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Items approved by consent

Items approved by consent

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners approved a relatively small number of items under their consent agenda at their March 19 meeting. These included: • The sheriff’s office’s application for a Revitalization and Placemaking Grant through the Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority for a partial reimbursement of a recently purchased safety restraint chair. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

CAFR milestone event, now ALS

CAFR milestone event, now ALS

October 2023 has a special meaning for Cedar Area Fire & Rescue. In October, the department passed its state inspection required to license CAFR as Advanced Life Support agency. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

EMS calls plateau, doubled in 10 yrs.

EMS calls plateau, doubled in 10 yrs.

Calls for fire/EMS service in Leland Township appeared to plateau last year — however, calls have more than doubled from a decade ago. Fire Chief Dan Besson presented the 2023 annual report at Saturday’s annual meeting at the Munnecke Room in Leland. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

Centerville OKs raises

Centerville OKs raises

Raises totaling $5,100 were approved during the annual meeting of Centerville inhabitants held March 23. Supervisor Ron Schaub reported few people attended. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

30% raise loses by 1 vote

30% raise loses by 1 vote

The Leland Township Clerk’s position nearly received a 30% salary hike at the township’s annual meeting Saturday. Among the agenda items was nearly $8,000 in salary increases based on salary resolutions adopted by the board in February. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

2023 record year for Glen Lake Community Library

2023 record year for Glen Lake Community Library

David Diller, directory of the Glen Lake Community Library, provided an annual library report at the March 23 annual meeting in Empire Township. The library, located in the Village of Empire, celebrated its fourth anniversary in its new facility which was expanded and renovated. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

Medical calls dominate GLFD responses

Medical calls dominate GLFD responses

The Glen Lake Fire Department (GLFD) presented an analysis of its annual report at the Empire Township annual meeting March 23. GLFD saw 545 calls throughout 2023 with 300 of those calls being medical related for both Empire (238 calls) and Glen Arbor townships (281 calls). 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

Jackson makes dean’s list at Iowa school

Jackson makes dean’s list at Iowa school

Jared Jackson of Cedar has been named to the 2023 fall semester dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s main campus in Davenport, Iowa. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

This c. 1925 photo taken from the hillside across the road is clearly earlier than the one in last month’s article. Note the covered front porch and the traditional house detailing. All of the original frame houses of Port Oneida (which generally followed earlier log cabins) seem to have h...

Narada: a lake with many names

This continues a series adapted from the book, “A Port Oneida Collection,” Volume 1 of the twopart set, “Oral History, Photographs, and Maps from the Sleeping Bear Region,” produced by Tom Van Zoeren in partnership with Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear. Here we conclude our look at the Goffar Farm, along M-22 on Lake Narada. Picking up after the passing of Olive Manney-- Following Olive’s passing, the farm was purchased by Glen Arbor dentist Leo Roman, whose family used it as a weekend retreat. With the advent of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Dr. Roman sold the place to the Park with a 25-year retention-of-use provision. After he died in 1984, the family sold the retention rights to a company that rented it out. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

LEELANAU HISTORY

LEELANAU HISTORY

There are some people who let life pass them by. Eric Royston was not one of those people. Royston, head of school at Leelanau Montessori Public School Academy, lost a 10-month battle against pancreatic cancer Friday morning. He was 47 years old. Royston moved to Bingham Township when he was selected as head of school at Montessori in August 2016. He had worked just 20 months at the school when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in May of last year.But he fit a lot into those months. *** A Leelanau County resident whose Concealed Pistol License (CPL) was revoked by the county clerk after the resident was convicted of a misdemeanor is now suing the clerk for not reinstating the license. William J. Hendershot of Empire is suing Leelanau County Clerk Michelle Crocker and is asking 13th Circuit Court Judge Kevin Elsenheimer to issue an order that the clerk reinstate the license. Through his attorney, Philip L. Ellison of downstate Hemlock, Hendershot asserts that Crocker as well as Leelanau County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Hubbell are misinterpreting state laws related to firearms licensing. The prosecutor provided an initial response to Hendershot’s complaint, indicating that the clerk was simply following state law. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

LIFT teens and staff that will be going on the Guatemala dual-exchange trip in April are pictured on March 23 at the Friendship Center at a Spanish speaking dinner fundraiser. The teens served food and spoke a bit about the upcoming trip, while people were encouraged to try their Spanish o...

LIFT kids, staff raise funds for dual-exchange trip

Eight Suttons Bay High Schoolers will embark on a dual-exchange trip to Guatemala with LIFT (Leelanau Investing for Teens) Teen Center staff and mentors this month. In partnership with the international nonprofit “Planting Seeds,” the students will serve in preschools and a community center, engage in conversation with local community members, learn about the country’s indigenous culture, and will sample both food and language over the course of a week. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

Sharecare receives grant

Sharecare receives grant

A county organization is among three non-profits recently awarded a total of $15,000 from Cherryland Cares. ShareCare of Leelanau was awarded $4,000 to open a Memory Cafe in Suttons Bay to support local families navigating the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. 04/03/2024 05:09 PM

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