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Several women veterans from Leelanau County were honored to be on the all-women Honor Flight to Washington D.C. earlier this month. Pictured: Justina Hlvaka (middle, green sunglasses), Leanne Woods (direcetly in front of Hlavka, Page Sikes (right of Hlvaka), Linda Woods (in front of Sikes)...
Leelanau female veterans participate in Honor Flight
Six local Leelanau County women graced the first-of-akind all-women honor flight from Flint to Washington D.C. on June 12. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM
Food security topic of Summinars in July
Food security topic of Summinars in July
The Leland Township Library is hosting a special two-part series to address food access challenges in the community, as part of the Leland Library Summinars. These events will explore local efforts that are being made to ensure everyone has reliable access to healthy, nutritious meals. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM
Jenny Puvogel is the new owner of the Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor as of April 1. Courtesy photo
Jenny Puvogel’s love for books expands into her work, life
Maple City resident Jenny Puvogel, a longtime employee at the Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor, is now the new owner of the charming small business as of April 1. Since taking the reins, Puvogel has had help with learning how to manage the bookstore from her good friend and former shop owner, Sue Boucher. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM
Members of the Glen Lake Fire Department salute the flag at last year’s flagraising ceremony organized by the Glen Lake Woman’s Club. Photo courtesy of Grace Dickinson Johnson
Members of the Glen Lake Fire Department
Members of the Glen Lake Fire Department salute the flag at last year’s flagraising ceremony organized by the Glen Lake Woman’s Club. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM
Meg Paxton shows off her original Petoskey Stone Dog Collars at The Blue Maple Corner in Maple City. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Paxton: Stitching dreams together
The former Gabe’s Country Market building in Maple City has new life. Leelanau County resident and local business entrepreneur Meg Paxton has rehabbed the desolate building over the past four years into a retail space called The Blue Maple Corner to show her creations . 06/26/2024 04:30 PM
Ana Spencer (left) and Julie Stevens (right) are bringing back their pop-up shop again this summer called “Slip Stitch — A Celebration of Friends” at the Art Shanty in Fishtown. Spencer is a teaching artist based in Chicago and produces decorative and colorful pottery work, and Stevens cre...
Fishtown’s Art Shanty pop-ups
A hidden gem in Leland serves as a haven for art lovers every summer, featuring work from a variety of new and local artists that reserve their spot year after year. Fishtown’s Art Shanty, which is a pop-up space located in the addition off the lower level of the historic Ice House, is a place where artists, craftsmen and makers get to be a part of the Fishtown community for a week at a time from May 28 – Oct 14. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM
Greg Julian loves living in Leelanau and gave up the business world to work as a carpenter. Courtesy photo
Julian exchanges spreadsheet for hammer
Kasson Township’s Greg Julian spent his first 20 years of professional life in marketing and finance out west in Denver, Colorado, and across Michigan before falling in love with carpentry. Julian and his family have been visiting the peninsula for the past 40 years. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM
Thoreson Farm: hub for makers
Thoreson Farm: hub for makers
The Glen Arbor Art Center’s (GAAC) main location is in the township, but they also host classes out of the old Thoreson Farm on the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. GAAC volunteers rehabilitated the 19th century farm buildings into a classroom and studio space. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM
Artist Rik Yannott is pictured next to two of his paintings at his studio in Peshawbestown, both of which are inspired by nature and hisAnishinaabek heritage. The top painting, which features images of an eagle, the moon, and a traditional sweat lodge is on canvas, while the bottom paintin...
Indigenous artist Rik Yannott inspired by nature and heritage
Living near the lake is essential for Indigenous artist Rik Yannott, whose work often features a body of water. Yannott, 51, lives in Peshawbestown with Lake Michigan not far from home. Since he was in the seventh grade and started drawing, Yannott has taken inspiration from nature and his Anishinaabek heritage. Like in Anishinaabe teachings, water is sacred and gives life, and Yannott said it helps keep him connected with mother earth. His artwork isn’t just a form of creative expression, but is part of a healing process in life that he cherishes. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM
Don Allington of Master Craft Tool & Extrusion says their list of customers includes some of the largest producers of aluminum in the world. Enterprise photo by Zachary Marano
Master Craft creates extrusion die and tools
Master Craft Extrusion Tools on 771 Mill St. in Northport, owned by Don Allington, has a unique specialty: tools and dies for aluminum and brass extrusion. In laymen’s terms, they create machines that compress these metals into various shapes, including pipes, mandrels, and other tools. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM
Kelsey Williams of Cedar makes and sells candles through her Leelanau Candle Company. Enterprise photo by Zachary Marano
Candlemaker turns hobby into business
The COVID-19 lockdowns meant spending a lot more time at home. During the pandemic, Kelsey Williams of Cedar decided to take up a hobby: candle making. Her interest in making candles rapidly developed from a way to pass the time indoors to selling her products to retailers, and now she owns her own store, Leelanau Candle Company, in Cedar. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM
Liz Neddo of Wool and honey of Cedar holds an art piece that her daughter Cecily made. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Wool and Honey with love
Wool and Honey is celebrating 24 years of business in the quiet yet bustling town of Cedar, leading to a prosperous life and opening its doors to the Leelanau wool-loving public. Liz Neddo is the fourth owner of the wool business. 06/26/2024 04:30 PM
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