2012-02-13T12:51:49-05:00 urn:uuid:5b4c0bbe-af45-4f65-a25c-591564c993fe By MARTA HEPLER DRAHOS urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100702:Special_Section_07_14_22_34:s1 2010-07-02T07:20:45-04:00

<p>Like many at the Cedar Polka Fest, Sandy Isleib never has ventured onto the dance floor. But this year she plans to be in the thick of the celebration with the help of advance polka lessons.</p>

By VANESSA McCRAY urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100620:Features_09_10_58_34:s2 2010-06-20T09:15:56-04:00

<p>The Old Mill Pond Inn is stuffed full of treasures from around the world collected by David Chrobak, an artist, gardener, caterer and originator of the Northport dog parade. </p>

BY SHERI McWHIRTER urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100619:Local_22_26_30_34:s4 2010-06-20T07:30:53-04:00

<p>The Northport Lighthouse and Maritime Festival is meant to become an annual tradition in Northport, a way to bring the small community on Leelanau Peninsula's tip its own festival to celebrate.</p>

FROM STAFF REPORTS urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100618:Local_00_36_04_34:s10 2010-06-18T07:15:19-04:00

<p>The Leelanau Players will present the adult, romantic comedy "Aspirin and Elephants."</p>

BY SHERI McWHIRTER urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100617:Local_00_06_18_34:s3 2010-06-17T07:25:42-04:00

<p>Two dead birds found along the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore beach could signal a toxic outbreak that's claimed thousands of lake-reliant birds in recent years.</p>

BY SHERI McWHIRTER urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100611:Local_00_52_45_34:s2 2010-06-11T07:30:57-04:00

<p>Las Vegas entrepreneur Eneliko "Sean" Smith burst onto the Leelanau County scene a few months ago with big plans and bold proclamations for down-in-the-dumps Sugar Loaf Resort. Now it's June, and Smith is back in Nevada. He's no longer allowed on Sugar Loaf property. The would-be deal is at an impasse and appears tenuous, at best.</p>

FROM STAFF REPORTS urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100525:Local_23_59_59_34:s7 2010-05-26T08:00:59-04:00

<p>An open house for Leland Harbor's complex is set for June 4.</p>

BY BRIAN McGILLIVARY urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100521:Local_00_20_45_34:s5 2010-05-21T08:02:10-04:00

<p>Political grandstanding is how critics labeled a group of Democrat-sponsored bills designed to limit corporate involvement in state elections.</p>

BY SHERI McWHIRTER urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100518:Local_00_17_19_34:s3 2010-05-18T07:28:43-04:00

<p>President Barack Obama intends to appoint Derek Bailey, 37, chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.</p>

BY LINDSAY VANHULLE urn:newsml:record-eagle.com:20100515:Local_00_14_09_34:s1 2010-05-15T07:30:59-04:00

<p>The Leelanau School has existed since the 1920s, first as a Christian Science school for boys and later as a coed, college-prep boarding school. Five years ago, it underwent a dramatic shift in philosophy and now targets students with specific learning difficulties, including dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.</p>