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Empire Twp. board praises the measure
The Empire Township Board approved in concept an invasive species ordinance that would require all boats being launched into the Glen Lake Watershed to be washed before entering the water.
S-B Township clerk miffed she wasn't told about ALS contract
Suttons Bay Township clerk Sandra VanHuystee last week told township supervisor Rich Bahle that she was “shocked, hurt and angry” that no one had told her the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire and Rescue Authority had signed a contract to provide 24/7 Advanced Life Support ambulance service for [...]
A special meeting of the Solon Township Board, an annual gathering of sorts with groups and individuals involved with township operations, will be held tonight in Cedar.
The 7 p.m. meeting was scheduled when Township Board members met May 10 for their monthly meeting.
Claire Wiesen
CLAIRE WIESEN, a Glen Lake fifth grader, enjoys roasted asparagus at school Tuesday. The school, in collaboration with the Michigan Land Use Institute, purchased 90 pounds of asparagus from Harry Norconk, who farms just south of the Leelanau/Benzie County line.
Read related story for a preview of this weekend’s Asparagus Festival in Empire.
How do you improve an already successful local festival celebrating asparagus? Add square dancing and a bicycle race, and keep the emphasis on asparagus.
That’s the approach that organizers of the fourth annual Empire Asparagus Festival have taken this year. The festival begins Friday night and runs through Sunday with square dancing, poetry reading, a parade [...]
They aren’t all happy endings at Wings of Wonders.
Earlier this spring, the bird rehab center in Empire was brought into the case of an adult bald eagle who was hit by a car south of Mesick. The big female was likely 6 years old or older, believes center director Rebecca Lessard.
Conservancy, Wings of Wonder host programs on Saturdays
Looking to see a show on Saturday night?
How about one with nine main actors — all of them disabled?
Such a show is being made possible every Saturday though a partnership between the Leelanau Conservancy and the Wings of Wonder bird rehab center in Empire. Bird specialist Rebecca Lessard [...]
Suttons Bay Township's parks and recreation committee will begin soliciting public input on how to develop and finance improvements to the township’s new 43-acre natural area on M-22 north of Dumas Road.
The number of building permits issued by the Leelanau County Building Inspections department surged over the latest two week period – just as it did over the same two-week period last year.
Cleveland Township planners continued work last week on two zoning ordinance amendments that have been under consideration for more than a year.
