The Ticker from the Traverse City Business News has a feature on the Leelanau Hills development that explains how contractor Bob Mitchell of Bob Mitchell & Associates of Kingsley became the new owner of Leelanau Hills in the the BayView development in Suttons Bay. He wasn’t getting paid: So Mitchell took legal recourse and sued […]
This Saturday (September 4th) at 9 AM there will be a Port Oneida Run/Walk along a 5K barn to barn trail run. Runners are offered a unique tour of the Port Oneida Rural Historic District, through the pastoral landscape of farmsteads from the late 1800s and along the shores of Lake Michigan. The run benefits […]
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Discussion closed here and continues at Turning the page on Sugar Loaf. The headline reads Smith pulls Sugar Loaf bid: Sugar Loaf owner calls would-be developer ‘a joke’, and in it, Bill O’Brien of the Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that Liko Smith has withdrawn his bid for the long-shuttered Leelanau ski resort. “I wanted to […]
Tom took this shot of Victoria Creek Park in Cedar last month. See it bigger and see more in his Up North Michigan slideshow. I have to say that if you’re looking for a nice canoe or kayak trip, Victoria Creek is an excellent choice! Read about the Cedar River Preserve from the Leelanau Conservancy! […]
The Leelanau Farmers Markets are celebrating 10 years with an anniversary celebration at the Suttons Bay Farmers Market on Saturday, August 28 beginning at 10:30. The celebration includes music, children’s activities, prizes and refreshments. As always, the market will feature local produce and products, all grown or produced within 60 miles of the markets. Customers […]
The 1st annual Third Coast Bicycle Festival is a weeklong celebration of 2 wheel fun in Traverse City that features something for every bicycle enthusiast. Tonight there’s an evening ride through Leelanau that leaves from Darrow Park in TC (near Tom’s West Bay). Thursday features a celebration of bicycles and bicycle fashion with a cruise […]
Two of Michigan’s premier young singer-songwriters, Rachael Davis and Joshua Davis will be at the Old Art Building in Leland this Wednesday (August 25) at 7:30 PM. Rachael is an award winning singer-songwriter with an amazing voice and is joined by her good friend Josh of Steppin in It . They’ll also be bringing along […]
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The Glen Arbor Sun reports that Black bears have been sighted at Sleeping Bear Dunes! The story begins: Northern Michigan and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is “bear country” and seeing one of these magnificent creatures may be a highlight of a visit to the park, particularly this summer, as there have been numerous […]
The Mills Community House of Benzonia is celebrating one hundred years of community operations with an inspiring work from history – dance pioneer Martha Graham’s American Document (click for the Facebook event). This production incorporates vaudevillian structures, folk rhythms, and readings of historical records that address the questions; “What is America?” and “What is an […]
The annual fly-in and breakfast at Woolsey Memorial Airport (four miles north of Northport on County Road 629) will be held this Saturday (Aug 21) from 8 AM – noon. You may also drive-in of course and the breakfast fee is $8 adults ($4 children). In addition to small planes, there are also Coast Guard […]