The Michigan Writers, started in 2001 by a group of area scribes (including Norm Wheeler, Joe VanderMeulen, Bronwyn Jones, and others), initially focused on collaborating to help each other improve their work and get published. But the roots of what would become a thriving regional writing network can be found in a small yet vibrant publication, founded around 1996 by Empire poet, essayist, playwright and teacher Anne-Marie Oomen.
Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trails, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Traverse City Track Club issued a $25,000 challenge match for the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail. The trail campaign has a goal to raise $200,000 to begin constructing the next four-mile segment from the Dune Climb to Empire in 2013. There will be a bonus of $5,000 if the goal is met before December 31.
Graeme and Judy Leask, with daughters Chelsea and Gemma, have resuscitated an old county landmark and gathering place: the Little Traverse Inn. Most recently the restaurant North, and for many years before that the Leelanau Country Inn, this cozy glass-porched B&B and eatery has, as the menu recalls, “an incredible history.”
Proposal 3, Michigan’s Renewable Energy Mandate, in particular, would require that 25 percent of the state’s electricity come from renewable resources such as wind, solar, biomass and hydropower by 2025. The effort has been called “the most important clean-energy vote this year” (nationwide) by Grist magazine’s environmental luminary David Roberts.
Check out this great video from Detroit Public Television’s traveling “Under the Radar” series. You can stream the owners of Cherry Republic and Art’s Tavern, the Deputy Superintendent of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and Glen Arbor artists Becky Thatcher and Beth Bricker into your homes, thus satisfying your wanderlust.
Democrat Carolyn “Peachy” Rentenbach and Republican Robert Hawley are vying for a seat on the Leelanau County Commission for District 6. The Glen Arbor Sun submitted these eight questions to both Rentenbach and Hawley. Rentenbach responded. You can read her responses here:
Senator Debbie Stabenow appears to have a big lead over her opponent, Republican challenger Pete Hoekstra. Stabenow is seeking her third term in Washington. The Glen Arbor Sun submitted these eight questions to both Stabenow’s and Hoekstra’s campaigns. See their responses below.
The Glen Arbor Sun submitted these eight questions to both Congressman Dan Benishek’s and challenger Gary McDowell’s campaigns. See their responses below:
Manistee businessman, Democrat Allen O’Shea is challenging Republican incumbent Ray Franz to represent Michigan’s 101st District in Lansing. Franz unseated Democrat Dan Scripps two years ago in a GOP and Tea Party tidal wave election.
Detroit-based photographer, Susan Tusa, will be the upcoming Artist-in-Residence at the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA). She has been documenting “everything imaginable in and around Detroit” for 30 years. Tusa was a staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press for 22 years. Her wide array of subjects include, fashion in Italy, food, prostitutes, Cuban car culture, wedding celebrations, Detroit cityscapes, snowscapes, flowers and more. Tusa looks forward to “turning her camera to the natural world and more personal art photography” while she is in Glen Arbor.