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Cedar River Preserve at risk

Cedar River Preserve at risk

For the last five years the Lake Leelanau Lake Association (LLLA) and the Grand Traverse Band (GTB) of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians have worked to eradicate Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) within Lake Leelanau. While not all milfoils are invasive, EWM is. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Month of the Young Child

Month of the Young Child

To the editor: In April, we celebrate the Month of the Young Child. Along with the other 11 months, parents, grandparents and other caregivers are on 24/7 providing care for their little ones. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

By Tim Skubick

Schools bracing for ‘COVID cliff’

If you give two hoots about the quality of education for your children or grand kids, as they say in the biz, this one’s for you. It’s difficult to use the word “silver-lining” in the same sentence with the term “COVID 19” but if there was one, at least on the education front, it would have to be the $3.7 billion avalanche of emergency federal government money that cascaded into every school district in the state. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Watch the video

Watch the video

To the editor: Sheriff Borkovich says the only reason he traveled to Grand Rapids was to discuss border issues with Donald Trump. No, watch the video. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Support for Sheriff

Support for Sheriff

To the editor: The Michigan Police Association was invited by a presidential candidate to discuss crime. The Biden Administration has not done that. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

A column by Zachary Marano

Man admired for standing his ground

By the time our next weekly hits the stands on Thursday, it will have been one year since I moved to Traverse City and started my run at the Leelanau Enterprise. This prompted some reflection — not just of my time with this newspaper, but also in the events that led me here — as has the recent death of an elected official who I used to report on extensively. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

Observing Earth Day in Leelanau

Observing Earth Day in Leelanau

As many of us may know, Earth Day is right around the corner on April 22. The annual event has been held on the same date since 1970 and is observed nation-wide and throughout Leelanau County as a way to demonstrate support for environmental protection. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM

‘Price to Pay’

‘Price to Pay’

To the editor: Inflation is not higher prices, inflation causes higher prices. Inflation is the result of expanding the money supply faster than expanding goods and services. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM

‘Disappointing’

‘Disappointing’

To the editor: How disappointing to see our sheriff, who has done such a great job patrolling Leelanau County, on a political stage with a man who sent his supporters to the U.S .Capitol to pound on and beat up U.S. Capitol POLICE OFFICERS. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM

Travel not at U.S. expense

Travel not at U.S. expense

To the editor: Ms. Jones, in her Thursday 4 April letter to the editor, is incorrect in describing the immigrants flown into our country as illegal aliens as they have a sponsor in the U.S., have passed biometric and biographical vetting and have work permits. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM

Advice for letter writers

Advice for letter writers

Many of us are looking forward to the 2024 election season with something approaching dread — not just at potential outcomes, but at having to endure months of nastiness as increasingly polarized Americans claw at each other on TV, on social media and in newspapers. And yes, it has reached the pages of the Enterprise as well. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM

A column by Meakalia Previch-Liu

The sweet memories of intergenerational living

Celebrating my mother’s birthday this past weekend — which had us both enjoying sunny skies via a scenic Frankfort drive to view Lake Michigan in all its glory — was a reminder that one of the most important things that I can share with her is time. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM

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