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Yesterday | Leelanau Enterprise

Art Leelanau exhibit begins July 25

The 16th annual benefit art exhibition and sale for support of the Old Art Building in Leland will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, July 25, when the public gets its first chance to view the work of 95 local ...

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Related Topix: Leelanau County, MI, Suttons Bay, MI

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

12 teachers among layoffs at S-B

Support staff members at district also lose their jobs. Official action to lay off or reduce the hours of 28 teachers and support staff members was taken this week by the Suttons Bay Board of Education.

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Related Topix: University of California System, Mancelona, MI, Suttons Bay, MI, Education Etc.

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Leland property sale on hold, water test set

The sale of the former Leelanau County courthouse property in downtown Leland to local real estate developers will be delayed for at least another month as tests are conducted to determine whether potable water ...

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Related Topix: Elk Rapids, MI, Leelanau County, MI

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Leland to join Small Harbors Coalition

Leland Township Harbor will join a group of small harbors around the state interested in establishing secure funding sources for annual dredgings.

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Sat Jul 12, 2008

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Manitou Island Transit Awarded New Ten-Year Contract at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Manitou Island Transit, of Leland, Michigan, has been selected as the concessioner for the operation of the passenger ferry service to the Manitou Islands within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for a new ...

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Focus of 'summit' will be on EMS

It may be more than six months later than originally thought, but Leelanau County officials have scheduled another "summit meeting" for township officials interested in collaborating more closely on fire and ...

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Related Topix: Leelanau County, MI, Suttons Bay, MI

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Ferry contract is extended

Manitou Island Transit has inked another 10-year contract with the National Park Service to provide ferry service from Leland to the Manitou Islands within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Northport sewer 'on schedule'

Mailed packets in district describe 'hook-up' process. An update on the Northport sewer project and a report on the Leland Township sewer were given Tuesday to the county Board of Public Works .

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Related Topix: Northport, MI

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Still popular after 10 years

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the popular children's book The Legend of Sleeping Bear , A illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen will be making several stops in Leelanau County for signings and a ...

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Related Topix: Glen Arbor, MI, National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire, MI, Leelanau County, MI

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Veterans 'disgusted' over plans for new memorial

County commissioners last week got an earful from local veterans about plans to relocate the county Veterans Memorial from the old courthouse in Leland to the new Government Center campus in Suttons Bay ...

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Related Topix: Suttons Bay, MI

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Looking Back . . .

Without a land use permit for the county's law enforcement center, county officials should reassess where they want the jail sited, commissioners heard Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Lake Leelanau, MI, Northport, MI, Leelanau County, MI

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Bear in tree causes stir in Leland

For the second time in two weeks, a bear was spotted in Leelanau County. Last Friday night, Chris Lund said his grandmother called to report that a bear had been poking around her yard and even stopped to look ...

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Related Topix: Leelanau County, MI

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Author Cogan to sign copies of her new book

Leland summer resident Priscilla Cogan, author of the award-winning Winona series and Double Trouble , will appear at the Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Glen Arbor, MI

Tue Jun 24, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

6/23 - Checking the I.D. Checkers

The Leelanau County Sheriff's Department released a list on Monday afternoon of businesses who failed to check the identification of an 18 year old police decoy attempting to buy beer.

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Related Topix: Leelanau County, MI, Beer, Maple City, MI, Lake Leelanau, MI, Suttons Bay, MI

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Think outside the beach this family vacation

Each summer, thousands of visitors to northern Michigan stroll through the weathered shanties-turned-shops of Leland's Fishtown, seeking smoked whitefish pate or original works by local artisans.

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Related Topix: Suttons Bay, MI, Travel

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Dance, art classes slated

Instruction in dance, painting, pottery, photography and drawing will be offered this summer at the Old Art Building in Leland.

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Related Topix: Arts, Photography, Traverse City, MI, Modern Dance

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Prize-winning children's author to give reading and presentation

Children's books author Richard Peck, the 2001 Newbery Medal winner, will perform a reading for families, educators and students in fourth grade and older 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 at the Old Art Building in ...

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Related Topix: Libraries, Education Etc.

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Students grow own lesson plan

Garden will help promote healthy eating, stewardship An "edible garden" has been planted at Leland School with a goal of having fresh vegetables for students in the fall.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Life, Food, Nutrition, Vegetables, Home Gardening, Home, Family, Kids

Sat Jun 14, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Northport club announces July 16 Home Tour lineup

The Northport Women's Club announced the five homes that will be included in its annual Home Tour on Wednesday, July 16.

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Related Topix: Northport, MI, Bellaire, MI, Omena, MI

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Leelanau Enterprise

Public Notice - Mortgage Sale - James W. Flohe and Amanda Flohe

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Leelanau County, MI

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