March 15, 2007 – 11:23 am
Response to the Enterprise has been overwhelming to an article that appeared in the March 8 Looking Back section entitled Uncovering snapshots of life.
Enterprise news editor Amy Hubbell received several calls that helped match names with the faces of unidentified people in photos left to the Leelanau Historical Museum.
The most interest was expressed [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:21 am
Cleveland Township planners turned their attention to a long-awaited "wind energy systems" zoning ordinance amendment last week in the absence of any additional requests from the owner of Sugar Loaf Resort.
Planning commission chairman Tim Ewing reported that a petition calling for a township-wide vote on new “planned unit development” (PUD) language in the zoning ordinance [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:19 am
Residents of Cleveland Township will hold their Annual Meeting on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Township Hall.
The main order of business for registered township voters in attendance will be to consider how much pay elected township officials should receive in the coming fiscal year.
At their regular monthly meeting in February, members of the township [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:15 am
Suttons Bay's track team will have no place to call home this spring. But in the long run, it will be worth the wait for a new track.
The Suttons Bay Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to approve a recommendation from its building and grounds committee to accept a low bid of $214,000 from [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:13 am
The number and value of building permits issued so far in 2007 has slipped well below levels seen by this time in 2006.
Over the latest two-week period, the Leelanau County Building Code office issued just five new building permits compared to 22 permits issued during the same period in 2006. That has brought the [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:11 am
Suttons Bay Township planners last week recommended approval of a minor site plan modification for the Bluewater Ridge development off Jacobson Road.
Many vacant lots in the development are on hilly terrain and will require very steep driveways, explained the township’s staff planner Rochelle Rollenhagen.
Planning commission members agreed to reduce the front yard setback [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:08 am
Northport schools
To help students meet graduation requirements starting with the Class of 2011, the Northport Board of Education approved a change in Algebra 1 credits.
At its meeting Thursday, March 8, the board approved 5-1, with member Alan Woods opposed and member Sue Cordes absent, allowing students to apply the Algebra I class they take in [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:05 am
Northport Public School superintendent Tyrus Wessell has received an overall good evaluation for his second year on the job.
The Northport Board of Education last week approved 5-1, with member Alan Woods opposed and member Sue Cordes absent, a consensus document on Wessell’s job performance. The board met in closed session on Thursday, Feb. 22 at [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:02 am
The county Road Commission has approved a new lease agreement with Bingham Township for the Hendryx Park property.
At its meeting Tuesday, March 6, the commission approved 2-0, with chairman Lee A. Bowen absent, an agreement with Bingham Township that formally allows the township to use the property as a public park and beach access to [...]
March 15, 2007 – 11:00 am
Leelanau County schools were well represented in the winner’s circle following a regional Odyssey of the Mind (OM) competition held Saturday at Traverse City East Junior High School.
Seven of 12 teams from Leelanau County participating in the regional competition will advance to a state OM competition to be held April 14 in Traverse City. Hundreds [...]
