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‘Things’ … effect humanity
‘Things’ … effect humanity
To th editor: In conversations I had with my dad about religion and politics, he told me that the two most detrimental “things” negatively effecting humanity are and will continue to be the misguided evolution of party politics and organized religion. Not politics, but party politics, not religion, but organized religion. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
People care about Leelanau
People care about Leelanau
To the editor: I’m like other weary residents of Leelanau County. That is, ecstatic that the election is over. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Add another name to governor list
Add another name to governor list
At the end of a TV report last week listing the raft of would-be candidates for governor from both parties, the story ended with a rather tongue in cheek close, “if your name is not on the list, call me … collect.” 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Leelanau County Clerk Michelle Crocker hands ballots off to her election workers at the government center in Suttons Bay Tuesday morning, as part of a recount for the district No. 3 commissioner race in the Nov. 5 General Election. Crocker said she expected that the recount would be comple...
Bahle/ Bunek recount underway
Lois Bahle, the Democrat candidate for the District No. 3 commissioner seat in the Nov. 5 General Election, fell just six votes behind the Republican candidate, Will Bunek, at 1,319 votes to Bunek’s 1,325 votes. Shortly after the results were certified, Bahle filed a petition for a recount of the votes cast in her precincts. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Michele Morris, caretaker of Lorelei and founder of Empire Hills Farm, is pictured reunited with the mini pony on Sunday. Good friend Kevin Crouch also showed up on Sunday to support the pony search efforts. Courtesy photo
Missing mini pony found safe
There’s nothing quite like a mini pony to bring the community together. “Lorelei,” the small but feisty two-feet tall mini pony from Empire Hills Farm escaped and ran away from her farm on Nov. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
THORNBERRY
Thornberry tapped as publisher
The Leelanau Enterprise has a new publisher. David Thornberry joins the staff after decades in the newspaper business in a career that took him all over the country. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Glen Arbor resident Michele Aucello smiles with her puppies during a Black Friday bed parade last year. The bed parade will take place from 9 to 9:30 a.m. starting at the Pine Cone to Art’s Tavern. Courtesy photo
Holiday activities aplenty in county
After we stuff ourselves with the finest turkey and stuffing, Friday and Saturday will bring out the holiday spirit in all of us, along with the best Leelanau deals of 2024. A pajama party will be breaking in the consumer holiday with a “bed parade” from 9 to 9:30 a.m. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM
Segment 9 discussion comes to a halt
Segment 9 discussion comes to a halt
The debate of the final 4.2-mile “Segment 9” of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Heritage Trail within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SBDNL) came to a screeching halt last week in Empire after SBDNL Superintendent Scott Tucker paused the project following consultations with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB). 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Locals Robert Ruiz (left), Scott Cain (middle), and Luke Lambdin of Cain Design & Construction string up holiday lights at the Old Art building in Leland yesterday. They also put lights on various community tree including Northport, Leland and Glen Arbor. Enterprise photo by Brian Frei...
500+ snowfall entries received
With the annual Leelanau Enterprise snowfall contest deadline now closed, Michiganders now await for the most important weather factor in determining their guesses: snowfall. And according to staff at the National Weather Service Gaylord, snow could be well on its way as soon as mid next week. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
3 selected for second interview
3 selected for second interview
Leelanau County government may be overseen by a new administrator very soon. Three candidates for the position – Jim Dyer, Kipling Belcher, and Mark Brown – have been invited back for follow ups after clearing their first round of interviews Monday and Tuesday. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Election results certified by canvassers
Election results certified by canvassers
The Leelanau County Board of Canvassers certified the Nov. 5 general election results Saturday afternoon. The Statement of Votes Cast sent to Lansing differed from the unofficial results reported the morning after Election Day, with many more votes included. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Robbin JoAnne Raphael
Robbin JoAnne Raphael
GRAWN – Robbin JoAnne Raphael, 66, of Grawn, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2024, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Robbin was born on December 15, 1957, in Northport, Michigan, to Carl Raphael and Julia Mashka. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
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