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A national effort to plant a million trees is 25 trees closer to its goal, thanks to the Northport 4-H Chess Club.
Jim Neve has always enjoyed being outdoors.
But, unlike when he was a youth, the Leelanau Township man now makes sure "SPF" factor, and clothing that will protect him from the ultraviolet rays coming from the sun.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 13, at 3 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Lake Leelanau for Florence V. Sharnowski of Lake Leelanau who died Jan. 16 at Tendercare of Leelanau at the age of 97.
Deborah Chavez, assessor for the City of Traverse City, will be guest speaker on The Ways
and Means of Platting the Streets of Traverse City at the May 15 meeting of the Grand
Next week's "Thursday Night Therapy" at the Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library will feature a presentation by the editor of a book named one of 20 "Notable Books of Michigan" for 2007.
Firefighters with Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in coordination with crews with the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, will conduct a controlled burn on 66 acres in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District sometime this month.
The Leland Dam Authority held what members expect will be its last meeting for a number of years.
Formed in 2004, the four-member authority board oversaw construction of a new dam to control water flowing out of Lake Leelanau and into Lake Michigan via the Leland River near Fishtown.
Construction of the dam was completed last year, [...]
DEBBIE SLOCOMBE (right) and her daughter Samara Slocombe returned home to Suttons Bay recently from their annual trip to Oklahoma City, Okla., for the Pinto Horse Association National Convention, where both won top awards. With her horse WillSeeYa, Deb Slocombe received the first-place horse rider award for the third straight year, with a different horse [...]
The St. Mary School Class of 2008 spent the last week of April helping to rehabilitate low-income housing in West Virginia as part of their senior class trip.
