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🌱 What's next for Mill Pond Dam after voters reject millage?

Northport, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Northport! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What's next for Mill Pond Dam after voters reject millage?
  • Repair questions put Northport childcare building's lease under review
  • Leelanau leaders warn housing costs are pushing essential workers away

Also on today's calendar: Wigglers Story Time - Northport and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Periods of rain, with a high of 50 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 41, low: 33.
  • Friday: Showers of rain and snow, with a high of 41 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Northport council talks next steps for Mill Pond Dam (leelanaunews.com) — Northport voters overwhelmingly rejected funding to replace Mill Pond Dam, leaving the village council to discuss its previously chosen fallback: seeking outside money for removal. Unofficial results showed about 78.5% opposed the millage, and Thursday's work session focused on what comes next in the weeks ahead.
   

• Northport council eyes High Street property options (leelanaunews.com) — Building repair questions have Northport considering a longer lease or sale of the village property housing Dandelion Discovery Center. The school district leases the High Street building for $1 annually, but its superintendent questioned whether school funds can cover capital improvements under a year-to-year agreement after fire alarm and electrical panel issues arose.
   

• Who will keep Leelanau working? (leelanaunews.com) — Leelanau County's housing costs are pushing essential workers off the peninsula, community leaders warned during a Nov. 4 discussion that included Northport village manager Jered Ottenwess. Fellow presenter Larry Mawby, president of nonprofit Peninsula Housing, said many affordable-housing programs are designed for urban areas rather than rural counties like Leelanau.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday November 11
  • Charlevoix Library Knitters
    Charlevoix Public Library, 220 West Clinton St, Charlevoix
    10:00 am
  • Kid's Crafternoon: Gratitude Bracelets
    Charlevoix Public Library, 220 West Clinton St, Charlevoix
    4:00 pm
  • Wild Game Week →
    Gilchrist Farm Winery, 417 North Saint Joseph Street, Suttons Bay
    5:00 pm
  • Knit and Sip →
    Gilchrist Farm Winery, 417 North Saint Joseph Street, Suttons Bay
    6:00 pm
  • Wild Wednesdays With Little Traverse Conservancy: Black Bear Ecolog
    Charlevoix Public Library, 220 West Clinton St, Charlevoix
    6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • MediLodge of Leelanau posted a job opening for Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in Suttons Bay. Apply here.
  • Culver's posted a job opening for Team Member in Charlevoix. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Northport here.

🗞 Nearby News

Suttons Bay

Charlevoix

  • Ring the Bell. Change a Life. Help The Salvation Army of Petoskey Reach Its $140,000 Red Kettle Campaign Goal (salvationarmyusa.org)
  • I've been to all 50 states. Here are 6 underrated destinations I can't wait to return to. (newsbreak.com)
  • Northern Michigan's Cherry Republic opens first shop in Metro Detroit (mlive.com)

Ok Northport! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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