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A variety of cannabis-infused beverages, from ginger ale and classic cola to peach and raspberry iced tea, are available at Olean’s Dispensary in Northport. Courtesy photo

Olean’s offers cannabis-infused beverages

For those looking for an alternative to alcoholic drinks, the growing popularity of cannabisinfused beverages have been an option people tend to choose when searching for something unique that could offer a similar experience. 07/31/2024 06:36 PM

Larry Mawby was a pioneer in the wine industry, specializing in sparkling wines. Enterprise file photo

Bubbly, sparkling wine reason to celebrate

Mawby Winery started in 1973 as the second grape-growers in Leelanau County. In 1984, founder Larry Mawby debuted the vintner’s first sparkling wine. By the late 1990s, the winery had switched production over to exclusively méthode champenoise sparkling wines, and they never looked back. As Mawby puts it, they haven’t “made any table wines this century.” 07/31/2024 06:36 PM

From left to right: Elise, Taylor, Kevin and Emdyn Vann help celebrate the Fourth of July with their Leelanau Tea truck. Courtesy photo

Leelanau Tea selling worldwide

Leelanau Tea continues to be on the rise in 2024, taking claim of a foothold in the craft lemonade and tea industry since opening in 2021. Leelanau Tea owner Kevin Vann said business is going well for the local beverage maker. 07/31/2024 06:36 PM

While wine and other alcohol beverage prices range anywhere from $12 to several hundred dollars at Peninsula Provisions, people can find assorted drinks for about $20 and under placed on the lengthy table in the back room of the store.

Peninsula Provisions offers diverse wines, drinks, gourmet foods

A year after opening in Lake Leelanau, the specialty wine and gourmet food shop Peninsula Provisions is thriving and embracing the busy summer season. Kate Vilter Stassen, who owns and operates the business with her husband, Coenraad, said that she loves being able to still work in the wine industry after so many years. 07/31/2024 06:36 PM

‘Shrines + Altars’ opens in G-A

‘Shrines + Altars’ opens in G-A

The Glen Arbor Arts Center is keeping the lights on a little longer this summer. Late Night Fridays continues Aug. 07/31/2024 06:36 PM

Nick Billings stands near the storefront at his blueberry farm, Bulldog Berries. Billings started with five acres of farm in 2012, and today, he has 25 acres of blueberries in 12 different varieties. Enterprise photo by Zachary Marano

Billings bears blueberries

Bulldog Berries, a U-pick blueberry farm at 7187 E. Harrys Rd. in Elmwood Township, recently opened for the season and will be open most days through the end of August. Bulldog Berries started in 2012 when the owner, Nick Billings, decided to start his own farm in northern Michigan “on a hope and a prayer.” 07/31/2024 06:36 PM

The Northern Lights were on dazzling display last Thursday evening throughout much of the state including northern lower Michigan. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu

Dark skies in Leelanau dazzle stargazers

With all of the natural beauty found on the Leelanau peninsula during the daytime, it’s no surprise that the county is also just as fantastically eye-catching during the evening. Michigan is a great place for stargazers to take in the night sky all year-round. 07/24/2024 03:46 PM

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

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