Vote “Yes” on the Senior Millage on the Aug. 7 county wide ballot. The continuation of prevention services, as well as ongoing services are essential for an age friendly Leelanau. The last .275 millage in 2014 received overwhelming approval by the voters.
These days, the leaders of the United States talk about building a wall to keep people out. Perhaps instead of a wall, we should construct a giant mirror this Fourth of July, and take a look at ourselves, who we are, what choices we’re making, and where we are headed as a nation, as a community.
By Eliot Singer Op-ed contributor Suzanne Sorkin and I have fallen in love with the Number 11 BATA Bus. As retirees, we decided to live in our small condo at The Homestead much of the time between April and November. Like most seasonal (and year-round) residents, we hate the hassle of trying to drive anywhere […]
While our national parks are as popular as ever, many are in need of repairs. Because of aging facilities and unreliable funding, roughly $46 million worth of repairs have accumulated in our state alone. Here in Michigan, investments in our parks would support 452 jobs in planning, road building, construction and carpentry, among other positions.
The Glen Lake School Board has a tough decision to make. The current stadium grass was improperly installed 20 years ago, causing potential injuries to athletes and limiting usage due to lack of drainage. Options on the table for the June 12 meeting are essentially to properly install new grass or go with artificial turf.
The Michigan legislature is considering whether to continue, or expand, a new state pilot project that is increasing business from schools for a significant number of farms and related food companies throughout the state and in Leelanau County.
This world-changing event — a woman confidently and competently doing what many men before her have done — is a bold, radical, and revolutionary act (those are positive words in our household). It’s an act that makes some entitled men jealous and angry, because they fear they’ll lose their grip on power — the power they alone have clenched for millennia.
Letter to the Editor This July Fourth we celebrated the variety of opportunities that make us unique as a country, and feel it is important to remember the responsibilities that come with those opportunities. The law allows us to celebrate with our own personal fireworks, and that has resulted in both some beautiful displays and […]
Glen Arbor will never be a bikers’ paradise until there is a safe route into and around the village. The tone of the article “Glen Arbor a bikers’ paradise”, with its emphasis on economic benefit and little concern about biker safety, borders on callousness.
Nearly 10 years ago, in August 2005, this community newspaper published a celebratory feature story titled “Old Cowboy, New Tricks”, about the late Bill Bricker. In 2011, online commenters using anonymous email addresses suddenly began to allege that Bricker had sexually molested them and other underage boys. The accusations of pedophilia became more and more serious, and seemed to coincide with the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal.