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Glen Lake Library celebrates national library week
Upcoming EventThe Glen Lake Library in Empire will celebrate the upcoming National Library Week with a variety of programs and treats.
Why MONEY Magazine chose Glen Arbor among its top 20 destinations
Talk of the TownMONEY Magazine’s best in travel guide recently named Glen Arbor among its best places to go in 2018. We reached out to MONEY writer Megan Leonhardt to learn why she selected Glen Arbor.
Sleeping Bear Dunes seeks teacher-ranger-teachers
Upcoming EventSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is recruiting one Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) to spend the summer in the park learning about the resource and developing education programs. Applications received by April 30 will receive first consideration.
League of Women Voters promotes the vote
Upcoming EventOn Wednesday April 4, the League of Women Voters Leelanau County will host a public forum at noon at the Leelanau County Government Center entitled “Promote the Vote”—a project that secures our voting rights by putting them into the State Constitution.
Talk About Art features In Bloom
Upcoming EventFlowers are one of the most enduring and beloved subjects in the painting world, but what’s their attraction? As part of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s (GAAC) “In Bloom” exhibition, two local painters who have created large bodies of work based on flowers will explore the attractions at the next “Talk About Art.” on Sunday, April 15, at 2 pm at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
April Fools Day: Time for a Laker Dome?
Talk of the Town, Upcoming EventAs everyone in Glen Lake Laker Land basks in the glow of both the women’s and men’s basketball teams’ awesome March Madness runs and the strong 7-3 season the football team had last fall, can’t you just hear the whispers already: Laker Dome?
Local students call attention to gun violence in schools
Investigative Article, Talk of the TownThis morning at 10 a.m., students from several Leelanau County high schools joined a nationwide school walkout on the one-month anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
Guns at the bottom of the bay: legacy of gun control in Grand Traverse
Historical FeatureAfter my great-great-grandfather returned from the Civil War, laws regarding firearms were passed by many different units of government. Laws in Michigan prohibited the firing of guns in towns. Traverse City Police Chief Blacken had lots of firearms turned in to his office in 1926. Blacken dumped the guns in Grand Traverse Bay, ensuring the public’s safety from dangerous misfires.
League of Women Voters holds gender equality forum
Upcoming EventOn Wednesday, March 7, at noon at the Leelanau County Government Center lower level community room the League of Women Voters Leelanau County will hold a forum on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Hungarian born Lou Batori dies at age 107
Historical Feature, Local PersonalityLou Batori, Glen Arbor’s centenarian who was born in Budapest, survived the Russian advance during World War I, immigrated to the United States in 1929, made his career as a successful engineer, and downhill skied and motorcycled into his 100s, has died at age 107.