Andrew Pleva probably isn’t one to attend an art fair. But the 2011 Glen Lake graduate from Maple City is one of dozens of local students who benefit from the event organized annually by the Glen Lake Women’s Club. More...

Chef/owner Randy Chamberlain of the restaurant blu, submitted this week’s recipe for his homemade hot fudge sauce. In the summer, nothing beats a hot fudge sundae, so this recipe will help you achieve that. More...

Name: Emily Peplinski. Town or township of residence: Centerville Township. Resident of county since: Since I was born. Age and place: 20-years-old. I was born at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. More...

Northport Village Council elections aren’t until November, but at last week’s regular Council meeting there was some political sparring between the village president and a trustee who has turned in petitions to run against the incumbent. More...

A community engagement workshop for Northport Village and Leelanau Township residents will be held Wednesday, July 25 at Northport Public School. More...

The Leelanau Conservancy and the Leelanau Conservation District will be hosting an outdoor workshop Tuesday to demonstrate control methods for the invasive shrub autumn olive. More...

The Elmwood Township Board has declined for now to pay an $11,463 bill from Grand Traverse County to cover the township’s share of red ink associated with the county’s troubled septage treatment plant. More...

Elmwood Township officials hope to install air conditioning in a meeting room at the township hall in time to keep voters cool during the Aug. 7 primary election. More...

A 25-year-old Fenton man was arrested for operating while intoxicated after getting his truck stuck Saturday morning at Empire Beach. Deputies were called to the boat ramp at the beach about 3 a.m. More...

A 22-year-old woman from Beaver Falls, Pa. was arrested after allegedly striking another woman at the PolkaFest. More...

Cedar was hopping over the weekend for the annual PolkaFest which drew thousands for the celebration. Although the annual fete usually aligns more closely with the Fourth of July holiday, turnout was comparable to year’s past. More...

July 12: • 45th Parallel Polka Band — 1 p.m. in the Elements Lounge at Leelanau Sands Casino and Lodge • Cabin Fever — 7 p.m. at Boonedocks More...

Two grants have allowed the Leelanau Community Cultural Center (LCCC) to complete a technical upgrade for stage equipment at the Old Art Building (OAB) in Leland. More...

Singer/songwriter Will Pearsall will headline Arts Collage ‘12 at Lake Leelanau Studios stage Sunday, July 29. Admission is free for the event which begins at 8 p.m. More...

I think this was the busiest fourth of July I’ve seen, Many, many day trippers and I’ll bet the park broke records for visitors. I also think that the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail has been really used a lot with hikers as well as bikers. More...

Glen Arbor artist Beth Bricker’s home turf is small by design. Her selected focus on two areas of Leelanau County is the subject of an exhibition of new paintings that opens Friday at Center Gallery in Glen Arbor. More...

The Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has changed the date and location of the Leelanau Peninsula Food & Wine Festival. The event, which had been held in August in Northport, is set for Saturday, July 21 at Suttons Bay Marina Park. More...

County artist Nancy Gross is among nine whose work will be featured Friday at Java 429, a coffeehouse in Frankfort. More...

Maple City’s Andrew Kenneth Krantz and Jessica Lynn Zehnder were married May 26 at St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Dryden by the Rev. Wayne Ureel. The groom is the son of Matt and Armanda Krantz of Suttons Bay. More...

Matthew Nester and Chelsea Hummon of Elmwood Township welcomed a baby boy June 29 at home. Arlo Drake Nester arrived at 6:12 p.m. weighing 7 lbs., 12 oz. He was 20 inches in length. More...

Organizers of the 2012 St. Mary Chicken Dinner and Homecoming Festival are hoping pleasant weather and the addition of fund raising activities aimed at younger attendees worked to increase income, which is used to fund educational activities at St. More...

A Good Harbor Bay Watershed steering committee has been formed to create a watershed plan for the land and waters that empty into Good Harbor Bay. The plan will be known as the Good Harbor Bay Watershed Protection Plan. More...

A Leelanau County native has been recognized for his efforts to inform people about the importance of water worldwide. J. More...

On Lake Michigan waters, the Michigan Department of Community Health tightened the criteria for fish consumption last year after re-evaluating how it looks at dioxin levels. More...

Tom Botz wears many hats as the Northport Village Department of Public Works supervisor. The one he spends probably the least amount of time doing is very important to the villagers. More...

Chances are if you’ve put in a new well or had a water quality problem, your sample of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen was analyzed by SOS Analytical in Traverse City. More...

Don’t let their name fool you. The mayfly hatch in Lake Michigan is just around the corner. More...

Editor’s note: Leelanau Clean Water was asked to provide a story for this section. More...

For this week’s “What We’re Thinking” feature, we asked residents and visitors in Glen Arbor: Should governments in Leelanau County aggressively seek to find and open more public access points on county lakes, or do we have en More...