No time at all today, so here’s a photo my dad took, a link to a nice article on making maple syrup in Leelanau County in this week’s Enterprise and another link to a very comprehensive feature on Michigan maple syrup from Absolute Michigan and a feature that’s chock-full of photos of the maple syrup […]
Preliminary input from from the Leelanau Tourism Initiative listening sessions has been posted to the web. Participants listed hoped-for outcomes from increased tourism to the Peninsula such as year-round sustainability of local economy, jobs and community revitalization & economic diversification along with things they hoped to avoid like chains, congestion and elimination of our current […]
Last night and this morning the peepers were out in full strength. This prompted me to put together a Spring Peeper-palooza over on Absolute Michigan featuring a pondfull of facts, photos and peeper calls.
The Leland Merc and Leland, Michigan, circa quite a while ago! You can get more historical (and present day) photos of the Merc and Leland at LelandMerc.com.
The Record-Eagle reports that last night the Republican controlled Senate passed a $34-per-student midyear cut for K-12 schools, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in reductions to local governments, health care and other programs. “We should be thinking about we can invest in public education, not how we can take money away from kids […]
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports on the latest from the ongoing war between Leelanau resident Justice Elizabeth A. Weaver and “the majority of four” Supreme Court Justices. On Tuesday, Justice Weaver sent a memorandum to the Governor and State Legislature accusing 4 of her fellow Supreme Court justices of using inaccurate records of meetings to […]
Photo credit: Orton Iceboat II by Andy McFarlane. News from the Week The top story from the week was a report on Leelanau Odyssey of the Mind teams who advanced to the the State finals (held April 14 at Traverse City Central High School). We also featured a pair of cool YouTube videos, one of […]
The Record-Eagle has an article on the opening of the Spirits, Relics and Rituals: The John F. Korachis Collection of African Art at the Dennos Museum in Traverse City this Saturday (Mar 25). The reception starts at 6:30 and features the Juno Award-winning African Guitar Summit. The collection features around 60 objects including masks, life-size […]
Apparently it’s YouTube week on Leelanau.com. Nick put together an amazing video of backcountry skiing in the Sleeping Bear that we have to share.
Here’s a nationally produced travelogue from 1949 featuring all kinds of Glen Lake, the Sleeping Bear Dunes (complete with Dunesmobile rides), cherries and Traverse City.
Lend a hand at Leelanau Conservancy Work Bees at DeYoung Natural Area in March, and help eradicate the invasive species Glossy Buckthorn in the stream belt off Strang Road. Please dress properly for cold weather and for field work (so you are able to get dirty.) Work Bees will be held 12 to 2 PM […]
The Record-Eagle reported that Odyssey of the Mind teams from Glen Lake, Interlochen Pathfinder, Leland and Lake Leelanau St. Mary performed well in last weekend’s regional competition and have advanced to the state tournament. Scores for all competing teams are available online at the Michigan Odyssey of the Mind web site. The State competition will […]