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Bloomquists help Northport make beautiful music

Ken and Ann Bloomquist of Northport have clearly "flunked" retirement.

70 helping in beloved musical

One of America's most beloved musicals is coming to the Leelanau Peninsula starting tonight.

Free Press columnist who writes from Northport 'a lucky woman'

When you're a writer – especially a columnist and a features writer as is Susan Ager of the Detroit Free Press – you never really go to work.

Tips for taking family portraits

You've managed to jocky a dizzying and complicated set of schedules so that all of your family can finally find at least a day or two this summer to get together. Your family is all here, having a good time, and you want to remember the occasion forever.

Dr. Freed holds degree in BBQ

Cathead Bay: Worth the walk, or the boat ride

DOES THAT LOOK like a cat’s head? Regardless of varying interpretations of the geologic features of Cathead Bay, no one can deny its beauty. -Photo courtesy of Photoair
At the farthest end of Michigan’s "pinky" finger, on the western edge of the northern-most tip of the Leelanau Peninsula, is Cathead Bay.
Shiela Wick and her family, year-long [...]

Jim Wetherbee: Nude model, sailor, 'character'

If you ask Northport resident Jim Wetherbee – an 85-year-old guy who isn’t afraid to admit he’s a nude model – what it means to be “a character,” his response is clear and quick.
“A character is a person who isn’t bound by society’s rules. Someone who does his own thing,” he said.
Given the definition, [...]

Job isn't 'illegal, fattening'

Classified ad with a wording twist produces desired results
Personal Assistant/Housekeeper Wanted. Duties: Anything I ask that's not illegal, immoral or fattening.

'Mr. Green' made science special

Everyone who knows Bill Green is aware that come June 6, he will be a man with no class and no principals.
That's because Green, known as "Mr. Green," will be retiring from teaching after having served the Suttons Bay district for 38 years.

'Understanding the world'

Students, adults call People to People program enriching
This summer, nine students and four adults from Leelanau County will travel to Europe in what will turn into a trip of a lifetime for many of the participants.
Some will see the train and castle made famous in the Harry Potter movies, and others will tour the Eiffel [...]

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