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Young business owners open shop in Suttons Bay
NewsAcross Leelanau County, more and more businesses are getting started, or revitalized by young entrepreneurs. Some are longtime locals, some are “boomerang” locals, back from years away to better discover their desire to come back home, and some are folks lured away from their past lives in big cities to the smaller, welcoming communities of northern Michigan. In Suttons Bay, a clear resurgence in young business owners and operators brings a freshness to an already vibrant small town on Grand Traverse Bay.
Gold Baby’s recipe: new home, new biscuits
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Dune Climb concert features Bumpus
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Leland Old Art Building hosts Artists Market
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Will Lake Michigan water levels set all-time mark?
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Local author and illustrator Brianne Farley visits Leland Library
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Center Gallery hosts Joseph Lombardo
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Leelanau Township Library in Northport hosts Summer Writers’ Series
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Old Friends return to Old Settlers with July 13 tribute concert
NewsLast summer’s Simon & Garfunkel tribute concert at Old Settlers’ Park was such a hit, they’re doing it again but with one major improvement. Enter “Looking Forward,” the trio made up of local favorites and all-around good guys—former Glen Lake music teachers Pat Niemisto, John Kumjian, and urban agriculturalist Chris Skellenger, of Buckets of Rain fame.
Glen Arbor Park vandalism prompts call for community help
NewsSecurity cameras were always part of the plan for the two-year-old Glen Arbor park, but there was no real need urgency until recently.