It has become a global problem—electrical light pollution is sending its ever-brightening rays, hiding the night sky in place after place and there is no end in sight. In today’s world, city and suburban residents have lost sight of much of earth’s spectacular nighttime universe. At night a peachy orange glow is casting an ever-widening ominous circumference in the Grand Traverse region.
Attorney and Solon Township resident Douglas Fierberg is a trim, compact man in his early 60s, with a towering reputation as a relentless advocate for victims of school violence. On a recent day in his Traverse City office, he grabs a list off his desk and begins to read aloud: “Student death. Student shot dead. Student death. Student death. Student death. Student permanent brain injury. Student death. Student death. Dead son. Raped daughter. Student death. Student death.” The obscene, gut-wrenching litany is part of what he and his colleagues at The Fierberg National Law Group must work with every day in their civil litigation practice.
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.
The news media has suffered in recent years. Corporate consolidations have forced mass layoffs; the Internet and social media have redrawn the map; and demagogues at podiums malign us as convenient scapegoats. The latest blow to local news is the current administration’s shortsighted, illogical tariffs on newsprint from Canada.
Michigan League of Conservation Voters (MLCV) executive director Lisa Wozniak and Cherry Republic president Bob Sutherland will discuss the current state of Michigan’s waterways, including the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline, in a non-partisan fundraiser at the Cherry Public House in Glen Arbor on Thursday, Aug. 16, from 5-6:30 p.m.
Where do the rights of boaters end and those of riparians—who own inland waterfront property—begin? The laws can be confusing, and it appears that many, including some law enforcement officers, might be misinformed.
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is contring with the Richmond, Virginia-based film company Orange Frame to produce a new Sleeping Bear film, which the Lakeshore hopes to unveil in 2020.
Victoria Creek has long been a staple of Cedar, and it is about to undergo some significant improvements. The Cedar Community Marina project is set to begin construction in the spring of 2019, bringing with it major changes and a new standard for Cedar’s future.
With the Aug. 7 primary election a stone’s throw away, and with incumbent Curt VanderWall (a Republican from Ludington) vacating the State House seat that represents Michigan’s 101st District (serving Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, and Mason counties), we submitted the following questions to four candidates vying to be our next state representative in Lansing.
Julie Christian and I met on one of those blindingly clear and cold mid-March days with a bayonet wind coming off Lake Michigan. Christian is the newly appointed Chief of Natural Resources at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.