The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports on a $50,000 grant to help document the history of Fishtown. The Fishtown Preservation Society will use the money to : …document “the evolution of fishing and Fishtown,” said Kathryn Eckert, chairman of the nonprofit group. Newspapers, legal documents, maps and personal stories will be used in a Historic Structures […]
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The folks who bring you Leelanau.com also produce Absolute Michigan. We’re celebrating 100,000 photos in our Absolute Michigan group and would like to invite any photographers out there to take part in giveaways all summer long! You can get all the details at the Absolute Michigan Summer Photo Celebration. Our first contest is the Michigan […]
Here’s a preface to the preface. This comes via our Absolute Michigan web site. You probably know some of the background info we offer but there is some interesting reading, especially if you follow the link to Liko’s web site and (under Friends of Sugar Loaf) read the letter from Skip Telgard of the Bluebird. […]
UPDATE 4/10: A reader sent a collection of annotated links that offers some interesting reading. UPDATE 4/8: TV 7&4 has a report that includes an interview with Liko Smith that addresses tax issues. Definitely worth watching! Yesterday the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported that Liko Smith, a Las Vegas-based entrepreneur is working to purchase Sugar Loaf […]
via Absolute Michigan Had enough wine?? by pipefiddle Next Tuesday (April 13, 2010) at 8 PM EST you can join Michigan by the Bottle for their Tweet & Taste with Shady Lane winemaker Adam Satchwell, a master sommelier and several Michigan wine bloggers to explore a select group of wines from Shady Lane Cellars and […]
VIA ABSOLUTE MICHIGAN | APRIL 1, 2010 In a shocking move, longtime Leelanau summer resident and Pure Michigan spokesman Tim Allen has announced both his takeover of the popular Pure Michigan ad campaign and his candidacy for Michigan Governor. Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer explained how this all came about in a 9 AM […]
The Michigan State University Spartans basketball team has once again reached the NCAA Final Four. In honor of this, the State Theatre in Traverse City has reworked their Easter Weekend movie schedule (free movies for those stuck at home!) so that you can come and join 600 other crazed Spartan fans and cheer on the […]
Traverse City Tomorrow, a community forum on Traverse City’s future will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the City Opera House with Q&A and a reception afterwards. While this isn’t a specifically Leelanau event, you can see by the panelists that the issues and businesses are going to affect Leelanau. They are Derek Bailey, […]
Here’s a guest post from the Beechnut Review, the online literary magazine of Leland School. Beechnut has been online since 1995, and in December 2009 it switched formats to become an ongoing blog, with new stories on a regular basis. The bees buzz quietly by the stairs, attracted to the scent of lady slippers. Sand […]
The annual Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association Toast the Season wine trail tour is held on 2 separate weekends in November. A few tickets remain for both the November 7 & 8 weekend and there are also tickets for the November 14 & 15 weekend – get them while they last! The annual Toast the Season […]