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Empire Asparagus Festival 2017 Poetry Contest winners
Poetry/EssayWinners of this year’s Empire Asparagus Festival poetry contest.
Living legacy: Hank Bailey’s relationship to the land
Historical Feature, Local Personality, Poetry/EssayAbout a block up the road from the old Cannery down on the shore in Glen Haven, Henry “Hank” Bailey gets out of a white Lexus in front of an abandoned, turn-of-the-century building that looks like it used to be a store. The whole village is deserted and sad. Glen Haven today is a bleak little shore-side ghost town in the bright sunlight. It’s the off-season, middle of May, the leaves on the trees are in delicate shades, fuzzy-looking and babyish in their newness.
Glen Lake Library plan expansion
Upcoming EventAfter nearly three years of strategic planning and library assessment activities, the Glen Lake Community Library (GLCL) is poised to begin an expansion and renovation project for its facility on Front Street in Empire.
The most beautiful race in America
NewsNorthern Michigan’s largest brand puts on one of the best athletic events of the year. At 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 10, 900 racers will line up for the ninth annual M22 Challenge. The race includes a 2.5-mile run, 17-mile bicycle ride, and 2.5-mile paddle — making it the most unique “tri” event in northern Michigan.
Park seeks public comments on South Manitou Lighthouse shoreline stabilization
Upcoming EventThe National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for shoreline stabilization at the South Manitou Island Lighthouse complex within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
The Once and Future Otter Creek
Historical Feature, Poetry/EssayI am an aficionado of naturalists and field biologists. In a world preoccupied by all manner of human mischief and melodrama, the natural scientist’s wholehearted attention to the lifeways of other organisms, their primal human immersion in wild lives under open skies is a rare and wonderful thing. Their devotion yields knowledge of place, and realer than that it does not get.
Sharing Anishinaabe History and Culture
Upcoming EventThe League of Women Voters Leelanau County hosts a discussion on sharing Anishinaabe history and culture and putting indigenous values into practice on Wednesday, June 7, at noon at the Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center (304 N. West Bay Shore Drive, M-22) north of Suttons Bay.
Readers Theater presents J.M. Barrie plays
Upcoming EventThe Glen Arbor Art Association Readers’ Theater presents two plays by British playwright J.M. Barrie, June 2-3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road in Burdickville (east shore of the Glen Lakes).
Hometown habitat heroes
Upcoming EventYou are invited to attend a free showing of Hometown Habitat — Stories of Bringing Nature Home at 7 p.m. on June 2 at the Empire Township Hall. Through the film’s profile of seven hometown habitat heroes, this film will help to answer these questions and more for you.
Turf wars: should Glen Lake spend nearly $1 million on football field?
Investigative Article, Talk of the TownIn recent weeks, the otherwise inconspicuous stretch of grass on the Glen Lake High School football field has drawn an unusual amount of attention as the school board discusses whether to install artificial turf on the field.