The Leelanau Enterprise has a nice rundown of the holiday concerts at Leelanau County schools. There will be a Holiday Bake Sale Saturday (Dec 15) to benefit the Leelanau Children’s Center from 9-5 at the Nagonaba Crossing Building. Later on (6-9 PM) there will be a live Nativity at Northport’s Bethany Lutheran Church. Empire hosts […]
Photo credit: Breakwall Rocks II by Andy McFarlane News from the Week News from the week included a story about Leland grad Alisha Glass’s success in college volleyball, including being names to first team all Big Ten and helping Penn State to a #1 ranking. Right now they are in the Sweet Sixteen, so look […]
The Enterprise has a nice article on Leelanau historian Larry Wakefield, who died last month at age 93. Here’s an excerpt: Before the coming of the rails, ingress and egress from the county was generally undertaken only in the months Lake Michigan was free of ice. When leaving the region, area residents often talked of […]
Here’s a photo from last week. Not many hours later, Leland Harbor was clocking sustained winds of 45 MPH and flying the flag with the black square on it. Storm Warning Formerly known as a “whole gale” warning, this signifies winds of 48 knots or more, or 48 to 63 knots (55 to 73 mph) […]
The Leelanau Children’s Choir and Leelanau Youth Ensemble will present their 15th annual “Madrigal Christmas” on December 7th and 8th at the Northport Community Arts Center. Under the direction of Margaret Bell, the LCC and LYE is comprised of singers in grades 3 thru 12 presenting seven schools throughout the Grand Traverse and Leelanau area. […]
The Record-Eagle reports that Penn State setter and Leland graduate Alisha Glass was named first team all-Big Ten in volleyball. This is a great followup to her selection to the all-freshman team last season. CSTV.com adds some details on Alisha’s accomplishments: Glass earns her first career All-Big Ten award as she was named to the […]
Editor’s note: This is one of the neatest productions I’ve ever seen, and I’m not just saying that because my mom is in in it. Well, not totally at least. With the addition of the classic tale of “The Christmas Tree Ship,” the Leelanau Players and the Inland Seas Education Association are pleased to announce […]
Sleeping Bear Point from Thoreson Road Trail by Jim Sorbie News from the Week Stories from the week included the first snowfall of the season and a feature on the Laker Chair Company. The Week’s Weather If you like snow, wind and cold temperatures, then you were probably pretty happy as winter made an exuberant […]
Higher Grounds Trading Company in Traverse City is hosting a Holiday Gift Gala featuring a Bay Bucks Mini-Market, Trunk Show with Wares direct from Kenya and India plus a chance to sample local Foods from Scott’s Harbor Grill, Food For Thought, Grocer’s Daughter Chocolates, Naturally Nutty Peanut Butters, Fresh Food Partnership, Pleasanton Bakery. There’s a […]
The Leelanau Enterprise has a feature on an interesting project by the shop class at Glen Lake High School. To reinforce the knowledge they are imparting to their students, teachers Judy Willey and Jeff Barrett came up with an idea: form a company and have the students apply for jobs within the company. But rather […]
Cher took this photo on Thanksgiving morning – hope you’re all enjoying the weekend!
Photo credit: dune grass by latitude 4 News from the Week News from the week included 4 Leelanau wineries making the list of Michigan’s top wine producers and a super-cool Fishtown photo that makes a great background for your computer! The Week’s Weather The week’s weather wasn’t much to talk about, so we won’t. […]