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Mill
NewsFull coverage of the Crystal River gristmill and the Brammer family that owned it, Turner Booth and his bid to revive the mill, the Township Board’s effort to rezone the neighboring Brammer parcel from “residential” to “recreational” and the community’s response, in the run-up to Glen Arbor Township’s August 3, 2021, zoning referendum.
Glen Arbor Sun’s top stories of 2020
NewsThe Glen Arbor Sun enjoyed a banner year in 2020 in terms of in-depth reporting and viewership, as our local coverage of COVID-19, the lockdown, racial equity, record-high Lake Michigan water levels and climate change forced us to up our game. Our website, GlenArbor.com, broke records for online views in 6 out of 12 months in 2020, and averaged a little more than 700 unique viewers per day.
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The Night Before Christmas
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Love and Loneliness Through a Window
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Malt and Barley: “the terroir of Empire”
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Northern Latitudes keeps hands clean, spirits high
NewsBusinesses throughout Leelanau County had to adapt on the fly when the Coronavirus arrived and commerce shut down in March. Northern Latitudes Distillery in Lake Leelanau not only retooled their business and retail space, owners Mandy and Mark Moseler prioritized making hand sanitizer—a biproduct of the distillery’s spirits—and supplied it free of charge to essential workers and those on the frontlines in the battle against COVID-19, including first responders, schools, home health care nurses, homeless shelters, medical care facilities, churches and food pantries. We talked to the Moselers about this crazy year, and how they got through it.
Leelanau Gives Back: Benefit by The Homestead supports Leelanau Christian Neighbors
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Sleeping Bear sets annual visitation record, with month left to go
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Bergman, O’Malley back lawsuit to overturn Biden election victory
NewsMichigan State Representative Jack O’Malley is one of 12 legislators who signed onto a legal brief supporting a lawsuit by the Texas attorney general that seeks to overturn President-Elect Joe Biden’s presidential victory on November 3. Biden won Michigan by a resounding 154,000 votes, nearly 3 percentage points. That’s more than 10 times Trump’s margin of victory over Hillary Clinton in Michigan in 2016. Biden won the national race over Trump by more than 7 million votes. Biden also carried Leelanau County by 878 votes. More than 1,000 Leelanau citizens who voted for Republicans down-ballot appear to have favored Biden over Trump for president.