5 YEARS AGO July 30, 2020
There’s no place like home for Tribal fishers plying the waters off Leelanau County, and a ruling made Friday by a federal judge reinforces that privilege. “Basically, it means being able to stay in business,” said Bill “Bear” Fowler, who is mooring his fishing boat in the Arthur Duhamel Marina in Peshawbestown. “Otherwise, it would mean we would be out of business.” *** The manager of a corporation that apparently owns Sugar Loaf Resort, Jeff Katofsky, has responded to a June 22 letter from the supervisor of Cleveland Township indicating that the township will enforce its new “blight ordinance” unless steps are taken to demolish and clean up derelict structures on the property.
In a letter dated July 13, Katofsky told Cleveland Township Supervisor Tim Stein that the “continued threat
