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Landscaping along shore to maintain water quality

Landscaping along shore to maintain water quality

Leelanau County is fortunate to have an abundance of high-quality lakes and streams that everyone can benefit from for swimming, boating, fishing, drinking water, or simply enjoying. However, the health of these bodies of water is dependent on how well we, Leelanau County residents, care for them. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

The VanThommes have been operating in Bingham Township for 35 years. Pictured, from left, are matriarch Tina VanThomme; her son, Tristan; and daughter-in-law, Crystal. Enterprise photos by Amy Hubbell

Plantmasters represents generations of growing

At PlantMasters it’s all in the family. D & E VanThomme Greenhouses was establish from the ground up in the Detroit area in 1940. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

Library offers workshop

Library offers workshop

The Glen Lake Library in Empire will host Wendy Weckstein of Northern Michigan Psychiatric Services next Wednesday, May 15. The topic of her presentation is on mindfulness-based stress reduction often associated with aging: depression, anxiety, loneliness, physical limitations, cognitive decline and more. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

April Mclaren enjoy a hike on the Leelanau Peninsula. She is a woman of many skills with a specialty in textile design and pottery. Courtesy photo

McLaren creates art with clay/textiles

Leelanau resident April McLaren showed off her pottery at the Heartwood Forest Farm 2024 Herb Fest Saturday. Along with making pottery, she has a unique background that has led her all over the world and to the Leelanau Peninsula. McLaren has a blossoming pottery business from her Leelanau farm. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

Traverse City Impact100 offers grants

Traverse City Impact100 offers grants

Impact100 Traverse City will have $348,000 to distribute to area non-profits this year. Three nonprofits will each receive $116,000 in transformational funding after Impact100 selects the recipients by membership vote in September. 05/01/2024 05:08 PM

Kelly Slater of Suttons Bay, vice president of the Traverse City Track Club, poses in front of the waters of Lake Michigan. Courtesy photo

Slater has fingers ‘in many pies’

The people of Leelanau County generally seem to understand the virtues of charity, and Kelly Slater of Suttons Bay is a good example of this regional characteristic. Slater said that she has her fingers “in many pies,” and among them are the Traverse City Track Club, Green Suttons Bay, and the Friends of Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library. 05/01/2024 05:08 PM

Empire spring clean-up set

Empire spring clean-up set

The Village of Empire will hold its annual spring cleanup on Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 and 9. Residents are asked to leave bagged leaves and brush in piles next to their street or alley by 8 a.m. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM

Pancakes, Restaurant week in G-A

Pancakes, Restaurant week in G-A

This is one of my most favorite times of year, although we didn’t have a bad winter people seem to come alive at this time year. Hear the hammers and the leaf blowers and everybody is getting ready for a great summer. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM

Matthew Branton

Matthew Branton:

Matthew Branton, owner of North Country Kitchen and Bar in Suttons Bay, has been operating the establishment for the past year since closing on the purchase from Karen Boone in March 2023. Since opening last June, Branton moved to Leelanau County to run his newest business venture and has been getting acclimated to working in the restaurant industry. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM

Isabelle Scott merges science, art, and tradition through bioactive skincare, whole plant remedies and natural dyes through her Circles and Cycles business. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger

Nuturing Nature:

In Northport, Isabelle Scott, affectionately known as “Isa,” has been forging her unique path as a herbalist and the proprietor of Circles & Cycles. Since its inception in 2019, Circles & Cycles has grown from a personal passion project to a thriving business offering a range of herbal products. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Sidewalks OK’d by township

Sidewalks OK’d by township

Spring activities dominated conversation this week by the Leland Township Board. The board during its regular monthly meeting Monday acted on proposals that signal the arrival of spring and warmer weather. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM

Groups seek input on survey

Groups seek input on survey

The Leelanau County Housing Collaborative, a group of four organizations focused on creating a Housing Action Plan for Leelanau County, is announcing the housing survey to help bring housing for all to Leelanau County. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM

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