As acquisition date nears, hurdles loom for Sugar Loaf resort

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Eneliko Smith linked to Remo Polselli through business ties, but Smith maintains, “I’m nobody’s front man” By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Eneliko “Liko” Sean Smith still plans to acquire Sugar Loaf resort this spring from Kate Wickstrom, and open the long shuttered ski hills this coming winter, though he might not ink the deal by […]

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Mr. Smith comes to Michigan

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Eneliko “Sean” Smith, Sugar Loaf resort’s enigmatic, aspiring new owner By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor There’s a new guy in town, and he’s definitely not from around here. All this month the local papers, TV stations, and gossip have focused on Eneliko Sean Smith, the enigmatic 39-year-old boxer turned businessman who recently moved to northern […]

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The Glen Arbor Sun interview with Liko Smith

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Eneliko “Sean” Smith, Sugar Loaf resort’s enigmatic, aspiring new owner Glen Arbor Sun: It’s been interesting to see how the local papers have reacted to an outsider coming in and hopefully acquiring Sugar Loaf. What do you think about the local media’s reaction to you so far? Liko Smith: Sugar Loaf is a very emotional […]

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Dueling Solutions For The Asian Carp Invasion

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This report was published by Progress Illinois: http://www.progressillinois.com/posts/content/2010/02/16/dueling-solutions-asian-carp-invasion By Adam Doster Last week, the White House released its own $78.5 million Asian carp deterrence plan. Environmentalists, nervous that an invasion will wreak havoc on the region’s ecosystem, are expressing disappointment with the Obama administration’s lack of a timeline or cohesive plan. The reversal of the […]

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Hoop dreams

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From staff reports The Glen Arbor Township Hall’s original basketball backboards have been retired. The Gordon family of Northwood Drive paid for new, retractable backboards and hoops to be installed in advance of their daughter’s town hall wedding ceremony and reception on Jan. 16. Retired Hall of Fame Coach Don Miller and Cherry Republic czar […]

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Economic recession? Not necessarily

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Thanks to Pure Michigan, Bed & Breakfast and others report healthy summers By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Chat with guests at the Glen Arbor Bed & Breakfast on a given weekend, and you’ll take a virtual cross-country tour, and perhaps even a global one. Nearly half of those staying at the popular B&B in the […]

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“Don’t pave Sleeping Bear!”

From Staff Reports A group of citizens in the Glen Arbor, Michigan, area has recently formed under the banner of “Preserve the Forest” to oppose the asphalt paving of Segment 5, of the Leelanau Heritage Scenic Heritage Route Trailway, a portion of the 27 mile long, multi-use trail, planned for Leelanau and Benzie Counties. According […]

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Dunegrass lives! Popular music festival rises from the ashes for 17th year

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By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor The Sleeping Bear Dunegrass Music Festival is back, albeit in a new location on the Empire Eagles’ M-72 property six miles east of Empire. Come join the revelry from Friday, July 31-Sunday, Aug. 2, and enjoy excellent blues, roots, rock, reggae, bluegrass, progressive, funk and contemporary acoustic music playing on […]

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Wind turbines in Leelanau County?

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Local opinions, for and against, passionate and protective, are blowin’ in the wind By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Ever since the Michigan Wind Energy Resource Zone Board (WERZ) released a report on June 2 that named Leelanau County as the second best location statewide for industrial-scale windmill farms, local citizens have vociferously debated this prospective […]

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Pete Edwards’ Nordic Walking Poles help wounded war heroes walk again

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By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Wounded Iraq war veteran and Traverse City resident Michelle Rudzitis drove to Mount Adams in Washington state earlier this year for three days of solo hiking, camping and collecting her thoughts— two and a half years after a roadside bomb in Baghdad severed her left leg and nearly killed her. […]

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