[img_assist|nid=213238|title=|desc= TEMPORARY SUPPORTS are in place for the floor joist at the Poor Farm barn (above). The photo, right, shows solid construction in the barns interior.
Group reflects on ground gained in ‘poor farm’ effort
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Looking Back...
5 YEARS AGO November 14, 2013
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Lumber was king on Fox Islands
The following is story and photos are taken from Kathleen Craker Firestone’s “The Fox Islands North and South.”
The Kelley Lumber Company purchased timber rights on North Fox Island in 1906 and hired E. A. Kildee to do the lumbering, apparently not undertaken or completed by John O. Plank, Jr. and Archibald Bunting.
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Holiday needs program set
The Leelanau Holiday Needs Program will soon be registering families to participate.
The program, set for Wednesday, Dec. 19, provides needy families with holiday gifts.
Families that receive assistance from social services are eligible to participate. However, advanced registration is required.
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THE SUTTONS BAY-LEELANAU County Rotary Club supports a youth exchange program in which local youth study abroad and foreign students are hosted, attending school locally. Pictured, from left are Lanita Dreves, a junior at Glen Lake School who spent the 2017-18 school year in Paraguay; and Christoph Zech, from Austria, now attending Leland Public School.
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Friends launch book drive
A holiday tradition continues Saturday as the Friends of the Glen Lake Community Library kicks off their annual book drive.
The Friends of the Library, in cooperation with Glen Lake School, Parenting Communities and Head Start, are once again collecting donations of new children’s books for children whose families are in need of assistance this holiday season.
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Middle school writings shared
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Full house for G-L vets event
Veterans Day is a day of remembrance.
Glen Lake Community Schools Monday took the morning to remember all those who fought for the country and reflect on the importance of the day.
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Conservation district staff lauded for efforts
[img_assist|nid=213225|title=|desc= WATER LEVELS recorded the Lake Michigan-Lake Huron basin over the past three years are noted by a solid red line. Long term average levels are shown with a blue dash. Projected levels are shown with a green dash within red cross-hatching indicating a range of probability. Record high water levels were noted in 1986/1987; record lows in 1964 and 2012/2013.
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Toys for Tots boxes out
The annual Toys for Tots campaign got under way this week in Leelanau County with the distribution of 35 donation boxes at locations throughout the county.
County coordinators of the campaign, Pat and Dave Myers of Cedar, delivered most of the boxes on Monday.
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Hubbells of Cedar welcome baby girl
Tim and Hannah Hubbell of Cedar are the proud parents of a baby girl born Sunday evening at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City.
Michelle Grace Hubbell weighed 7 lbs., 10 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches in length.
Maternal grandparents are Michelle and Jeff Neihardt of Kingsley and John and Kimm Cole of Chesterfield, Mich.
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Big money raised at St. Mary ‘gold rush’
More than 300 persons were rounded up for St. Mary School’s “Gold Rush” fundraiser Saturday which raised more than $60,000 for the Lake Leelanau school.
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Kids’ museum activities listed
The Great Lakes Children’s Museum in Elmwood Township will offer three special activities early next month.
Students in preschool through elementary age are welcome to participate.
There will be a “Popsicle Stick Snowflake” project, Dec. 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Seasonal shift : election day to holiday
Well we had Fall, before that we had the rainy season, then a fall day, and now Winter. Welcome to Northern Michigan. I know the hunters are happy about the snow.
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Group travels to UK countries
It’s mid-November and snow covers the ground, the temperatures all week are expected to be below normal, and we’re just adjusting to the end of Daylight Savings and darker evenings.
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Magistrate Court
Ryan M. Checco, 45, of 609 N Ransom Street, Northport — Speeding 65 in a 55 mph zone, reduced from 87 — $130 fines and costs.
Tyler C. Kolbusz, 20, of 7340 W Empire HWY, Empire — Speeding 65 in a 55 mph zone, reduced from 70 — $252 fines and costs.
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Dispatch Blotter
Wednesday, Nov. 7
9:09 a.m. — Elmwood Township — Deer appears to have been hit by a car but is still alive. East side of the roadway. Motorist called back.( Caller observed the deer get up and work its way into the woods.)
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COUNTY DEPUTIES responded to eight separate traffic crashes from 7 to 9 a.m. Tuesday. This accident occurred on South Lake Leelanau Drive and Morio Road in Bingham Township. There were no injuries.
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Special meeting set to work on budget
The Elmwood Township Board conducted a special “budget workshop” meeting on Friday afternoon in preparation for the new fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2019.
At the special Nov. 9 meeting, the board reviewed a draft general fund budget that anticipated $857,810 in revenues and $857,241 in expenditures.
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Elmwood board hires firm for marina update project
Elmwood Township will use its “engineering firm of record” to finalize plans for a major upgrade of the township marina over the next two years.
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