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Glen Arbor gets public WiFi
NewsGlen Arbor Township recently contracted Aspen Wireless to install free WiFi for the public. Access was up and running by the end of June. According to operations manager Eric Laitala, the head-end is located at the Glen Arbor Township Hall.
Mulebone returns to Manitou Music Festival
Upcoming EventThe Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) welcomes the blues duo Mulebone back to its Manitou Music Festival Studio Stage on Sunday, July 16, 8 p.m. Studio Stage is located behind Lake Street Studios, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore requests comments on fee increase
Upcoming EventSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is requesting public comment on increasing both entrance fees and camping fees beginning January 1, 2018.
Empire’s old hardware store — Fred Salisbury remembers
Historical Feature, Local PersonalityPhotos courtesy of Empire Area Museum By Linda Alice Dewey Sun contributor Part of our series on prominent but derelict or vacant buildings in our region. If you were around this area in the late 1960s, ’70s or ’80s, you might remember the old Ace hardware store located at the end of Front Street, adjacent […]
Storm Hill developer gets wastewater go-ahead from MDEQ
Business Feature, Historical Feature, Local PersonalityAn Empire real estate development firm has cleared the first hurdle in developing a vacant three-acre strip of properties at the end of Lake Street. The complex would include the old Salisbury/Ace hardware store, the white house just south of it, the livery barn on the corner of Lake and Niagara, a house across Niagara Street to the north, and a quarter mile strip of land along South Bar Lake.
Empire celebrates 40 years of Anchor Day
Historical Feature, Upcoming EventEmpire holds its 40th Anchor Day Festival on Saturday, July 15, with a parade, a street dance, a fun run, a quilt show, a movie and a chicken dinner.
North Manitou Light Keepers completes acquisition, starts restoration work
Historical Feature, Upcoming EventNorth Manitou Light Keepers (NMLK), a Michigan nonprofit organization, announces that its acquisition of the North Manitou Shoal Light (also known in its local area as “The Crib”) is complete and its restoration of the lighthouse starts now. NMLK plans to fully restore the lighthouse and make it available to the public for tours and appreciation by July 4, 2021. The organization also invites fellow enthusiasts to become members of the NMLK team and help restore the lighthouse by contributing to the “Campaign for the Crib!”
Sleeping Bear Waterman Camp awaits
Business Feature, Sports/Adventure, Upcoming EventSleeping Bear Surf & Kayak’s seventh annual SBX (Sleeping Bear X-treme) Junior Waterman Camp will take place July 24-28. Waterman camp is a unique freshwater surf camp designed and taught by water enthusiasts to create water enthusiasts.
Lombardo unveils new paintings
Upcoming EventOhio artist Joseph Lombardo continues his study of Glen Arbor with a series of new paintings, July 14-20, at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor. The show opens with an artist’s reception Friday, July 14, from 6-8 p.m.
Glen Lake Film Festival launches Monday nights
Upcoming EventThe Glen Lake Film Festival, a new addition to Glen Arbor this summer, will celebrate four “book-to-movie” screen classics on Monday nights at 8 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Township Hall.