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LEELANAU HISTORY
LEELANAU HISTORY
Erosion which has eaten away the shoreline at Christmas Cove Park may soon be addressed. The Leelanau Township Board Tuesday night unanimously approved hiring Machin Engineering in Traverse City to conduct preliminary engineering design work up to $20,000 at the park. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Matt and Stephanie Monroe; Joe Elms; Brendan and Megan Mullane; Matt and Ann Schlueter (from left) gather to show off the kindergarten class project, praying hands. Courtesy photo
Auction grosses more than $100,000
Over 200 guests packed the gymnasium for the 42nd Annual St. Mary School Auction Nov. 9. The gym was transformed to reflect the theme Casino Night and guest were encouraged to dress accordingly. The doors opened at 6 p.m. with appetizers, dinner, cash bar, and live music provided by Joe Houdek, a St. Mary alumnus and current director of music ministries at Holy Spirit Parish in Grand Rapids. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
“The Haunting of Ebenezer” acoustic concert retelling of Dickens’ classic tale will be preformed Dec. 6. Courtesy photo
‘Haunting Ebenezer’ coming to Northport
Songwriter Steve Clark and a lively band of acoustic musicians are bring an original version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in Northport, Dec. 6. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Student earns MSU scholarship
Student earns MSU scholarship
Henry Sutherland, an 8th grader in Leelanau County, has been awarded a $2,000 Michigan State University Pre- College Scholarship. Students in 8th to 11th grades for 2024-25 who attended an MSU summer pre-college program in the summer of 2024 were eligible to apply for this award. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Women’s Club to meet in Npt.
Women’s Club to meet in Npt.
The December meeting of the Northport Women’s Club will be held Tuesday, Dec. 3 at noon in the Trinity Church Community Room. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Local housing workshop Dec. 5
Local housing workshop Dec. 5
Housing North will host a housing workshop Thursday, Dec. 5 in the lower level of the county government center. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Holiday events planned in Omena/Npt.
Holiday events planned in Omena/Npt.
‘Tis the season! Saturday, Nov. 30 is the Northport Tree Lighting, with a full day of activities leading up to it. The Leelanau Township Library in Northport has children’s activities that day including crafts, writing letters to Santa, cookies (eating cookies is an activity in my book), and more! 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
A family enjoys a day at the Greilickville Harbor Park last summer. Enterprise photo by Amy Hubbell
Fish grinder station buy OK’d
The Elmwood Township board approved the purchase of a new fish grinder station for the township marina at its November regular meeting. Although the cost of ordering and installing the station might be as high as $110,000, Harbormaster Dan Jenuwine said that the investment will ultimately pay off for the township. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
Registration is open for the 2025 ‘Swim the Bay’ event set for Sat. Aug. 9, 2025. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Registration set for ‘Swim the Bay’
Registration for the 2025 Swim for Grand Traverse Bay opened Friday, November 15. The Swim for Grand Traverse Bay is a unique, open water swim event to benefit The Watershed Center that will take place on Sat. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM
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

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