Glen Arbor Sun

Marking Anishinaabe trails

By editor / May 22, 2025

The Leelanau County and Grand Traverse communities, led by members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,...

Glen Arbor Cemetery holds sixth annual Memorial Ceremony

By editor / May 22, 2025

This year’s Memorial Day weekend ceremony at the Glen Arbor Cemetery will begin at 10 am on Friday, May 23,...

Glen Arbor Cemetery holds sixth annual Memorial Ceremony

Preserve holds Thoreson Farm plein air event for Port Oneida Fair poster

By editor / May 22, 2025

Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear invites artists to the Thoreson Farm in Port Oneida, for a Plein Air Event on Saturday,...

Preserve holds Thoreson Farm plein air event for Port Oneida Fair poster

Touring Burdickville’s art studios

By editor / May 22, 2025

Art is often encountered in curated stillness—hushed in museums, framed behind velvet ropes, and stripped from the context of its...

Celebrating songs of Leelanau: Jeff Maharry’s “Good Harbor Bay”

By editor / May 20, 2025

Our story series celebrating songs inspired by Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes continues with Illinois resident and summer visitor...

Celebrating songs of Leelanau: Jeff Maharry’s “Good Harbor Bay”

Like a pile of dead elephants: On the loss of our great beech trees

By editor / May 18, 2025

It feels inviting to approach a beech maple forest on an early spring day when the snow is just thinning....

Like a pile of dead elephants: On the loss of our great beech trees

The Homestead welcomes new chef Greg Miesch

By editor / May 18, 2025

The Homestead in Glen Arbor is excited to welcome Greg Miesch as its new executive chef. Miesch will oversee the...

The Homestead welcomes new chef Greg Miesch

Health Department warns of tick bites and Lyme disease

By editor / May 17, 2025

May is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month, a time to focus on protecting your health and staying informed about tick-borne...

Health Department warns of tick bites and Lyme disease

Lively Market, campground continue growing

By editor / May 15, 2025

As the Lively NeighborFood Market on M-72 east of Empire prepares to enter year two, owner Jim Lively continues to...

Lively Market, campground continue growing

Friends of Sleeping Bear offer volunteer training

By editor / May 15, 2025

Join Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes, the National Lakeshore’s nonprofit partner for a volunteer training on Sunday, May 18, from...

Friends of Sleeping Bear offer volunteer training

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