleased to announce a very special evening of music, featuring three gifted singer/songwriters Jim Crockett, Fred Ball and Mark Brown. These “Old Friends” are coming together to perform Thursday evening, August 8, at 7:30 p.m.

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Sleeping Bear Dunes holds Port Oneida Fair

Every August, the Port Oneida Rural Historic District awakens from its peaceful slumber and comes alive with activity true to the period when it was a community of robust settlers.

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