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St. Mary preschoolers Madelyn Loomis, Olivia Hebert and Valentine Moua enjoy driving the new St. Mary School playground bus generously funded by the Oleson Foundation. Courtesy photo
St. Mary gets new playground
St. Mary School installed new playground equipment that increases play opportunities, especially for younger children, thanks to a generous grant awarded by the Oleson Foundation. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Blood drive today at County building
Blood drive today at County building
The League of Women Voters of Leelanau County, Suttons Bay Community Church and Versiti will hold a blood drive today from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the board meeting room at the Leelanau County Government Center. Please note that the hours and room have changed. The Board Meeting room is on the main level to the left of where you enter the building. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Wilcox tribute concert Saturday
Wilcox tribute concert Saturday
The West Virginia University Alumni Band, along with members of the Northport Community Band, will present “A Tribute Concert for Don Wilcox” on Saturday, July 13 7 p.m. at the Northport Public School auditorium. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
The Mahoney family 23 strong — adults and children — celebrated the 4th in Omena. Courtesy photo
18 candidates seek mayor’s post in Omena
The 2024 Omena Mayor elections are in full swing! There is a diverse field of 18 candidates. While the candidates are required to have a residence in Greater Omena, anyone can vote. The every-three-year election is a fundraiser for the Omena Historical Society (OHS). You can vote at the Election Center Board in front of the Omena Historical Society, or on-line at omenahistoricalsociety. org. Vote early and vote often! Be sure to read all of the candidates’ nomination forms. They are quite entertaining. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Participating dock hosts in last year’s Lake Leelanau Poker Float dressed up and decorated their spaces based on the theme “my hometown.” This year’s poker float event theme is “countries of the Olympics.” Photo courtesy of Emily DeFour
Lake Leelanau Poker Float set for July 21
The annual Lake Leelanau Poker Float fundraiser is set to be held once again on Sunday, July 21, with this year’s theme being “Countries of the Olympics.” This will be the second year the event takes to the water to help raise funds and awareness about controlling the invasive Eurasian Watermilfoil in Lake Leelanau. All funds raised will go towards the Friends of Lake Leelanau, a local nonprofit dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality and beauty of the lake, including financing the prevention, monitoring, and control of invasive species. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
O’Connor honored
O’Connor honored
Blake O’Connor of Traverse City was named to The University of Alabama Presidents List for spring semester 2024. A total of 13,103 students enrolled during Spring Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the dean’s list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president’s list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Sarah Hoskins of Tandem Ciders pours a growler full of “Sweet William” pear cider at its Suttons Bay tasting room. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
BUBBLY ON THE RISE
Tandem Ciders, fresh off a first-place finish at the Great Lakes International Cider and Pear Competition in May, has been dishing out alcoholic beverages left and right this summer. Tandem Ciders has a few releases on the horizon, including a new Ice Cider. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
One of Cherry Republic’s many new products this summer is their cherry bacon-flavored barbecue sauce. Courtesy photo
Cherry Republic announcing new products
Harvest represents another opportunity for Cherry Republic to try new things as the cherry local business continues to add to its long list of products from its Glen Arbor store, along with five others outside the county. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
COMING EVENTS
COMING EVENTS
Organizations wishing to have their public events listed in this calendar can email [email protected] or call The Enterprise, 256-9827, before 5 p.m. Friday. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
District 1 commissioner seat left vacant
District 1 commissioner seat left vacant
Jamie Kramer, Leelanau County’s District 1 commissioner, amended her June 29 resignation letter Tuesday afternoon to make her resignation effective immediately. With Kramer’s position now vacant, the remaining commissioners resolved to leave her seat empty for the remainder of her term at a special session held on the same day. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Lewis sets year-end goals
Lewis sets year-end goals
Interim Administrator Richard Lewis presented a list of “six-month goals” to the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners at their July executive session this week. Among Lewis’s requests to the board was to grant him power to appoint Interim Finance Director Cathy Hartesvelt as permanent finance director. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
Harvesters are busy getting the 2024 cherry crop off of the trees as farmers battle pests and wet conditions. Sidney Collino (left), Trevor Markood (middle), Rachel Fredrickson (right), Karen Powers (top-left), and Jess Sinnaeve (top-right) of the Michigan State Horticultural Center in Bin...
Price for sweet cherries jumps
Even farm-fresh advocates might grimace when dropping $7 up to $8 into a safety box while picking up a quart of sweet cherries at county roadside markets. Social media posts during the past week took aim at high sweet cherry prices. 07/10/2024 03:48 PM
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