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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

Glen Lake Valedictorian Dylan Cundiff sends off the 2024 class with his speech before walking the stage.

Leelanau County Graduation 2024

Leelanau County high school graduations were on full display over the weekend. Leland started out the festivities by graduating nearly 30 students on Friday night. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

Congratulations Suttons Bay Class of 2024

Congratulations Suttons Bay Class of 2024

Congratulations Suttons Bay Class of 2024. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

Front Row: L-R: Amanda Tarsa, Kendra Couturier, Sarah Bunek, Elena Grant, Leah Fleis, Della Bunek, Delana Kirt. Back Row: L-R: Will Grant, Carter Wolf, Lucas Jarvis, Jerry Schaub, Ben Freundl, James Licht, Luke Gallagher, Eli Kelenske

Congratulations St. Mary Class of 2024

Congratulations St. Mary Class of 2024. 06/05/2024 08:28 PM

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