Leland School had a team win first place in the Michigan Odyssey of the Mind competition this weekend. The team of Austin Fellows, Autumn Decker, Liam Stevenson, Anna Bahle, Gunnar Carlson, & Christian Doran (coached by Jenny Henderson) will advance to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. They also won the prestigious OMER award, […]
Photo from October 2003.
This week’s Enterprise reports that the $481,200 grant awarded to Empire Village for its beach project by the state Natural Resources Trust Fund would be honored. The grant will pay for improvements including new restroom facilities, a redesigned parking area, a new basketball court and retaining wall. Village residents are raising funds to pay for […]
Photo credit: March Sunset I by Andy McFarlane. News from the Week The week’s top (and only) story was a question: Is there anything left to say about Sugar Loaf? The Enterprise article and the comments we received say that maybe there is. We also had a photo by John Levanen of Fishtown in the […]
John Levanen took this photo of Fishtown the day before Easter and says “This is Northern Michigan in the spring.” I have a little news for John and everyone: Things are going to get a whole lot whiter before they get greener!
The 2007 Grand Traverse Earth Day parade will be held next SATURDAY (April 21) on Front Street in Traverse City. The parade lineup is at noon at Central Grade School and the parade begins at 1 PM. Get all the details on the Little Artshram blog! Earth Day Workshops this Weekend You are invited to […]
Last week’s Leelanau Enterprise had a feature further illuminating something most people were pretty darned aware of already: Sugar Loaf is a gigantic mess. Sugar Loaf Resort owner Kate Wickstrom said this week she wasn’t aware that Cleveland Township officials have been ready and are waiting for her to submit formal plans to redevelop and […]
Photo credit: Daffodil Barn by Andy McFarlane. We took a week off for spring break over which little was recorded except for a whole ton of snow and a photo from Alligator Hill of some distant land that might be Washington Island, a photo of a distant time and some lumberjacks on North Manitou Island […]
Here’s a great old postcard taken from George Richey’s collection of vintage postcards by j_lakechick. Click the photo to see some more! More about North Manitou Island from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
APRIL 1, 2007 – SOMEWHERE IN A FIELD, MICHIGAN An unidentified Leelanau County official said today that the gold plating of the new Leelanau County Courthouse was “Well underway.” When asked why such extravagant measures were necessary, the official replied “I think our commissioners have always been influenced by Egyptian architecture, and let me tell […]
Jim Sorbie wonders if that’s our cheese-loving neighbors you can see in this photo looking across Lake Michigan from Alligator Hill near Glen Arbor. I thought it could be Washington Island, but would appreciate confirmation from anyone who knows about such things.
Springtime & Maple Sap, photo by Jim Sorbie News from the Week The top story (in my opinion) was the re-emergence of spring peepers and an article we did over at Absolute Michigan all about these harbingers of spring. Other stories from the week included the posting of preliminary input from from the Leelanau Tourism […]