Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts kid creativity
Make 2019 the year of kid creativity. The Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) offers two programs for kids in pre-school up to eighth grade at the GAAC, which is located at 6031 S. Lake St., in Glen Arbor.
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Supreme Court reaffirms Great Lakes public beach access
The public has the right to walk the Great Lakes shoreline, even along privately owned beaches. The United States Supreme Court reaffirmed that right on Tuesday. The court declined to hear an Indiana case filed by riparian land owners who live along the south shore of Lake Michigan.
Local cops face-off against firemen this Saturday for Maple City’s DePuy family
Mandy DePuy and her two Glen Lake daughters will benefit from this year’s Guns-N-Hoses event on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Centre Ice in Traverse City. The annual Guns-N-Hoses game originated with Traverse City’s Sara Posey, a former Munson EMT, and her firefighter husband, Tony.
Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts Bound to Journal: A Bookbinding Workshop
Writer and visual artist Jen Sperry Steinorth leads a day-long bookbinding workshop on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 9 am-4 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
Glen Lake Winterfest returns, Feb. 16
Join your fellow hearty northern Michiganders for Glen Lake Winterfest, held by the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce, on Saturday, Feb. 16 (President’s Day Weekend). Festivities include a perch fishing contest and chili cook-off on the deck at Boondocks.
Leelanau League examines diversity, equity, inclusion
The League of Women Voters of Leelanau County (LWVLC) will host a forum titled “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: What Is It and What Can I Do?” in the Leelanau County Government Center, Lower Level Community Room at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 6.
Fishtown Preservation meets financial milestone, adds a rooftop heart
The Fishtown Preservation Society (FPS) in Leland is honoring a milestone in early 2019, when, after 12 years, the nonprofit organization becomes debt-free. FPS has scheduled a celebration on Thursday, Feb. 14, from 5:45-6 p.m. in Fishtown, the same day that the organization makes the final payment for its Fishtown property with a $789,600 balloon payment.
Leelanau School continues ski tradition of Hans “Peppi” Teichner
From staff reports The long connection with skiing at The Leelanau School continues on, as the small boarding school in Glen Arbor has added to its curriculum an opportunity for students to become certified ski instructors. Spending daily class-time skiing during the five-week winter term is part of the experiential learning philosophy of the 90-year-old […]
The federal shutdown hit Sleeping Bear Dunes. So volunteers rushed in
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore enjoys a healthy relationship with a nonprofit group of local volunteers, Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes, which has pitched in to keep trails and parking lots plowed, collect trash and keep toilets clean and accessible during the federal government shutdown.
Benefit supper scheduled for Rosinski family in Cedar
A benefit spaghetti supper will be held for the Rosinski Family on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 4-7 p.m. at the Solon Township Hall in Cedar. Proceeds from the event will assist the Rosinski Family with ongoing expenses (medical and otherwise) as the result of a home invasion and assault earlier this month.