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Author Archives: Kate McCarty


Getting hands dirty - for the sake of art

Perfect fit

Home made to capture stunning view.

Helping at park brings retirees joy, fulfillment

Gloria Osgood and her husband Harold have volunteered for a combined 10,000 hours at national parks around the country – many at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Young offenders get new focus through bike-riding

Leelanau County probation officer Tom Mayhew and co-workers Joe Povolo and Therese Schaub came up with an idea to get troubled youths off the streets.

Wildflowers key part of Park's 'web of life'

A summer of discovery

Program lets youths 'Explore, Experience Leelanau'

Leland comedy writer plays key role in HBO show

As Rebecca Reynolds puts it, you "never know who you might find behind the door."

Leelanau takes part in National Cherry Festival

Leelanau County will make a significant contribution to the National Cherry Festival, which will be celebrated in Traverse City July 7-14.
In addition to hosting events, Leelanau-grown cherries will be available.
There’s also the July 14 fireworks show that caps off the festival with the pyrotechnics display being launched from a barge off Elmwood Township.
Leelanau County is [...]

Vlack Park a quite place

There's a little known treasure in the heart of Leelanau County. It's called Vlack Park.

Park maintenance man is still going strong at 72

Ed Walters is a long way from his home state.
And unlike many Leelanau residents, he didn't grow up in Michigan and didn't take family vacations here.

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