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Sleeping Bear Dunes to restore accessibility and resume basic visitor services
NewsSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore announced on Saturday, Jan. 12, that areas of the park will once again be accessible to visitors in the coming days, despite the continued federal government shutdown. The Park will use revenues generated by recreation fees. However, the Empire visitor center, ranger talks and programs will remain unavailable until the government re-opens.
Empire holds fourth annual Roy Taghon snowmobile race
NewsVisit the Empire Airport on Saturday, Jan. 12, for the fourth Annual Empire Snowmobile Drag Race / Roy Taghon Memorial. The airport is located at 13264 S Benzonia Trail (CR-677), several miles east of Empire. The day-long even features a beer tent, live music, and fast sleds.
Government shutdown hurts Leelanau businesses
NewsThe government shutdown, about to enter its third week, has closed all National Parks, including the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. That is hurting several Empire businesses near the National Lakeshore’s visitor center, and it’s doing so at the slow time of year when they need business the most.
The Worm Turns
NewsI started out as an egg. Perhaps I was more than that. I was an idea, but the egg is what was visible and ideas aren’t, not until they become manifest in some form or action. The egg was a gift from my mother, a Monarch butterfly, whom I, like the sea turtle, never knew.
Celebrating Polish Heritage on the Farm
NewsPigs, goats, chickens, guinea hens, ducks, cats, and a couple small children roam the pastures, pathways, and vegetable patch of the Polish Heritage Farm in Cedar. “We came up five years ago [from Hamtramck, a Detroit neighborhood]. We had this vision: doing a farm and raising our kids on a farm, knowing where their food came from,” bubbles Kathleen Bittner Koch.
Practice, replenish, explore” with Yoga4
NewsChristen Landry’s journey as a yoga teacher took flight in the autumn of 2014 when she made a decision to step away from The Redheads and move to Salt Lake City, where a sister lives. She secured a job teaching at a large yoga studio, and a second job managing a restaurant.
Glen Arbor Sun’s most-read stories of 2018
NewsHere are the most-read and most popular stories from 2018 on GlenArbor.com, the homepage of the Glen Arbor Sun.
RIP, Leelanau legends Dean Robb, George Weeks, Bernie Rink
NewsOver the course of one week late in 2018, Leelanau County lost some of its most impactful elders: Bernie Rink, George Weeks and Dean Robb.
Sunday suppers at The Tribune in Northport host culinary journey
NewsOn the early evening of a spitty, sleety, slush-gray Sunday, 23 people gathered at The Tribune in Northport for a feast. Three cooked it. One served it. One washed its dishes. And 18 were there only to drink their BYO wine and eat— not food they chose from a menu but food chosen for them, and prepared in an open kitchen no bigger than a bathroom.
Christmas lights across the water
NewsFrank Siepker, Jr., has launched his floating Christmas tree on Big Glen Lake for the fifth year in a row. The tree’s lights are solar powered. Photo by Taro Yamasaki