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Sugar Loaf Deed Transferred to Polselli in March

The Glen Arbor Sun has learned, through confidential sources, that former Sugar Loaf owner Kate Wickstrom transferred the ownership deed over the long shuttered resort to Remo Polselli in March 2013. Polselli — a hotelier and convicted felon — signed an Indemnification & Release Agreement on March 18, as manager of “Rock Investment Advisors”. Wickstrom, who received the transfer agreement via her Traverse City-based attorney Joe Quandt, signed on March 20. Polselli paid legal fees associated with the transfer.

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The Homestead celebrates three decades of Northern Michigan skiing

From staff reports It’s hard to imagine there’s another Michigan winter right around the corner. But The Homestead is already preparing for a season-long celebration marking three decades of ski and snowboarding fun. “Our 30th ski season is a special milestone,” says Jamie Jewell, the resort’s vice president of sales & marketing. “There have been […]

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Glen Arbor Art Association accepts applications for Artist-In-Residence program

From staff reports The Glen Arbor Art Association offers residencies each year for practicing artists who would like the opportunity for creative exploration. An online prospectus and application are available on the GAAA website. Residencies are considered in writing, visual arts, photography, sculpture, fiber arts, ceramics, music, philosophy and creative research. Residencies are normally two […]

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Letter from Guatemala

By Kathleen Stocking Sun contributor Dear Leelanau, The mournful roosters of Guatemala call out over the waters of Lake Atitlan, “Oh, lost, where are you,” the sound lingering in the foggy dawn. My neighbor’s roosters in Lake Leelanau say, “Cock-a-doodle-doo,” like the roosters in Mother Goose, and the roosters of Thailand scream, “Now, you’ll die, […]

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A Child’s Christmas in New England debuts

By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor Twenty years after the publication of the critically acclaimed children’s book Flight of the Reindeer, Robert Sullivan delivers a second holiday story, artfully wrapped in Glenn Wolff’s colorful, multilayered illustrations. The series of anecdotes and childhood memories of the 1950s and ’60s as told by a father to his […]

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Friends of the Glen Lake Library hold Holiday Book Drive

From staff reports A special holiday tradition continues on Nov. 16, as the Friends of the Glen Lake Library kick off their 15th annual call for children’s books. The Friends of the Library, in cooperation with Glen Lake School’s “Parenting Communities” program, will once again collect donations of new children’s books for children whose families […]

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Thrill of the hunt: Mike Walker’s “blast and cast”

From staff reports Firearm hunting season on Northern Michigan’s deer population commences on November 15, with leaves resting on the ground and a pre-winter chill hanging in the air. But Mike Walker, a retired educator at Glen Lake School and realtor at Coldwell Banker, has already been on the hunt for weeks. Walker and Greg […]

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Fruit everywhere, but who will pick it?

How our broken immigration system hurts Leelanau County farmers By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Rosa Valenzuela and her family look forward to their annual trip up north, to see old friends, to prepare picnics in the park and to swim in Lake Michigan when the waters warm by mid-summer. But the Valenzuelas are not your […]

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Harvest tribes: pressing Northern Michigan’s apple cider

Nadine Gilmer narrates, and reflects on, the Northern Michigan autumn tradition of pressing apples to make apple cider. It’s hard to imagine apple cider making not being a community event. Aside from the sweet promise of fresh apple cider, this is a labor-intensive job. One person washes the apples while a couple of other cider-makers set up the press. Then one person holds the bowl at the end of the spout to make sure none of the juice is wasted. One feeds handfuls of apples into the machine while a sturdy volunteer turns the crank.

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League of Women Voters host Freedom Riders

The League of Women Voters Leelanau County (LWVLC) will host the six Leelanau County high school students who participated this summer in the “2013 Freedom Tour” on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Leelanau Government Center. The students will be there at 6:30 to meet the audience. Refreshments will be provided.

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