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A dozen volunteers showed up last week to clean up the stretch of M-22 that includes Omena. Hallstedt Homestead Cherries of Northport has adopted it as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program. Pictured, from left to right, are Kathy Wessell, Marsha Buehler, Paula Peterson, Ann Julien, Ty Wesse...
Earth, Restaurant Weeks filled with activity
Spring has definitely sprung with lots of fun things to do in and around Omena. This Saturday is the start of the Northport-Omena Spring Restaurant Week, which runs through Sunday, May 5. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Back row left to right: Reynolds Thompson (son-in-law), Hamilton Thompson (daughter), Preston McGregor (sister). Front row from left-to-right: Allen Northcutt, Felicia and Gordie Church. Courtesy photo
Northcutt attending 75th Kentucky Derby
Allen Northcutt will be enjoying his 75th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4 during the 150th overall running of the historic horse race. The Louisville native and Lake Leelanau resident has been going to the Kentucky Derby every year since he was 7-years-old in 1948. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
A Suttons Bay cherry orchard shines in full bloom last year. Cherry Blossom season has officially begun in Leelanau County. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Cherry Blossoms ahead of schedule
It’s getting close to that time when cherries start to blossom once again. Cherry blossoms symbolizes both life and death. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
PIPING PLOVER
Oldest plover home to roost
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SBDNL) favorite inhabitant is taking back its shoreline as the endangered Piping Plovers first sightings were had earlier this month on April 9. SBDNL had exciting news on April 21, according to plover lead Erica Adams. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Siblings Kacey and Wyatt Novak, age 4 and 6 respectively, found these morel mushrooms near their home in Kasson Township. They are the children of Austin and Marie Novak. Courtesy photo
Siblings Kacey and Wyatt Novak
Siblings Kacey and Wyatt Novak, age 4 and 6 respectively, found these morel mushrooms near their home in Kasson Township. They are the children of Austin and Marie Novak. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Races set for August Primary
Races set for August Primary
What a difference a week makes. A flurry of activity before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Leelanau storyteller passes
Leelanau storyteller passes
A Leelanau legend was lost this past week as Scott Craig, 89, passed away leaving the legacy of a storyteller. Craig, a retired television producer and award-winning documentary filmmaker for CBS, NBC, PBS, Turner Broadcasting and HGTV, died on Thursday April 18. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Mike Young and Joe Hess use a trenching machine, which creates a narrow and deep channel for fiber optic cables to be installed under the Lake Leelanau Narrows in March. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Broadband project delayed
Two years ago, Leelanau County contracted the Opelika, Alabama-based Point Broadband to provide high speed internet to “unserved” and “underserved” homes in the county by the end of 2023. Unfortunately, the project has turned into something of a debacle. About three-and-a-half months into the new year, only about 38% of the “unserved” areas are now serviceable, and the county consultant no longer seems to believe they’ll be done by the end of 2024 either. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM
Children playing at the Leelanau Children’s Center in Leland. Courtesy photo
Make a Difference in Early Childhood Education
The Leelanau Children’s Center is looking for committed, energetic and passionate community members to serve as board leaders, committee participants and operational supporters. Since 1976, the Leelanau Children’s Center has provided quality early childhood education and community connection to the families of Leelanau County. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Carol Bawden has sold her business “The Painted Bird” a major fixture in Suttons Bay for more than 35 years. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Painted Bird Sold:
There’s another changing of the guard amongst the Leelanau art titans as Carol Bawden sold the iconic Painted Bird in Suttons Bay after 37 years selling local and American art on the shores of the peninsula. “I’ve been thinking about it for some years off and on. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Leelanau natives Matt and Hillary Voight will open “V Gallery,” which occupies the former space of Tamarack Gallery in Omena, at the end of May. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
V Gallery in Omena to open
A new art gallery located at a familiar building in Omena aims to open as soon as late May. Leelanau County natives Matt and Hillary Voight are the founders of “V Gallery” in the heart of Omena. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Correction:
Correction:
The maiden name of Linda Mork appeared incorrectly in a story about St. Michael’s new cookbook. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
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