5 YEARS AGO
March 6, 2003

Nearly 1,000 people showed up Saturday night at the Strongheart Center in Peshawbestown to witness the first example of what could become a frequent sight in Leelanau County – amateur boxing matches.

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Northport school district voters will need to increase property taxes on commercial and seasonal property to approve an annexation plan that has gained support from Northport and Traverse City boards of education.

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The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians is purchasing the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa in Grand Traverse County.

10 YEARS AGO
March 5, 1998

Township board of review members throughout Leelanau County were putting in “overtime” this week to handle a flood of property assessment appeals.

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Questioning the effectiveness and enforcement methods of the Traverse Narcotics Team (TNT) drug-enforcement operation, the county prosecutor Tuesday recommended that Leelanau withdraw from the regional squad to increase the number of county police officers.

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With a blast at the County Board of Commissioners for “inept leadership,” the chairman of the county Solid Waste Management Board resigned this week.

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30 YEARS AGO
March 9, 1978

Told that “stoplogs” that control the level of 18-mile-long Lake Leelanau at a Leland dam were going to be removed as quickly as possible, the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to seek a court injunction to prevent the removal of the logs, and take “all steps necessary” for rapid construction of a temporary dam to maintain the level of the lake.

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The Glen Lake school district will receive about $156,400 of a total of
$222,700 in reimbursement funds from the State of Michigan to units of government in Leelanau County for local tax dollars lost through absorption of properties by the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

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With its fourth Michigan Class D District basketball trophy in a row in the big case in the school lobby, Glen Lake strove last night to take the first step toward its third Regional title in as many years.

55 YEARS AGO
March 5, 1953

Admission of Hawaii as the 49th state, included in the program of the Eisenhower administration, would mean a tremendous “boom” for the Boyne Manufacturing Company of Northport, one of the few flag-making companies in Michigan.

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Pupils at Northport school are rightfully proud of the 25 big sacks of used clothing and shoes they have collected for needy children of the world, particularly Korea.

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Light voting is expected Monday in annual village elections at Suttons Bay and Empire, but a large vote is anticipated at Northport, where citizens will decide whether to permit sale of liquor by the glass within the village limits.

110 YEARS AGO

A little boy who was just 6 years old died at Omena last Saturday of pneumonia.

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There is very little ice in the bay and it is too rotten to hold up a team of horses.

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The W.C.T.U. gave an entertainment at the Friends church Sunday in Maple City.