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Friday nights in Northport are hopping with Music in the Park. Enterprise file photo

Music in the Park

Every Friday night throughout the summer, both visitors and locals make their way up the peninsula to attend Music in the Park at Northport’s Marina Park. This year is no different, except for the fact that longtime sound technician and Northport native Kent Holton has retired. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

The “nourishing mind” cocktail, one of three zero-proof drinks featured on the menu of the first Hive Social Club event in March, is made of Audacia’s floral berry elixir and paired with Hive housemade raspberry syrup and Alchemy & Co’s nourish herbal tea, garnished with a smoking spri...

Hive Social Club offers night activity alternative

While Hive Coffee Company in downtown Suttons Bay is known for its tasty hand-crafted lattes, sandwiches, and waffles, it’s also the gathering place for its “social club” events typically held from 6 to 8 p.m. when scheduled. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

The Robert H. Manning Memorial Lighthouse in Empire was built in memory of Robert Manning, a passionate boater and fisherman, who often spoke about his desire to see a lighthouse in his hometown. When Manning passed away at age 62 in 1989, his family and friends privately built a small lig...

Advancements in technology have greatly reduced the need for conventional lighthouses and their keepers, and there are no active manually operated lighthouses in Leelanau County. However, this infamously lonely and physically straining job was essential to keeping boat traffic moving in a time when much of the county’s economy depended on sea travel. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

The Lanphier Observatory, on the campus of The Leelanau School in Glen Arbor, is open for stargazers who see constellations, potentially planets and northern lights, and the international space station as it makes its way overhead. Courtesy photo

Public welcome to stargaze at Lanphier Observatory

This summer, the Leelanau School’s Lanphier Observatory is open to the public for stargazing, Wednesdays and Thursdays. It takes place every Wednesday and Thursday starting through Aug. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

Star parties at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offer a chance to get a close up view of the moon and more.

Look to the heavens

Star parties at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SBDNL) have quickly become a Leelanau family tradition of admiring the night sky in northern Michigan. SBDNL hosted a star party earlier this month. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

Leland native Ethan Hohnke first saw the northern lights in 2021 and never looked back. Since then he has been busy chasing spectacular Leelanau auroras. Courtesy photo

Leland photographer takes aim at night sky

Snapping sunrises, sunsets, and eventually night skies have been Leland native Ethan Hohnke’s passion ever since he first picked up a camera or cell phone. On March 20, 2021, Hohnke saw the northern lights for the first time. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

Leland residents Sue Trumbull and her husband, Tom, are pictured last year at the Leland Yacht Club party. Courtesy photo

A love for Leelanau in all seasons

Leland resident Sue Trumbull finds a way to stay active and involved in the community in all seasons, only seemingly slowing down to take in the beauty — whether by picture or through other interests — that is Leelanau County. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

Leelanau night photographer Ethan Hohnke takes a self portrait under a strong aurora on the shores of Lake Michigan. Courtesy photo

Leelanau night photographer Ethan Hohnke

Leelanau night photographer Ethan Hohnke takes a self portrait under a strong aurora on the shores of Lake Michigan. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

Helping Hands: S. Fox Island

Helping Hands: S. Fox Island

The Fox Island Lighthouse Association (FILA) is a non-profit that has transformed one of the oldest and most remote light stations on the Great Lakes thanks to hundreds of helping hands after nearly two decades of renovation. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM

Therese Rosinski is pictured with her husband, Greg, and daughter, Alex, 12 and son, Drew, 9 at Glen Lake Community School. Courtesy photo

G-L School aide finds community, support in job

While teachers work to lead and teach students everyday at school, paraprofessionals often help provide instructional support and services in the classroom that make the day-to-day activities possible. School faculty at districts, some more than others, are also like large families, offering aid and encouragement even on the most difficult of days. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM

Army vet Dick Grout, 103, is flanked by Jim Simon, left, and Gene Kelly, right at the county’s Memorial Day ceremony. Grout served during World War II and was part of D-Day operations in Normandy. Enterprise file photo

G-A man works with veterans

Clark “Skip” Cumings-Johnson, a former professor of law at Michigan State University now living in Glen Arbor, has made it known that he’s willing to make house calls for Leelanau County veterans who plan to act on suicidal thoughts. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM

Several J1 visa and migrant workers help to make Cherry Republic function throughout summer and fall. From left to right: Mustafa Yesilay (Turkey), Freda Fan (China), and Kafhief Barnswell (Jamaica). Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger

Visa workers, taking care of business

Cherry Republic hires a signifi cant number of J1 visa, migrant, and other types of workers to help with their summer rush. Hear about their stories and experiences traveling and living in Leelanau County is an experience these students and workers dream for. 07/17/2024 05:06 PM

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