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Fun forecasted in Glen Arbor, but no snow

Fun forecasted in Glen Arbor, but no snow

I know there are people out there that are bummed because we have no snow and then there are folks like me. It is officially deer hunting time. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

A column by Zachary Marano

Taking time to explore New England

I saw the ocean again this year. Traveling by plane for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, I went to New England. My last vacation up to this point was at a resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, which is nestled between the Sierra Madre mountains and the Pacific coast. It felt appropriate to bookend years of travel restrictions with a visit to the other side of the continent. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Manitou dock struggle from a distance

Manitou dock struggle from a distance

There’s a 1980s pop song titled “From a Distance” that has a place in explaining the shortened life of a $1 million dock on North Manitou Island, and why the National Park Service is forging ahead with construction of a look-alike dock for many millions more. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Defenders of Freedom

Defenders of Freedom

To the editor: Thank you to all involved in putting together the 11/11 @11 Veterans Day Ceremony at the Little Finger VFW Post #7731, and especially Gene Kelly for his inspiring keynote and Pastor Nieheiser for his invocation. The reporting in the 11/14 Leelanau Enterprise is also greatly appreciated. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

COMING EVENTS

Organizations wishing to have their public events listed in this calendar can email [email protected] or call The Enterprise, 256-9827, before 5 p.m. Friday. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Kevin S. Nemitz

Kevin S. Nemitz

MAPLE CITY – Kevin Scott Nemitz, 63, of Maple City, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at Munson Medical Center. Kevin was born September 7, 1961, in Detroit the son of Norman and Ruth (Edwards) Nemitz. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

Jessie L. Ray

LAKE LEELANAU – Jessie Lynn Ray, 80, of Lake Leelanau, passed away on November 10, 2024, in Traverse City. Born on March 23, 1944, in Pansy, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Jesse and Ailene (Fee) Lundy. 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

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

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

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

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

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