Northport Energy holds solar celebration
To celebrate Earth Week 2019, Northport Energy is pleased to announce a solar celebration on Saturday, April 27. The events will feature a tour of seven solar installations in the Glen Arbor-Maple City area.
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Glen Arbor Players host auditions
The Glen Arbor Players will host an audition for their first summer play of 2019, “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” at Glen Lake Community Reformed Church on Monday April 29 at 7 pm.
Glen Arbor Arts Center holds Exposures reception
The Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) celebrates the 31st edition of Exposures, an annual exhibition of creative work of nearly 100 Leelanau County students in grades k–12. A reception to honor the exhibitors is Thursday, April 25, from 4–6 pm in the GAAC gallery.
Park staff warn of dangerous glass on lakeshore beach
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is issuing warnings that large quantities of broken glass have been found on the Lake Michigan beach near Good Harbor Picnic Area at the east end of Lake Michigan Road in Cleveland Township.
Arts Center seeks New Views submissions
The Glen Arbor Arts Center seeks submissions for its upcoming, juried exhibition New Views: Home/Place.
Leelanau Conservancy celebrates Earth Week, April 20-28
The Leelanau Conservancy is getting ready to kick off Earth Week, the annual week-long celebration in honor of Earth Day. Earth Week begins Saturday, April 20 and concludes on Earth Day, Sunday, April 28.
Katofsky discusses Sugar Loaf wine, Brownfield plan, green energy with Leelanau officials
Skiing option “still on table” but with fewer than five lifts. Katofsky also postponed a public open house in Leelanau until “sometime in late spring or early summer,” once he has resolved key questions such as whether Sugar Loaf will ever host downhill skiing again.
Dollar stores targeting northern Michigan towns?
Maple City and Lake Ann residents brace for potential battle with hungry national chain. Dollar stores are expanding in rural, and often economically depressed, towns throughout the United States. “Small box” dollar stores specialize in selling cheap commodities and pre-packaged food that undercut locally-owned grocery stores.
Get outdoors Saturday, April 6, for All-In-One-Day
Think of it as a holiday. Think of it as a celebration. Think of it as a living, active, fun love-note to our region and our health. The All-in-One-Day Day mission is simply to get outside with friends and do as many activities—both winter and summer—as you can.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans sea lamprey control on Crystal River
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will apply lampricides to the Crystal River in Glen Arbor to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. The applications will be conducted between April 16 and May 9, in accordance with State of Michigan permits.