February Morning in Leelanau by Bean in Sylvan Lake News from the Week Stories from the week included news that Lutz remains interested despite listing of Sugar Loaf, a look at Leland’s Regional basketball run (they won the title last night), a flashback to Leelanau in the 1930s (courtesy the Leelanau Enterprise) with a photo […]
The Leelanau Enterprise has a feature on Leelanau County in the 1930s that says that despite the dramatic collapse of the market in 1929: …perhaps things weren’t all that different in Leelanau County, which had been in a bit of its own depression even before 1929. In a region where lumbering activity had once played […]
The photo is lakemichigan4 by Mr. McGladdery. Have a great weekend!
The Leelanau Enterprise talked to Brad Lutz regarding the listing of Sugar Loaf: Lutz told the Enterprise on Wednesday morning that his “option to purchase” Sugar Loaf Resort from Wickstrom remains in force, and that he was still in the “due diligence” phase of his efforts to acquire the resort. Even though Wickstrom decided to […]
Puttin’ the Stud in Studebaker by Andy McFarlane News from the Week The news this week was mostly events. Except for the Sugar Loaf Mountain listing that appeared in the MLS of course. The Week’s Weather The weather was pretty cold for the most part but we did have a rare (for this winter) sunny […]
(updated Thursday, Feb 28) Glen Lake pulled off a hat trick by beating Suttons Bay for the third time this year with a 56-50 victory on Monday (see Record-Eagle story). Last night against Charlevoix the Lakers lost a 74-73 thriller (story coming soon we hope!). In Class D action Leland followed up a 72-31 victory […]
I was chatting with Rob Serbin yesterday and he let me know that Sugar Loaf Resort has been listed on the MLS (for the low-low price of $5.7 million): Michigan’s famous Olympic mountain ski resort located in beautiful Leelanau county. This 478 acre (8 Parcel development) includes 144,000 Square foot lodge and hotel facility, airport, […]
Celtic rock group The Young Dubliners return to the area after a long hiatus to play a pre-St. Patrick’s Day Celebration the concert at the Inside Out Gallery. The concert takes place this Sunday (March 2) at 7 PM and tickets are $15 in advance. The Young Dubliners are a great band that really rocked […]
The photo is North Lake Leelanau by greencottage. He has a lot more very cool photos from Leelanau County that he’s added to our Leelanau(dot)com group on Flickr. Hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy the outdoors!
The Northwest Michigan Ballet Theatre will present the full-length original ballet “Hansel and Gretel” this Sunday (Feb 24) at 3 PM at the Northport Community Arts Center. The ballet is based on the Classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale of two Bavarian children who neglect their chores and are sent by their mother into the forest […]
Snow in your hair by lpwines (from Gills Pier Winery) News from the Week The week began with Valentines Day and a card showing the fashions of 1912. In addition to posts on the upcoming Northport Winter Carnival and the musical group Barefoot Tango, we started our post on the 2008 boys and girls basketball […]
Over on Absolute Michigan we have a post titled Full Moon (cabin) Fever – February 20, 2008 Eclipse that gives you most of what you need to know about tomorrow night’s total lunar eclipse. A look at the weather suggests that it’s actually not completely impossible that we would be able to see it! By […]