Archive for category: Community

Leelanau County, Benzie County & Traverse City Area Food Resources

Resources to help family, friends & neighbors in Northwest Michigan get through the chaos caused by a lapse in SNAP benefit funding.
At the End of the Trail by James Banks

Happy 55th Birthday to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore!

Today is the 55th birthday of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Susan & Brian Price, Ed & Bobbie Collins, and Leelanau Conservancy director Tom Nelson

Farewell to Ed Collins, a champion for Leelanau

Remembering one of the Leelanau Conservancy's founders on his passing.

Manitou Island Transit sues Sleeping Bear NPS over ferry contract

Manitou Island Transit has been providing ferry service to the Manitou Islands since 1917. Now its back is up against the wall with the planned closure of the dock at South Manitou next year

It’s time for the annual Port Oneida Fair!

Step back in time this Saturday & Sunday from 10am - 4pm at the Port Oneida Fair to experience life as it was from the 1850s and early 1940s.

Leelanau Rewind: The Storm of August 2015

Ten years ago today, one of the strongest storms in memory ripped through the Leelanau Peninsula & northwest Michigan but focused its fury on Glen Arbor.
Artist by Diane Greene Lent

Suttons Bay Art Festival this weekend!

The annual Suttons Bay Art Festival takes place this Saturday & Sunday

Leelanau County Poor Farm Concert Series

Support the rehabilitation and public use of the old Leelanau County Poor Farm Barn at their Summer Picnic Concerts!
Sugar Loaf Aerial View

Leelanau Conservancy to reopen Sugar Loaf

The Leelanau Conservancy dropped the most exciting local news in recent memory last night with the announcement that they would be acquiring long dormant Sugar Loaf Resort.

Glen Lake | From the Top … and From the Past

Roger took this with his Argus C3, probably in the summer of 1965.
Choices by Mark Smith

Big Brother turns its eye towards Leelanau

The Leelanau Ticker reports that the question of traffic cameras came before the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners yesterday.
The Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay Michigan

Live at The Bay Theatre coming this fall, movies are happening right now!

The new season of Live at the Bay Bay Community Theatre in downtown Suttons Bay this fall will feature a diverse lineup of acclaimed musical and stand-up comedy artists in diverse genres.