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Bob Bufka stands in front of the aging boilers which have provided heat for Glen Lake School for 50 years. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Glen Lake hosts tours of infrastructure
The Glen Lake Board of Education hosted a community event Friday featuring tours of schools infrastructure in efforts to gain steam for a possible millage in November. Several members of the board and representatives of the Christman Company engineering firm were in attendance to show people Glen Lake’s aging infrastructure. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
Locals make MSU dean’s list
Locals make MSU dean’s list
More than 20 county students were named to the dean’s list at Michigan State University for fall semester 2023. They include: • Suttons Bay residents — Althea Bardenhagen, Madeleine North, Brayden Opie, Rebekah Rupp, Hannah Smith and Carly Wholihan. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
Npt Cracker Barrel group: a place to share ideas, conversations
Npt Cracker Barrel group: a place to share ideas, conversations
A local group is giving people a chance to gather and talk about different ideas and topics — from national and world affairs to issues relevant in Leelanau County today, those who attend have the time and place to share their views with others willing to listen. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
Strange ‘spring’ conditions continue
Strange ‘spring’ conditions continue
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m holding my breath to see what Mother Nature has in store for us in the weeks ahead. I bet even the Groundhog can’t be sure anymore. Mayor Rosie Disch has been sniffing around looking for a local groundhog to get a local forecast. Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks or whistle-pigs, are common in northern Michigan. They are the largest member of the squirrel family in Michigan. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
Contract OK’d for delayed broadband project
Contract OK’d for delayed broadband project
A contract for managing the Point Broadband project was awarded last week by the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners. The board voted unanimously at its Jan. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
Board seeks counsel for BATA dispute
Board seeks counsel for BATA dispute
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners agreed to lawyer up Jan. 24 in anticipation of the Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) suing Grand Traverse County. The dispute centers around the recent addition of a second Grand Traverse County commissioner to the BATA board, while an August 2023 agreement says the board shall have one commissioner from each of the two member counties. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
LHS offers free training
LHS offers free training
The Leelanau Historical Society is offering free workshops for the public to learn about Central Michigan University’s Digital Michigan Newspaper Portal. The portal is a free website for researching Michigan’s historic newspapers. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
Good Harbor resident Charles and Mary Bukfa in 1880. Courtesy photo
M-C to Good Harbor railway never gained steam
Adapted from his book Good Harbor Michigan with additional information from the Grand Traverse Herald The settlement of Leelanau by Euro-Americans began as early as the late 1830s but their flow rapidly increased after 1855. Traverse City was growing even more rapidly and the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad arrived there on November 15, 1872. Almost immediately there was talk and excitement about a train in Leelanau. The talks got serious in January 1885 when a group of businessmen discussed the possibility of a narrow gauge railroad between Maple City and Good Harbor, according to the Leelanau Enterprise. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
LEELANAU HISTORY
LEELANAU HISTORY
Hansen Foods in Suttons Bay has a new owner. Connie Frost, 57, of Maple City said her purchase of the grocery store officially went through last Tuesday. Frost has worked at Hansen Foods since 2002, when she joined original owner Dave Hansen to handle the back room of the grocery store. The store was eventually sold to grocery manager Gus O’Brien, who told Frost in 2011 about his future plan to retire. *** County students were on the sixth day of a 6-day weekend yesterday as the thermometer dropped and wind chills of 20 to 25 below zero were expected. Most schools had a scheduled day off Friday at the end of the semester exam week. However, come Monday, as the school week began a winter storm swept through the area, dumping as much as 7 inches in Maple City with lesser amounts recorded in Bingham Township and Northport. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
Lily Herman, an eighth graders was first in the St. Mary School annual spelling bee. Also picture from left is fifth grader Kayleigh Harnick and eighth grader Andrew Grant, alternate. Courtesy photo
Lily Herman
Lily Herman, an eighth graders was first in the St. Mary School annual spelling bee. Also picture from left is fifth grader Kayleigh Harnick and eighth grader Andrew Grant, alternate. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
St. Mary students have qualified for the Business Professionals of American state leadership conference to be held March 7 - 19 at Devos Place in Grand Rapids. Courtesy photo
St. Mary students shine at BPA
The Lake Leelanau St. Mary Business Professionals of America (BPA) brought home several honors from the regional BPA competition Jan. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM
Probate training next week
Probate training next week
A training for current and prospective conservators and guardians of an estate will be held Monday, Feb. 5 at the Grand Traverse County Probate Courtroom in Traverse City. 01/31/2024 06:09 PM

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