5 YEARS AGO December 20, 2018
A group organized just last week has wasted no time in organizing a non-profit group to keep the Bay Theatre alive in Suttons Bay.
The Bay Community Theater was scheduled to file paperwork with the State of Michigan today, which will allow the group to legally takeover the theater Jan. 1.
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The county’s Solid Waste Council appears no closer to finding a new recycling drop off site to serve Leland and Lake Leelanau but got some good news this week from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
For many years, the tribe has hosted a county recycling site off M-22 just north of the Eagletown Market convenience store and gas station in Peshawbestown – with the county paying the tribe $1,250 quarterly for use of the property.
When it came time for the tribe to renew its five-year contract with the county this fall, however, tribal officials informed the county that they were “refusing” to accept the $1,250 quarterly lease payment. That is, the tribe offered to provide the site for free.
10 YEARS AGO December 19, 2013
Despite concerns expressed earlier this month, Leelanau County’s annual Toys for Tots campaign not only reached its goal of collecting toys for needy youngsters, it set a new record.
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Australia, Tasmania and Leelanau County may soon have a tourist attraction in common.
A worldly traveler who has built “air walks” across the globe plans to build an elevated platform in Kasson Township that will provide heightened views of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Lake Michigan.
Mark Evans, a naturalist and conservationist, would like to build the Sleeping Bear Air Walk on 83 acres near Co. Rd. 616 and Fritz Road.
25 YEARS AGO December 17, 1998
December in Leelanau County - the leaves have all disappeared, there’s a nip in the air, and the cactuses are in full bloom.
Cactus? You bet. Folks wandering into the post office in Empire are greeted by what neighbors call “the largest, most beautiful Christmas Cactus we have ever seen.”
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A settlement in a lawsuit filed against Leelanau County by a former county electrical inspector was approved Tuesday by the county Board of Commissioners.
The settlement provides no admission of “wrong doing” by either party.
50 YEARS AGO December 20, 1973
Residents of Leelanau County will soon have an opportunity to learn more about their soils.
A published Soil Survey Report will be formally presented at a First Copy Ceremony on January 15, 1974. The report is the result of the complete Soil Survey Program made in Leelanau County by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, prepared in cooperation with Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station.
75 YEARS AGO December 16, 1948
Welby and George Ray, both ex-servicemen, have purchased the former John Fry property in Empire and will operate there an electrical appliance store and repair shop.
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A sleet storm, borne in on wind from the south and east, Wednesday morning made driving and walking hazardous, closed one school, and caused a minor automobile accident. Snow that fell during the night turned to rain and sleet at dawn, sending the road crews out for heaviest sanding of highways yet this winter.
100 YEARS AGO December 20, 1923
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dalton of Ionia are here to spend the holidays with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Dalton.
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The Enterprise wishes to extend to its readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year.
