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Electric Perfectly Hectic by Snap Happy Gal

May 2020: Electric & perfectly hectic!

May 30, 2020
Heather says it was electric, and perfectly hectic which seems to me to be an apt description for Michigan’s wild 2020 ride.
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Exposures 2020 Digital Magazine Now Online!

May 24, 2020
Exposures is a collaborative project designed in 1988 to challenge Leelanau County students in grades 7-12 to express themselves through art and writing and provide a showcase for their work. Meet some of the sudents & read it online!
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Spring at Sleeping Bear Dunes

Sleeping Bear Dunes Covid-19 Changes

May 23, 2020
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has announced modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing.
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Northern Lights Over Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

May 21, 2020
Here's a little "Throwback Thursday" action from May of 2018. Lucy McClellan Hunter caught this amazing photo of the Northern Lights over Narada Lake in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and my favorite photo blog, NASA's Earth Science Picture of the Day, featured it!
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Cheese Shanty Makes You Go Yum in Fishtown

Village Cheese Shanty opens for summer May 21st!

May 20, 2020
One of the most beloved signs of spring is the annual re-opening of the Village Cheese Shanty in Fishtown. Good news - they open tomorrow for the summer!
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Leelanau & Traverse City can partially re-open Friday

May 19, 2020
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an Executive Order allowing for the reopening this Friday (May 22nd) of retail businesses, office work that cannot be done remotely, and restaurants and bars with limited seating in Region 6, which includes Leelanau & Traverse City.
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2021 Traverse City Film Festival Marquee

2020 Traverse City Film Festival Cancelled, Returns July 27-August 1, 2021

May 15, 2020
The Traverse City Film Festival has announced it will postpone its 16th annual gathering until next year due to the precautions being taken around the coronavirus pandemic. Next year’s festival will be held July 27-August 1, 2021. It is hoped that much of what was being planned for this year’s fest will be transferred to next summer.
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National Cherry Festival Airshow 2 by Deb Perry

127th Air National Guard TC Flyover TODAY

May 12, 2020
The TC Ticker reports that the Michigan Air National Guard's 127th Wing will be conducting a flyover of Traverse City today (Tuesday, May 12) at roughly 2:45 PM.
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Covid-19 Testing

Drive-through Covid-19 Testing in Leelanau

May 11, 2020
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that Northwest Michigan Health Services in Elmwood Township announced COVID-19 testing is now available for “anyone who’s interested”.
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The Forts at Whaleback by Andrew McFarlane

The Whaleback Blues aren’t so bad

May 7, 2020
Here's a three-year-old throwback to May 7, 2017 in the Leelanau Conservancy's Whaleback Natural Area ???❤️
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Perseverance

April 23, 2020
Perseverance by Mark Smith​. Stay strong everyone!!!
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Sugar Loaf Brownfield Application Accepted

April 23, 2020
The Leelanau Ticker reports that the Leelanau County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (LCBRA) on Tuesday unanimously accepted Part I of the brownfield application from Sweet Bread LLC, a special purpose entity formed to redevelop Sugar Loaf.
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