Suttons Bay beat St Francis to win the Boy’s Basketball District Title on Friday. The Record Eagle reports: Dwaun Anderson — who wears 22 for Suttons Bay — scored a lay-up in the closing seconds Friday as the Norsemen won their first district basketball since 2003 with a 53-51 victory Friday night in the Class […]
The Leland Educational Foundation presents Alisha Glass, tonight, Thursday, March 3, as she presents “Setting in Pursuit of a Dream” the journey of fulfilling her aspirations beginning as a Leelanau youth to her current position on the US Women’s National Volleyball team. Enjoy as she shares how her leadership skills, commitment and innate attributes have […]
Looking for some luck of the Irish? Head to the The Lucky Leprechaun Ball, and help support the Father Fred Foundation. This week, we were proud to report that Two Michigan Beers were voted by the NY Times as top Belgian style brews. We also featured a story about Dick Kerr, and his memoirs of […]
Ken’s words about Ananda from his flickr page: … a very special person in the Glen Arbor art community and beyond . . . and an inspiring person to me obit is here. … I’ve been asked a few times now about this piece and Ananda, so thought I’d expand on that and how it […]
There is a good chance you might catch sight of a lucky leprechaun on Sunday, March 14 at Kilkenny’s Irish Public House located at 400 West Front Street in Traverse City. The Lucky Leprechaun Ball, sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, features music, dancing and singing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. This year, the […]
Dick Kerr, longtime owner and publisher of the Leelanau Enterprise, was known for this fiery editorials, which often targeted public officials. Kerr has turned his recollections and stories into a book, “Of Cabbages and Kings.” He transformed a traditional but rather sleepy weekly newspaper into a true source of local news, reports theRecord Eagle in […]
When the New York Times decided to “draw a stylistic standard for a planned tasting of Belgian golden ales,” they knew that they would find diversity, but didn’t realize some of the beers would be so good that they wouldn’t conform to their parameters. We had beers that tasted of spices, like coriander and cloves, […]
With Valentines Day behind us, and spring yet to sprung, events around the area are at a lull. We did feature Futsal 4 Haiti, which was an indoor soccer game that benefited Haiti. Speaking of events, our calendar is looking a look slim. Remember that you can list your events for free at www.leelanau.com/calendar! Your […]
Sit back and enjoy this short tourism documentary on Northern Michigan c. 1949. The film was part of James A. Fitzpatrick’s “TravelTalks” series. Includes footage of Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, Mackinac Island, Traverse City, and other places.
In the summer of 1923, Cora and Skipper Beals founded a camp for boys on the shores of Lake Michigan in Glen Arbor and named it Camp Leelanau. Both were on the faculty of Principia College, a Christian Science School, in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1929 the camp’s success prompted some male campers to ask […]
Debbie West, of Wests Windy Acre Farms, asks, “Does anybody know what time it is?” For Debbie and her husband, Bruce, is it Sugaring time. “Sugaring” is the art of turning sap from Maple trees into Maple Syrup. The Michigan Maple Syrup Association states that Michigan ranks 5th in Maple syrup production in the United […]
Omena Point Berries by Trish Petrat