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Storied Two Hearted River gets 21st century update in new book | Great Lakes Now
For Traverse City’s Bob Otwell, part of Michigan’s allure is its abundance of special places, and primary among them is the Upper Peninsula’s “wild and isolated” Two Hearted River watershed.
That’s where Otwell and family have had a cabin called “Boggy’s Camp” for over 30 years.
In a newly released book, The Real Two Hearted: Life, Love, and Lore Along Michigan’s Most Iconic River, Otwell chronicles his decades of paddling, hiking and mountain-biking along the Two Hearted and meshes those activities with raising a family along the way.
London police board recruits former executive director of Vancouver police board
Stephanie Johanssen often is met with blank stares when she tells people what she does for a living. In her previous role as the executive director of the Vancouver Police board, Johanssen said it was common for people she encountered to have no prior knowledge of the civilian body responsible for overseeing policing in Canadaâs […]
Alice Munro books not off-limits for London-area students: School boards
Area school boards will not oppose students reading books by the author who stayed with her husband after he sexually abused her daughter
Owen Sound teacher elected Ontario Teachers’ Federation president
Owen Sound teacher Mike Foulds has been elected president of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation for a second time. The OTF board of governors elected Mike Foulds as the organization’s 81st president at its annual meeting on Tuesday. Foulds, who has been on OTF board of governors since 2009, also served as its president in 2016. […]