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The Grand Traverse Band
The Grand Traverse Band
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians’ (GTB) Natural Resources Department (NRD) invited members of the public Thursday and Friday to be part of its annual Sugar Bush event in Peshawbestown. Due to the mild winter, sap production is very limited, and trees are not being tapped, but community members can still stop by to learn about how GTB citizens processed maple sugar using traditional techniques. Thursday is the last day GTB will hold its sugar bushing event from 1 to 4 p.m. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Empire chili cook-off
Empire chili cook-off
The Empire community will be hosting a chili cook-off on Saturday, March 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Empire Town Hall on Front Street. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
The Glen Arbor Arts Center new executive director Scott Bouma. Courtesy photo
GAAC appoints Bouma as director
The Glen Arbor Arts Center has a new executive director as Scott Bouma was named to the role last week. “I do have a lot of institutional knowledge and history with the organization that I can rely on to help me in this position,” Bouma said. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Northport Public School students (from left to right) Charlotte Murphy, Arya Cavendish, and Pierson Humphrey are pictured with Leelanau Township Library Poetry Month Chair Alison Arthur and library assistant Marie Gaspari during open mic night last year. Courtesy photo
Leelanau Twp. Library to celebrate national poetry month
In celebration of national poetry month, Leelanau Township Library will host five events every Tuesday in April centered around all things poetry, giving the public an opportunity to learn about the art of spoken word from various creatives in the area and from around the country. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Four students from Northport Public School were chosen to participate in the Michigan Honors Band for middle school. The students from left to right are: Jack Scripps, Ada Wetherbee, Jazmyne Bressette, and Elsie Purdy Teahen. The event took place in Kalkaska on March 12 and concluded with...
Four students from Northport Public School were chosen to participate in the Michigan Honors Band for middle school
Four students from Northport Public School were chosen to participate in the Michigan Honors Band for middle school. The students from left to right are: Jack Scripps, Ada Wetherbee, Jazmyne Bressette, and Elsie Purdy Teahen. The event took place in Kalkaska on March 12 and concluded with an evening concert. The students worked with Dr. Mary Land from Central Michigan University. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Mike Young and Joe Hess uses a trenching machine, which creates a narrow and deep channel for fiber optic cables to be installed under the Lake Leelanau Narrows. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Fiber cable laid below narrows
Fiber optic crews are working on laying cable beneath the Lake Leelanau narrows that will provide the missing piece to the long awaited Leelanau County Broadband project. “That is a big milestone, that is what’s needed to reach northern Michigan (Leelanau County),” said Chris Scherrer, Leelanau County broadband project manager. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Northport approves social district
Northport approves social district
The Village of Northport is the first municipality in the tri-county area of Leelanau, Benzie, and Grand Traverse to establish a social district after village council trustees unanimously approved a resolution at its regular board meeting last Thursday. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Enterprise takes Newspaper of the Year
Enterprise takes Newspaper of the Year
The Leelanau Enterprise won 50 awards and was named Newspaper of the Year for a seventh-straight year by the Michigan Press Association. “I am so proud of the good work of the entire team at the Enterprise. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Former T-C mayor in talks for admin. position
Former T-C mayor in talks for admin. position
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners interviewed five candidates to fill the role of interim county administrator between current Administrator Deb Allen’s departure on April 12 and the approval of a permanent replacement, which the county’s consultant Chet Janik hopes to complete by the week of May 27. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Blood drive in Cedar Monday
Blood drive in Cedar Monday
The Solon Township Hall in Cedar will host a blood drive Monday, March 19. The blood drive operates between 1:30 and 6 p.m., inside the Solon Township Hall Community Room. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
‘Aggressive’ timeline in county adm. search
‘Aggressive’ timeline in county adm. search
Former Leelanau County Administrator Chet Janik found himself back in the government center meeting room on Tuesday. This time, Janik was there in his new capacity as consultant for the Michigan Leadership Institute (MLI), under contract with the county to find a replacement for his immediate successor, Deb Allen, whose resignation goes into effect on April 12. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Scouts have fun, learn during annual Klondike Derby
Scouts have fun, learn during annual Klondike Derby
Troop 131 won a cast iron skillet for first place in the cooking competition, creating a lunch of deluxe hot cocoa and healthy turkey sandwiches. The troop overcame the adversity of their stove not working and were able to heat their super creamy hot cocoa on an open fire instead. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM

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