Glen Arbor Sun

Earth Week includes rally in support of National Parks, Leelanau Conservancy events, Seth Bernard concert

By editor / April 21, 2025

This week is Earth Week, with Earth Day honored on Tuesday, April 22. It's also National Park Week. Events in...

Earth Week includes rally in support of National Parks, Leelanau Conservancy events, Seth Bernard concert

Glen Lake Chamber hosts Restaurant Week, April 25-May 3

By editor / April 19, 2025

Get ready to indulge during the 11th annual Glen Lake Restaurant Week. From casual bites to gourmet dining, participating locations...

Glen Lake Chamber hosts Restaurant Week, April 25-May 3

Celebrating songs of Leelanau: Seth Bernard’s instrumental ode to the Manitou Islands

By editor / April 17, 2025

Our story series celebrating songs inspired by Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes continues with Seth Bernard’s “Manitou,” an...

Celebrating songs of Leelanau: Seth Bernard’s instrumental ode to the Manitou Islands

Sleeping Bear Dunes to conduct prescribed fires this spring

By editor / April 17, 2025

The National Park Service plans to conduct four prescribed fires in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore before May 15. Prescribed...

Sleeping Bear Dunes to conduct prescribed fires this spring

Bookstore, cultural haven coming to Cedar

By editor / April 16, 2025

What would you call a cozy retail shop that sells books, plants and art? Oh, it also hosts music and...

Bookstore, cultural haven coming to Cedar

Hunt for Easter eggs in Glen Arbor

By editor / April 15, 2025

The Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District will host the fourth district-wide Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19, at the...

Walking the ordinary and extraordinary, and what’s in between

By editor / April 14, 2025

More than mere proof of motion, walking is an act both ordinary and extraordinary. It has the unique ability to...

Walking the ordinary and extraordinary, and what’s in between

Bay Theatre hosts “Detroit: The City of Chefs”

By editor / April 13, 2025

Made in Michigan, a popular film series hosted by The Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay highlighting great films made...

Bay Theatre hosts “Detroit: The City of Chefs”

Centerville Township cedes to EGLE in dispute over using sewage as farm fertilizer

By editor / April 11, 2025

Last spring, a farmer in Centerville Township started applying a kind of fertilizer to his fields: Sewage pumped from septic...

Centerville Township cedes to EGLE in dispute over using sewage as farm fertilizer

Remembering “Water Warrior” Holly Bird

By editor / April 9, 2025

Holly T. Bird, a local attorney, indigenous activist, and member of the Traverse City Area Public Schools Board of Education—and...

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