The Leelanau Enterprise reports that this week the 90′ champion cottonwood near the corner of River and Lake streets will be taken down. The tree is estimated to be 109 years old, and clones of the tree have already been planted on north Lake Leelanau at the John Suelzer Memorial East Leland Park in East […]
After the leaves leave, Leelanau County works to build economy less dependent on tourism by Howard Lovy in Crains Detroit talks with J.T. “Chip” Hoagland of the Leelanau County Economic Development Corp and Matt McCauley of the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments about using agriculture, food processing and the growing interest in local foods to […]
John McCormick aka Michigan Nut is one of my favorite Michigan photographers, and he recently took a vacation on the Leelanau Peninsula. Here’s a slideshow of his photos and for a real treat, check out his Flickriver.
The Grand Traverse Insider has a cool feature on Bernie Rink of Boskydel Winery, who they rightly name Grandpère du Grape for Leelanau County and the northern Michigan wine industry. They look at Bernie’s early years on a farm in Ohio and explain that: Later in life, surrounded by books and with a tannic tinge in his […]
Jackson Atwater Thomson posted this great shot to the Leelanau (dot com) pool on Flickr and we’d like to wish everyone a very happy & safe Halloween. Today on Absolute Michigan we featured the spooky tale of the Michigan Dogman which area filmmaker Rich Brauer is turning into a feature film! Be sure to check […]
The annual Toast the Season Wine Tour returns to the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail for two weekends – November 5 & 6 or November 12 & 13. The self-guided tour features a special wine & food pairing (yum) at each of the 19 Leelanau Peninsula member wineries. At your starting winery you will be given a commemorative […]
This week’s photo comes via the Leelanau County Facebook. Click to check it out bigger and definitely tune in there regularly for all kinds of great photos of Michigan’s most beautiful county!
This Friday October 28 at 7 PM at Higher Grounds coffee bar in Traverse City Seth Bernard & May Erlewine present “New Flower” in a very special Album Release Concert with Michael Shimmin, Brennan Andes, Joshua Davis and very special guest, Temesgen – an Ehiopian born, East Lansing based musican and teacher who plays traditional […]
Ken shot this last night in Fishtown. The display of the aurora borealis was one of the finest in a decade and was part of an EXPLOSION of Northern Lights that was seen all over Michigan!
A new article on the Glen Arbor Sun asks Will Sugar Loaf offer cross-country skiing this winter? It begins: A breath of fresh air may have descended on Sugar Loaf. Just weeks before snow is likely to fall on the downtrodden Leelanau County ski hill whose chairlifts have sat idle for nearly 12 years, a local […]
This week’s photo is pumpkins by ojoyous1. See more in her Autumn slideshow.
This Friday (Oct 21) the galleries & shops of the village of Suttons Bay will host award-winning regional artists. This annual event offer visitors a chance to hear live music, sample wines from many of Leelanau’s wineries and register to win a $250 shopping spree at the end of the annual Suttons Bay Fall Art […]