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Northport resident Scot Wack, pictured here, suited up during a harvest, has been producing and selling local honey at his store, Northport Trading Post, for the past five years. Courtesy photo
Honey harvesting on the peninsula
The Leelanau peninsula is known for its beauty, from the waters that surround it and the orchards that produce fruit, to the farms that grow vegetables and flowers that so many people enjoy. Harvests for these homegrown crops are made possible by so many variables, including pollinators like bees. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Roadside stands are plentiful in Leelanau County. Most respect the honor system and pay for their items. Other don’t. Enterprise photo by Amy Hubbell
Roadside stands ripe for the picking
Karen Rennie has the quiet satisfaction manning her produce stand in Centerville Township. The stand, on Townline Road about 1/4 mile east of M-22, was once part of the Eitzen homestead, now part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Old Engine Show slated
Old Engine Show slated
The 57th annual Buckley Old Engine Show starts today in Buckley and runs through Sunday. The Buckley Old Engine organization includes county resident Larry Wichern, who has participated in the event nearly every since its inception. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Leelanau County youth brought home awards from the 4-H livestock shows at the Northwestern Michigan Fair this weekend. In the back row, from left to right, are Judy Steffens, Isabelle Plamondon, Violet Claar, and Jack Anderson. In front are Faith Steffens, Jaxson Plamondon, Samantha Claar,...
County youth celebrate life on the farm
One of the state’s largest fairs, the Northwestern Michigan Fair, concluded in Traverse City Saturday. As part of the fair, 4-H youth from Leelanau and four other northern Michigan counties showed livestock in a series of competitions to determine the best animals and handlers in attendance. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Mike and Mary Shimek are pictured here in the lavender field near Maple City. Courtesy photo
Leelanau’s lavender harvest
Joe Adams of Maple City is making his run in the lavender industry with his “Full Circle” Lavender business as he prepares for the second harvest of his young, purple field. He is now beginning to distill the plant into essential oil by cutting and drying the plant. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Joe Adams of Maple City harvesting lavender on his “Full Circle” farm. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Joe Adams of Maple City
Joe Adams of Maple City harvesting lavender on his “Full Circle” farm. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Former Omena Mayor tapped as grand marshal
Former Omena Mayor tapped as grand marshal
The Office of former Omena Mayor, Rosie Disch, is pleased to announce that she will be the Grand Marshal of the Cedar Polka Fest Parade on Saturday, August 24 at 1 p.m. The organizers were anxiously awaiting the results of the recent election in Omena to invite the new mayor. However, when it was announced that the mayor was a horse and the vice mayors were cats, the honor fell to Rosie. Not only is the theme of the event this year “The Dog Days of Summer”, but, as the organizers explained, the horse would not fit in the convertible, and the cats would be hard to see above the dashboard. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Thousands of people line the street of Northport to get a chance to pet dogs that were participating during the dog parade. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Northport Dog parade
Hundreds of pups filled the streets of Northport on Sunday during the 17th annual Northport Dog Parade. All were good boys and girls. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Suttons Bay will celebrate 150 years on Aug. 24. Courtesy photo
S-B Church marks 150 years
First Lutheran Church of Suttons Bay will celebrate its 150th anniversary Aug. 24. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
LEELANAU HISTORY
LEELANAU HISTORY
The owners of what could arguably be the most lavish home in northern Michigan are asking the state Tax Tribunal reduce their property tax assessment. The Celebration Life Trust is appealing the Leland Township Board of Review’s decision to deny a request to reduce the assessment on the property which, according to township records, has a true cash value of just over $24 million. *** Jim Munoz remembers the first time he saw the man who would become his best friend — Larry Glass. Glass was down on a dock at Fishtown, trying to catch a fish, Munoz said he was across the river from Glass and knew that a Big Ten coach had moved to Leland. “I walked over and introduced myself and that was the beginning of a 50-plus year friendship,” he said. Glass, 84, died Monday at Medilodge in Suttons Bay. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Nels and Alvin Fredrickson planting potatoes by machine in the early 1900s. Photo from “A History of Leelanau Township” by the Leelanau Township Historical Writers Group
Potatoes deeply rooted in county history
When the white men came, they found the Indians raising potatoes. A few days after Rev. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
Npt. women to meet
Npt. women to meet
The Northport Women’s Club will meet at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the Strongheart Center in Peshawbestown. 08/14/2024 04:33 PM
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