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Charles MacKinnon, Jr.
Charles MacKinnon, Jr.
Charles “Chuck” Winship MacKinnon Jr., Cedar, born October 27, 1941, passed into the hands of God on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. A private burial will be held at the Lake Leelanau St. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Lois “Ann” Grant
Lois “Ann” Grant
1940 ~ 2024 Lois “Ann” Grant, age 83, of Prosper, Texas passed away at home, surrounded by her husband and children, on March 6, 2024 due to complications from Multiple Myeloma and Osteoporosis. Born July 15, 1940 in Akron, Ohio to Richard Campbell Jugenheimer and Lois Marie (Wright) Jugenheimer, she was the oldest of four children. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Helen Louise Wheeler
Helen Louise Wheeler
Helen Louise (nee Harty) Wheeler passed away peacefully on March 10, 2024 at the age of 97 with family by her side. She was born on June 25, 1926 in Muncie, Indiana, but grew up in Traverse City. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Northport approves social district
Northport approves social district
The Village of Northport is the first municipality in the tri-county area of Leelanau, Benzie, and Grand Traverse to establish a social district after village council trustees unanimously approved a resolution at its regular board meeting last Thursday. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Enterprise takes Newspaper of the Year
Enterprise takes Newspaper of the Year
The Leelanau Enterprise won 50 awards and was named Newspaper of the Year for a seventh-straight year by the Michigan Press Association. “I am so proud of the good work of the entire team at the Enterprise. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Mike Young and Joe Hess uses a trenching machine, which creates a narrow and deep channel for fiber optic cables to be installed under the Lake Leelanau Narrows. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Fiber cable laid below narrows
Fiber optic crews are working on laying cable beneath the Lake Leelanau narrows that will provide the missing piece to the long awaited Leelanau County Broadband project. “That is a big milestone, that is what’s needed to reach northern Michigan (Leelanau County),” said Chris Scherrer, Leelanau County broadband project manager. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Former T-C mayor in talks for admin. position
Former T-C mayor in talks for admin. position
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners interviewed five candidates to fill the role of interim county administrator between current Administrator Deb Allen’s departure on April 12 and the approval of a permanent replacement, which the county’s consultant Chet Janik hopes to complete by the week of May 27. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
By Tim Skubick
Are you one of them?
Everybody knows somebody who is a self-described Democrat or Republican, but how many folks go around boosting that they are an Independent usually described as a voter who plunks for the person and not automatically for an R or a D just because they are thus. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Do they care?
Do they care?
To the editor: The GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address was a vapid, emotionally overacted, Sally Struthers-like performance completely devoid of content. That party putting their chosen representative, a woman, in a kitchen says everything we need to know about their wished for reversion to an imagined golden past. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Holy Week in scripture
Holy Week in scripture
To the editor: In the season of Lent, Christians reflect on Christ’s earthly ministry and look forward to the yearly observation of Holy Week starting with Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday’s institution of The Lord’s Supper, Good Friday’s sober reflection of Christ’s Crucifixion and death, culminating in the great joy prepared for all of God’s Creation’s on Easter Morning in Christ Jesus’ triumphant Resurrection. The Bible testifies the truth with Matthew 27:1, Mark 15:2, Luke 23:3 all recording Jesus’ response to Pilate’s interrogation during His trial, “It is as you say.” With John 18:37 expanding Christ’s testimony, “I am, as you say, a king. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Solar panels over parking lots?
Solar panels over parking lots?
To the editor: A recent Enterprise letter to the editor (March 7th) criticized the idea of putting in solar energy at the Leelanau County Government Center, and specifically called out mounting some of them as carports over parking areas. Another letter pointed out— correctly— that although solar panel output is reduced by cloud cover here, installations eventually pay back more than they cost. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Reproductive health
Reproductive health
To the editor: Voters need to know that Republicans intend to undermine all aspects of women’s reproductive rights, all of which a majority of Americans strongly approve. For example, the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) decision by the Alabama Supreme Court making embryos created through the IVF process “Persons”, landed like a lead balloon. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM

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