Leelanau County News and Latest Info
Bufka farmstead in running for 'National Register' status.
For three generations the Bufka family made maple syrup, sold cream from their cows and eggs from their chickens, slaughtered pigs for dinner and learned to fish and hunt in the backwoods of their farm on M-22.
THE BUFKA farmstead.
Now, the Bukfa Farm soon may be listed in the [...]
Some say it's needed; others say bicyclists are violating laws.
Alex Garvin said he was driving northbound on County Road 643 when he came up behind five bicyclists. Three of the five where riding abreast of each other, he said.
A TRIO OF riders travels single-file in a
paved lane designed for bicyclists
along a Leelanau County road earlier
this [...]
While on a family vacation at the D. H. Day Campground, Nate Mazurek figured out what he wanted to do with his life.
He was listening to two uniformed rangers explaining the formation of the sand dunes when the light went on.
REGULAR PATROLS make park ranger Nate Mazurek a
regular visitor to the dunes and beach areas [...]
The sound of the beating drum will resonate this weekend at the annual Pow Wow in Peshawbestown.
The three-day event will feature grand entries Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at noon at the Pow Wow grounds off M-22, four miles north of Suttons Bay.
The host drum will be Ribbon [...]
Updated 'Janice Sue' christened in Leland.
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday on the docks of Fishtown and at the Old Art Building in Leland to celebrate the 50th birthday and christening of the fish tug that has floated its way into community icon status.
JANICE SUE KIESSEL, for whom the tug Janice
Sue was named, smashes a bottle [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Turning 50 with new lease on life”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/11/turning-50-with-new-lease-on-life/” });
The oxen won't be pulling the plow because the tractor broke down.
It's because it's Port Oneida Fair time this Friday and Saturday, where the historic district's rural culture will be celebrated with demonstrations and activities.
HORSES PULL a wagon filled with hay at the 2007 Port Oneida Fair
Six different locations will be showcased in the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “It's fair time at Port Oneida”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/07/its-fair-time-at-port-oneida/” });
South Manitou light to shine again; replica of original lens be used.
For 50 years, the lighthouse on South Manitou Island has been dark. But thanks to a recent effort by the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and a few county organizations the 104-foot-high landmark is set to shine soon once again.
A LOCATION awaits the new [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Bringing back history”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/05/bringing-back-history/” });
Fishtown location eyed for film that may feature Hollywood star.
Hollywood has its eye on Leelanau once again, potentially adding another "Berry" to the county's bounty.
Halle Berry
A location scout made recent visits to Leland and Traverse City for an upcoming movie called October Squall, which will reportedly be starring Halle Berry.
Several weeks ago, the scout [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “'Berry' good opportunity for Leland?”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/08/05/berry-good-opportunity-for-leland/” });
Visitors at Black Star Farms might have thought they were in the foothills of the Swiss Alps instead of the Leelanau County winery one day last week.
That's because from atop a vineyard, Robert Pavelek was peering down a 14-foot Alphorn.
BOB PAVELEK of Suttons Bay plays a 14-foot Alphorn
at Black Star Farms last week.
Moments later, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Musician finds new niche: Alphorn”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/07/19/musician-finds-new-niche-alphorn/” });
The newly paved road ends at County Roads 651 and 669 provide easier access to the Lake Michigan beaches, though not everyone is happy with the projects in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Vehicles begin to take up parking spaces
at the new paved County Road 651 road end
one morning last week.
The $240,000 projects were completed [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Road end paving praised, questioned”, url: “http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/07/14/road-end-paving-praised-questioned/” });
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