The Glen Lake Association will sponsor a panel discussion and Q&A to help people throughout the region whose property was affected by the Aug. 2 storm. The free discussion is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Glen Arbor Township Hall.
From staff reports Get the best deals of the season, eat great food, and enjoy all the recreation that Glen Lake has to offer. The Sidewalk Sales are a popular annual event that closes the traditional summer tourism season. While the sales usually fall on Labor Day weekend, this year’s sales will happen the weekend […]
Susan Crowell, a ceramics sculptor from Ann Arbor, Michigan, talks about her artist’s residency with the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
Citizens Reminded Not to Place Private Property Debris in Right-of-Way From staff reports With cleanup efforts continuing in hard-hit Leelanau County, the Office of Emergency Management/9-1-1 is reminding citizens not to place fallen tree debris on road shoulders for pickup. Fallen tree debris on private property is the responsibility of homeowners and not the Leelanau […]
As I listened to the rustle of the trees, I could feel that the air was unsettled, but I just couldn’t put my finger on it. There weren’t any bird noises — which is unusual as normally the morning noises include the chirps of the finches, cardinals and an occasional screech of a passing heron or an obnoxious blue jay. This humid morning, however, there was only sound of the rustle of leaves coming from the on shore breeze as it swirled through the trees and out across the bay. I didn’t know what it was, but I sensed things were off. Little did I anticipate it being the wild storms our shores were about to weather.
When Donna Burgan decided to invite friends and community members to commemorate the opening of her store Wildflowers in 1980, she had no idea that people would be celebrating the return of electricity more than the store’s birthday. What was planned as a 35th anniversary became instead a “resilience party,” honoring the spirit of Glen Arbor and all those who came through the storm.
Ellsworth painter Margie Guyot exhibits a four-seasons view of northern Michigan at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The show opens Aug. 21, 6 p.m. with a reception.
Gov. Rick Snyder today directed the Michigan State Police to amend a recent disaster declaration for Grand Traverse County to include Leelanau County after severe thunderstorms caused widespread damage in both counties on Aug. 2.
The Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is now open from Glen Haven to Glen Arbor, the National Park reports. The DH Day Campground will reopen on Sunday, Aug. 16. Both areas have been closed since a severe storm on Sunday, Aug. 2 caused downed power lines and extensive tree damage.
After the shock of entering the dense-leaved maple canopy sheared to the ground and shouldered aside like the dead dropped in their tracks, after all that what I finally see are breaking points. The storm’s catastrophe bars comprehension except in stages, but every moment our eyes are open it becomes more real: massive trunks stacked like proverbial pick up sticks — all cliché but what else do I have in the first moments of first seeing? But this is no game. Still, I am so stunned I have no fresh language to describe this — it’s all too dense, thick with damage. The heart aches and the mind can’t find the way to the words, or even the real. When do I see the breaking points? The crack and twist, wood’s open wounds, the new right angle that is all wrong for the verticality of a tree. Not until the end.