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Consultant to Work with County Schools

The Record-Eagle reports that Jann Jencka, a consultant with the Michigan Leadership Institute, will meet with officials from Glen Lake, Suttons Bay, Northport and Leland schools to help clarify areas where they might collaborate. Regarding collaboration between independent schools, Michael Kenney, superintendent of the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District (TBA will pay for the […]

Leelanau Almanac for the Week of June 30 – July 5, 2006

News from the Week The top story for the week was news that the owners of a controversial piece of property in Elmwood Township are floating the idea that it could become home for a performing arts center that would host the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, a home for the Traverse City zoo, a convention center […]

Grant Fund to Help w/ Northport Sewer Hookup

The Record-Eagle reports that a $150,000 grant fund established by the Leelanau Township Community Foundation will help eligible property owners pay the minimum $1,250 hookup fee – the cost to run pipe from the house to the street. The TCRE is of the opinion that this will “help the village emerge from a year of […]

80th Annual National Cherry Festival, July 1-8

provided by Absolute Michigan A Handfull of Cherries by Julie70 Remember the sights, sounds, and smells of a summer celebration in your hometown when you were a kid? Well, happy days return to Traverse City’s beautiful Lake Michigan shores July 1-8, 2006, during the National Cherry Festival featuring over 150 events including free air shows […]

A Few Words about Email

At Leelanau.com, we receive more than 10,000 emails a day. Spam filters take care of a lot of those but we still get a ton of email. We do our best to read every one of them, but we really need your help to help us see them! The most important thing you can do […]

Leelanau Almanac for the Week of June 22 – June 28, 2006

The Week’s News There wasn’t much in the way of news last week, except for this news about Rep. Howard Walker pushing for a statewide override of local zoning regarding wind energy. There was a nice article from mLive on Leelanau resident Angela Macke and her tea company By the Light of Day. We also […]

Northport, Michigan History & Links

Unless you want to read “news” that summer brings more workers to our area, there’s precious little to read about in today’s news. Since Northport is having their big Harbor Days celebration this weekend and next week, how about a look at Northport web sites? The Leelanau Museum has a calendar called “The Way We […]

Sunset on the Crib

Nothing much in the news today, so here’s a photo from June 18, 2005 of the sunset on “the Crib”. The Crib (also known as the North Manitou Shoals Light) is now an automated lighthouse and you can learn more about it and see some historical pictures at Life Along the Manitou Passage.

Leelanau Chamber Annual Sunset Cruise

The Leelanau County Chamber of Commerce invites you to join them aboard the Mishe-Mokwa tomorrow night (Tuesday, Jun 27). The cruise along the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline includes a box lunch filled with tasty treats from The Village Cheese Shanty and cash bar. The boat leaves promptly from the Manitou Island Transit dock in Leland […]

Organic Teas from Leelanau County

mLive has a great feature on Leelanau resident Angela Macke and her company By the Light of Day. Macke produces 36 blends of organic loose teas (black, green, white and oolong) and tisanes (infusions made from just about anything but tea: roots, bark, berries, dried fruits, herbs, flowers, etc.). According to the article… Most of […]

Leelanau Almanac for the Week of June 15 – June 21, 2006

The Week’s News The top story of the week was the announcement of a purchase deal for Fishtown for a purchase price of $3 million that includes all historic structures on the north side of the Leland River (there’s also a great photo of Fishtown from 1973 that you’ll definitely want to check out). Other […]