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Glen Lake Winterfest returns, Feb. 16
Business Feature, Upcoming EventJoin your fellow hearty northern Michiganders for Glen Lake Winterfest, held by the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce, on Saturday, Feb. 16 (President’s Day Weekend). Festivities include a perch fishing contest and chili cook-off on the deck at Boondocks.
Leelanau League examines diversity, equity, inclusion
NewsThe League of Women Voters of Leelanau County (LWVLC) will host a forum titled “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: What Is It and What Can I Do?” in the Leelanau County Government Center, Lower Level Community Room at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 6.
Fishtown Preservation meets financial milestone, adds a rooftop heart
NewsThe Fishtown Preservation Society (FPS) in Leland is honoring a milestone in early 2019, when, after 12 years, the nonprofit organization becomes debt-free. FPS has scheduled a celebration on Thursday, Feb. 14, from 5:45-6 p.m. in Fishtown, the same day that the organization makes the final payment for its Fishtown property with a $789,600 balloon payment.
Leelanau School continues ski tradition of Hans “Peppi” Teichner
NewsFrom staff reports The long connection with skiing at The Leelanau School continues on, as the small boarding school in Glen Arbor has added to its curriculum an opportunity for students to become certified ski instructors. Spending daily class-time skiing during the five-week winter term is part of the experiential learning philosophy of the 90-year-old […]
The federal shutdown hit Sleeping Bear Dunes. So volunteers rushed in
NewsThe Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore enjoys a healthy relationship with a nonprofit group of local volunteers, Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes, which has pitched in to keep trails and parking lots plowed, collect trash and keep toilets clean and accessible during the federal government shutdown.
Benefit supper scheduled for Rosinski family in Cedar
NewsA benefit spaghetti supper will be held for the Rosinski Family on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 4-7 p.m. at the Solon Township Hall in Cedar. Proceeds from the event will assist the Rosinski Family with ongoing expenses (medical and otherwise) as the result of a home invasion and assault earlier this month.
Food is medicine: Leelanau volunteers help Buckets of Rain supply fresh produce in Detroit
NewsBuckets of Rain, a Leelanau-based nonprofit which aims to “support the rebuilding of Detroit by transforming blighted areas into agricultural oases” will hold a work bee on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 8:30 a.m. at the Empire United Methodist Church. Volunteers will make smoothies using locally picked apples and produce donated by Kroger.
Work for no pay: government shutdown forces Leelanau resident to tighten belt, hurts local economy
NewsThe acting president’s shutdown of the federal government, now nearly a month old, has furloughed approximately 800,000 workers nationwide. One Leelanau County resident considered an “excepted employee” is an air traffic controller at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City. He spoke with the Glen Arbor Sun under the condition of anonymity, citing a government “gag order”.
Cherry Republic holds snowshoe hike, chili dinner to benefit Friends of Sleeping Bear
NewsFans of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are invited to attend a fun and informal snowshoe hike and chili dinner on Sunday, Jan. 20, to help support Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes—the nonprofit group whose volunteers maintain the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail and help in other ways during the federal government shutdown.
Glen Lake Fire Department seeks new fire chief
NewsThe Townships of Glen Arbor and Empire are currently accepting applications and resumes for the position of fire chief. The Glen Lake Fire Department is a full-time, unionized, ALS transport agency which provides fire, rescue and EMS services to approximately 2,000 year-round residents.