One of the worst things that can happen to a bicyclist on the road — besides getting hit — is to be ‘buzzed.’ That’s when a vehicle comes so close to the cyclist that he can almost feel it, creating a kind of buzzi More...
Name: Sharon Husted. Town or township of residence: Suttons Bay Village. Resident since: My entire life. Age and birthplace: I am 60 and was born in Traverse City at Munson. More...
Richard E. Cabot, 39 of 8483 S. Bohemian Road in Maple City, pleaded not guilty in 86th District Court on Friday to carrying a concealed weapon while under the influence of alcohol. More...
Andrea L. Kerby, 49, of 2600 W. Trumbull Road and the owner of Kerby’s Bar and Grill in Maple City, was arraigned in 86th District Court on Friday on charges of possession of Vicodin, a controlled substance, and marijuana. More...
A car/bicycle accident left a 12-yearold boy bumped and scraped up, but not seriously injured. That’s according to the Leelanau County Sheriff’s Office, which responded to the call. More...
Residents on the Timberlee water system had to boil water for a two-day period last week due to bacterial contamination in the system. The Grand Traverse County Department of Public Works issued a “boil water” notice on July 16 to r More...
Thursday, July 24 Bella Musica at Bella Fortuna North, 6 p.m. Benefit Concert featuring Ronald Radford, The Homestead, 7 p.m. Third Space Movement & Friends Variety, Lelu Cafe, 9 p.m. More...
Organizers of Saturday’s Wine on the Water Festival at the Village of Suttons Bay’s Marina Park estimate that attendance at the event went up again this year just as it did last year. More...
By BILL THOMPSON Phone 334-4486 email: BThomp9264@aol.com * * *
On the first Sunday in August is the annual Old Settlers’ Picnic. This event is in its 122nd year. It starts with a worship service at 10:30 a.m. and includes live music on the Gazebo, a car show and some assorted crafters. More...
Northport will host its first Plein Air event, “Marina Magic,” on Saturday to raise funds for the Northport Arts Association. “First of all it is a lot of fun and it’s just fun to paint outside,” said Clare Gengera More...
Ten youths were recently confirmed during a morning worship service at the Leland Community United Methodist Church in Leland. The youths completed confirmation classes and participated in youth activities as part of becoming church members.&nb More...
The Michigan League of Conservation Voters will hold a free coffee and pastry get-together from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1 at the Lelu Cafe in Northport. More...
Michigan’s official state motto reads: “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” No other place in northern Michigan better represents this phrase than Leelanau County — a peninsula in itself, with many smaller More...
Many bodies of water flow through Leelanau County, but no two appear more opposite then Lake Leelanau and Glen Lake. Or are they? “They are different when you look at them,” said Wayne Swallow, a Lake Leelanau Lake Association More...
The same glaciers that formed the Great Lakes, Sleeping Bear Dunes and inland lakes on the Leelanau Peninsula also left the county rich in important resources — rocks and sand. More...
The 14th annual Tour de TART, a 17-mile bicycle ride from Traverse City along the Leelanau Trail to Suttons Bay, will be held Friday rain or shine. More...
We welcome Black Star Farms, chef Stephanie Wiitala and executive chef Jonathan Dayton, as new contributors to the county cuisine. Wiitala is a graduate of the Great Lakes Culinary Institute and the event coordinator at Black Star Farms. More...
A total of 36 students in the sixth through 12th grades at Northport Public School were named to the fourth marking period of the 2013- 14 school year. More...
Nineteen building permits, including seven for new single-family homes, have brought the number of permits to 188 and pushed the value of new construction in the county this year to over $19 million. More...
Why the oil and propane industry? My ex-partner asked me to come on board with him and he is no longer here so I bought him out. Now my wife and I own the business. Business History: We started right in Northport ... More...
A 47-year-old Northport woman has been sentenced in 86th District Court to one year probation after pleading guilty in a plea agreement to driving with a high blood alcohol content, according to a court report. In return, a charge of drunken dr More...
July 16, 11:25 a.m. — Suttons Bay — People in the store last night stealing. July 16, 6:24 p.m. — Bingham Township — Grill caught fire while caller was cooking bacon. About 20 feet from the nearest structure. More...
The Windy Ridge Boys will perform tomorrow starting at 5 p.m. at a reception for the Art Leelanau Benefit and Exhibition. The 22nd annual event, which features 90 Leelanau artists, will be at the Old Art Building. More...
A beautiful day had both the streets and the beach in Empire crowded for Anchor Day, the annual celebration that is inspired by the anchor found off Empire Beach by a couple of people on a canoe excursion in 1977. More...
Editor’s note: This is another story in a summer series of hands-on activities exploring Leelanau County. Next week we’ll go out on a marine patrol on Glen Lake. More...
By LESLIE DISCH Phone/fax 386-5686 email: phen.omena.2@gmail.com * * *
The Omena Historical Society’s (OHS) summer classes have been a huge success so far. Edee Joppich’s Beginner Watercolor class has produced some enthusiastic and budding talent in Omena. More...
Holy Rosary Church located north of Cedar, will host its annual Summer Festival and Chicken Dinner Sunday. Volunteers are gearing up for the annual event, which will feature “Smaczne” chicken and dressing, vegetable, mashed potatoes More...
Amy Merriman and Zach Sommerfield, both of Orlando, Fla., were married May 24 at the Williamsburg Creekside. Rich Kriesel officiated the ceremony. The couple honeymooned in France and Italy for 10 days. More...
From Empire Bluffs at the south end of the county to the Clay Cliffs Natural Area in Leland Township, Leelanau County’s western shoreline offers up perches with spectacular views, thanks to glaciers that carved out the landscape. The are More...
Visitors and even locals who admire sunsets over Lake Michigan and the Manitou Islands from a popular viewing deck in Leland’s Fishtown may not be aware that there is an entire landscape in front of them that they simply cannot see. More...
For the past two years, Leelanau Clean Water has been compiling information regarding water quality in freshwater sources through out the peninsula to create the Leelanau County Water Quality Monitoring Handbook 2014-2015. More...
Tourists visiting the Leelanau area often take home a Petoskey stone as a unique memento of their time spent on northern Michigan’s beaches. Some local residents have buckets of the fossilized coral that they’ve collected over the y More...