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Elmwood taps new harbormaster

Elmwood taps new harbormaster

Elmwood Township Marina’s new harbormaster, Dan Jenuwine, introduced himself to the township board at their May regular meeting. He is replacing previous Harbormaster Pete Moon, who stepped down in March to pursue work in the private sector. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Leelanau Twp. misses ballot deadline

Leelanau Twp. misses ballot deadline

Despite Leelanau Township board members passing language for two renewal millages, the emergency services and general fund, at its regular meeting May 14, it did not meet the deadline for filing with the county to appear on the August primary election ballot. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Improving County Government Openness

Improving County Government Openness

“Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.” National Public Radio journalist Daniel Schorr Some residents, including some commissioners, have questioned the motive behind a complaint filed by a Leelanau County citizen alleging that a task force established by the County Board was continually violating the Open Meetings Act. In fact, even a reporter assigned to cover the story offered a strange commentary for someone with the task of watchdogging local government. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

By Tim Skubick

Dark clouds on the horizon

To be sure they were not popping the champagne corks and singing “Happy Days Are Here Again.” In fact they called the event “boring.” Yet the prognosticators reported that Michigan’s economy is “strong and stable,” and when quizzed about any dark clouds on the horizon, they uniformly dismissed it as, it not, folly, darn close to it. Such was the lead story out of the gathering of the state’s top drawer bean counters/economists whose vital job is to predict how the state is growing and how much moola lawmakers will have to play with as they orchestrate the writing of the new state budget. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Correction:

Due to incomplete information the name a junior at St. Mary School was not listed in a recently-published honor roll. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Church and state

Church and state

To the editor: It was written in a recent paper that we need to keep religion out of the White House citing Thomas Jefferson’s words “separation of church and state” as justification. But a history lesson is needed. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Members and volunteers of the Leelanau Conservancy are seen hard at work, maintaining the mountain bike trails at Palmer Woods Forest Reserve Tuesday night. Enterprise photo by Everett Howell

Members and volunteers of the Leelanau Conservancy are seen hard at work

Members and volunteers of the Leelanau Conservancy are seen hard at work, maintaining the mountain bike trails at Palmer Woods Forest Reserve Tuesday night. 05/15/2024 05:44 PM

Task force not ‘public body’

Task force not ‘public body’

The Energy Futures Task Force was appointed by the Leelanau County Board of Commissioners in September and held its first meeting in October. For its first three or four monthly meetings, the task force did not post prior notices on leelanau.gov or make minutes publicly available. 05/15/2024 05:44 PM

8 candidates selected for interviews

8 candidates selected for interviews

The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners has narrowed down the pool of applicants for the new county administrator/chief financial officer (CFO) position and will interview candidates at 10 a.m. on May 30 and 9 a.m. on May 31. 05/15/2024 05:44 PM

Short-term rentals divide Empire

Short-term rentals divide Empire

Fireworks at the Village of Empire monthly workshop meeting lit up the room as council, committee, and community members sparred over possible regulations regarding Short-Term Rentals (STRs) Thursday, May 9. 05/15/2024 05:44 PM

Dock removal causes uproar

Dock removal causes uproar

A decrepit but popular dock used by boaters visiting Leland has been removed with little chance that it will be replaced. The 96-foot dock, which lined the Leland River at a state-owned boat launch located between the Bluebird and Riverside restaurants, was removed on April 10 by a MDNR crew. 05/15/2024 05:44 PM

Barbara Wagner Hubbard Coye

Barbara Wagner Hubbard Coye

1932 ~ 2024 Barbara passed on to the arms of angels May 9, 2024, following what she described as a great life with family, friends, her work, sailing and travel, interrupted by Multiple Myeloma. She passed peacefully in her home in Hilton Head Island, SC, without pain, after a one-week decline. 05/15/2024 05:44 PM

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