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Leland group wraps giving project

Leland group wraps giving project

Leland Women’s Civic Club members recently completed their 10th annual Christmas Giving Project, which provides clothing for infants, toddlers, and young children to Leelanau Christian Neighbors (LCN) Baby Pantry and the VFW Hall’s Holiday Needs Program. The 48-member organization collected winter jackets, snow pants, winter outfits, sweaters, onesies, pajamas, dresses and diapers for needy families in Leelanau County. More than 100 items were donated to the two organizations, along with $400 in cash to be used to purchase additional needed baby items. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

Leelanau Twp. approves bonus for firefighters

Leelanau Twp. approves bonus for firefighters

Paid on-call Leelanau Township firefighters will receive their 2023 annual continuity “legacy” bonus after all following the township board’s unanimous approval last week. The legacy compensation is separate from pay within the union fire contract, and is given out at the end of the year to both full-time and paid on-call firefi ghters in the township. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

The Scouts of Troop 131

The Scouts of Troop 131

The Scouts of Troop 131 met Sunday to honor its two newest Eagle Scouts, Kai Segerlind (on left) and Jack Joyce. Eagle Scout is the highest rank in Scouting. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

In an effort to support families in need this holiday season

In an effort to support families in need this holiday season

In an effort to support families in need this holiday season. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

Santa Claus is coming to Omena Christmas Eve

Santa Claus is coming to Omena Christmas Eve

The town of Omena was festive and bright. When Rosie went downtown on Christmas Eve night. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

WETHERBEE

Npt. school superintendent rated ‘effective’ again

The Northport Public School Board of Education (BOE) unanimously voted December 11 to approve the rating of superintendent Neil Wetherbee as “effective” for his 2023 district leader evaluation. Unlike other school districts in Leelanau County, Northport does not produce an evaluation document with specific ratings of each domain. However, Wetherbee said the district continues to follow the Marzano Teacher Evaluation System, one of the evaluations recommended by the Michigan Council of Educator Effectiveness. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

St. Mary School students created and mailed out Christmas cards to special friends including elderly community members, donors and local priests. Here, seventh grader Marie Hobbins paints Christmas cards for St. Mary School special friends. Courtesy photo

St. Mary School students

St. Mary School students. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

Madison and Savannah Potes, from left, are shown decorating cookies at a recent Parenting Communities event. The girls are from Northport. Photo courtesy of Courtney Yaple

Madison and Savannah Potes

Madison and Savannah Potes, from left, are shown decorating cookies at a recent Parenting Communities event. The girls are from Northport. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

Lee. Twp. to stream via YouTube

Lee. Twp. to stream via YouTube

People interested in tuning in online to Leelanau Township board meetings will have to watch via YouTube starting in January. The three month “trial” will give board trustees a chance to gauge how well streaming meetings via YouTube works versus Zoom, a video conferencing platform continuously used by the township since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

The Bolton barn just north of Empire on M-22 is decoarated each year with a large, but simple, Christmas wreath. Enterprise photo by Amy Hubbell

Home for the Holidays

Construction is completed on the Vineyard View Apartments, an affordable housing complex on Marek Road in Suttons Bay off M-204. HomeStretch Housing, the nonprofit corporation behind the project, told the newspaper that they expect all eight units to be occupied between Christmas and New Years. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

Robert Barnes of Glen Arbor’s non-profit Free Bikes 4 Kidz Detroit” (FB4K) has brought smiles to more than 12,000 children in the Detroit area by providing new bikes and helmets. Courtesy photo

Non-profit brings smiles to kids

Robert Barnes relocated to Glen Arbor about a year and a half ago, having vacationed in the area with his wife for the past 25 years. With his family visiting since the 1950s, Barnes has always cherished opportunities to reside on the peninsula. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

MPA weighs in on FOIA

MPA weighs in on FOIA

A workplace climate/culture survey at the Leelanau County government center is under fire by Leelanau County commissioner Melinda Lautner, who feels that the consultant contracted to perform the survey may be influenced by correspondence between the county’s personnel committee and employees. 12/20/2023 09:57 PM

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