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Leelanau Coffee Roasting Arens brothers grow into Leland
NewsThe Early Bird breakfast and lunch destination in downtown Leland has a new tenant—one whose brand is already ubiquitous in northern Michigan. In mid-June, John and Steve Arens, who own the Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company in Glen Arbor, will open a breakfast bistro that combines high-quality food with fresh-roasted coffee on the main drag in Leland. They are leasing the space from Skip Telgard, who owns the Blue Bird restaurant next door. The Early Bird sat empty through much of 2020 as Telgard struggled to find enough employees to staff the popular eatery.
A stargazing Good Samaritan tourist sounds the alarm on Le Bear’s fire
NewsKari Beitler, a Detroit area native who lives in Cleveland and studies plant science at Cuyahoga Community College, traveled north on a road trip with her parents on Thursday, May 13, to witness and photograph the Aurora Borealis. Photography is a passion for Kari, who describes herself on her Instagram account “kari_d_away” as a “rust belt explorer, a mitten native, and a Mother Nature protector and advocate.”
Percentage of fully vaccinated Leelanau residents, 16 and up, passes 70 percent
NewsLeelanau County is the first county in Michigan to cross the 70 percent threshold for residents, 16 and up, who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In Leelanau, 75 percent of residents have received at least one shot.
Beach Bards Bonfire returns in 2021
NewsAfter a 2020 pandemic hiatus, the Beach Bards are back! The Friday night bonfires featuring poetry, storytelling and music on the beach at The Leelanau School will take place four times this summer: June 25, July 9, July 23, and August 6.
Glen Arbor daughter strives to bring home airmen MIA from World War II Kassel Mission
NewsGlen Arbor resident Linda Dewey recounts how her father, Air Force captain Bill Dewey survived the Kassel Mission over Germany in this Memorial Day story honoring the Greatest Generation, who won the Second World War. Linda is working with the Kassel Mission Memorial Association to bring home the remains of American airmen who went missing in action in on Sept. 27, 1944.
Own your own Italian restaurant near Big Glen Lake: Funistrada is for sale
NewsTrattoria Funistrada is for sale. Tom and Holly Reay are selling their popular Italian restaurant in Burdickville, located a stone’s skip from the east shore of Big Glen Lake. Serbin Real Estate listed the restaurant today for $1.495 million. Offers may arrive soon, as the local real estate market is, in a word, hot.
Manitou Island Transit resumes ferry service May 28
NewsManitou Island Transit’s passenger ferry “Mishe-Mokwa” will resume service to the Manitou Islands on Friday, May 28, after record-high Lake Michigan water levels, flooded docks and the COVID-19 pandemic forced the family-owned business to take a year-long hiatus in 2020. “It’s a relief. We weren’t going to make it another year,” co-owner Megan Grosvenor Muñoz told the Sun. “But when you drop something for a year, getting everything up and running is difficult.”
Memorial Day ceremony at Glen Arbor Township Cemetery honors Civil War veteran
NewsFor the first time in nearly a century there will be a memorial ceremony under the auspices of the Township of Glen Arbor at the old cemetery on Forest Haven Road. In 1977, half a century after the last person was buried there, the cemetery was mistakenly transferred to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in a land title mix-up. The error was discovered 18 months ago and was put to rights over the following year. The service will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 28. The public is welcome.
Estate sale held at former Rich Quick property in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
NewsAn estate sale is planned for Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, May 29-30 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., at the former home of Rich Quick on Alligator Hill, overlooking Sleeping Bear Bay in the National Lakeshore. The address of the home is 8317 West Sky Line Drive, Empire. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Joshua Humphrey, 19 years old and the grandson of Quick’s late wife Bonnie. He will vacate the property next week as it passes into the hands of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Tuesday, June 1.
A poet’s singing voice rises from the Northport orchard
NewsJulia Brabenec lives up in Northport, just off M-22, in a stone house that was built by her own hands, her husband’s and their children’s hands. The house sits in an organic orchard beside a vineyard. Petite in stature, eyes large and vibrant inside her heart-shaped face, Julia’s ever-present smile framed in fly-away silver and white, a vibrant shawl of orange and gold gracefully draped over her shoulders. Her voice, whether over the phone or in person, is assured and melodic, liberally embroidered with gracious notes of self-deprecation, gratefulness and humor.