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Ross recommended

Ross recommended

To the editor: Leelanau County is a wonderful place to live and this is in no small part due to effective leaders working in county government. Kama Ross is my representative on the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners and she is an exemplar of local leadership that works to make our county a wonderful place to live. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

By Tim Skubick

Whitmer silent on presidential race

It’s a harmful, often laughfi lled cat and mouse game that Michigan governors have played with the political press in our town over the years but never before has it crescendoed to where we are today. If you combine all the national coverage with what the news hounds around here are writing, speculation about a certain female governor for president is about as omnipresent in the media as the daily weather report. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

Thanks to all the kind-hearted people who lent their hearts and hands to the beautiful memorial service for my dear husband Scott Craig

Thanks to all the kind-hearted people who lent their hearts and hands to the beautiful memorial service for my dear husband Scott Craig

Thanks to all the kind-hearted people who lent their hearts and hands to the beautiful memorial service for my dear husband Scott Craig. There are too many to name all those who helped make his service at the Old Art Building so loving and spiritual, musical and magical, story-weaving, and truly community-made. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

Helen Elaine (Schlueter) Borgula

Helen Elaine (Schlueter) Borgula

Helen Elaine (Schlueter) Borgula, born on March 26, 1928, peacefully passed away on Monday, June 17, 2024 in Livonia, MI surrounded by her family. Helen was the beloved wife of the late Donald L. Borgula, with whom she shared 39 beautiful years before his passing in 1989. A memorial service was held on June 25, 2024 in Livonia. She was 96. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

Alberta Elizabeth Aiello

Alberta Elizabeth Aiello

Alberta Elizabeth Aiello (nee Thomson), age 90 of Traverse City Michigan, passed away peacefully on June 26, 2024. Alberta was born in Detroit Michigan. As the devoted mother of four and office secretary, her life is celebrated for her kindness, strength, resilience and unwavering love for her family. Alberta loved her faith, family, dolls, church choir, two cats and other collectibles. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

Bett y L. Olsen

Betty L. Olsen died in her home on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. She was born 102 years ago on May 19, 1922, in Cedar, Michigan to Hazel (Kropp) and Christian Wichern. She was raised, with her sisters Maxine (Kirt) and Ramona (Duncan) on their family’s cherry farm. After graduating from Leland High School in 1940, she studied bookkeeping and went on to work as a bookkeeper at Montgomery Wards in Traverse City. In 1944 she married John Henry Olsen who had enlisted in the Coast Guard. They moved frequently throughout their lives until John retired in Duluth, Minnesota in 1967. They moved to Marlette, Michigan where they, and later she alone, ran a family business. She moved to Traverse City in 1981 and went back and forth to her cabin in Duluth. She built her own home in Traverse City thirty years ago and has lived here since that time. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

Stephen R. Plamondon

Stephen R. Plamondon

Stephen Raymond Plamondon, 68, of Traverse City passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024, at his home, surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Stephen was born on August 21, 1955 in Traverse City to the late Albert and Loretta (Fabiszak) Plamondon. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

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Home sales off to best-ever start

Sander Scott has been closely watching the real estate market since he used pop can and lawn mowing money to buy his first parcel. Scott was a senior at Northport in 1989 when he teamed with his brother to purchase 23 acres off Johnson Road. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

Cottonseed Apparel owners Lizzie Gray (left) and her son, Rory, and Laurenn Rudd (right) with her daughter, Quinn Ankerson, are pictured at the store in Glen Arbor last week. The two business partners became pregnant around the same time and have been bringing their babies into work since...

Cottonseed Apparel moms raise kids together

For Cottonseed Apparel owners’ Laurenn Rudd and Lizzie Gray, becoming mother’s together this spring was unexpected, but is a shared experience both have welcomed and adapted to since returning to the store in Glen Arbor for the busy summer season. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

COMING EVENTS

Organizations wishing to have their public events listed in this calendar can email editor@leelanaunews.com or call The Enterprise, 256-9827, before 5 p.m. Friday. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

A column by Brian Freiberger

Enjoy these moments

As the Fourth of July weekend is upon us, let’s take a deep breath and enjoy the moment. As we celebrate the Independence of the United States of America in 1776, and the continued fight for freedom, we shall be holding our family closer than ever on this joyous holiday. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

Gala kudos

To the editor: On behalf of the board of directors for the Leelanau County Cancer Foundation, I would like to thank everyone who made our Gala of Grace fundraiser successful. To French Valley Vineyards for providing the venue, North Coast Trio and Sara Hartley for providing entertainment, to all those who donated auction items or food for our buffet, and to all those who attended and so generously bid on items, too numerous to name, we sincerely appreciate you. 07/02/2024 05:21 PM

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