“Mayor” Tim Barr asks you to please keep your kids out of the streets, and for those riding in floats, to please throw candy away from the moving vehicles (and over the white lines), during this year’s Fourth of July parade. Let’s have fun, and keep things safe! • Saturday, July 3 at 10 a.m., […]
By Michael Buhler Sun editor Lou Batori claims to be running out of steam. “As you age, your energy depletes by 5 percent each year, so I’m in negative territory now,” he chuckles. But this 99-year-old Glen Arbor resident is actually full of vigor, skiing virtually every day last winter at Crystal Mountain, and riding […]
By Eartha Melzer Sun contributor As natural gas companies prepare to prospect in northern Michigan, experts are warning landowners to be careful about selling off mineral rights. When the state took in an all-time record $178 million in a mineral rights auction back in May, it became apparent that natural gas companies see new opportunities […]
By Jack Lane Sun contributor We have all written a sort of eulogy to Ernie Harwell in our minds. While driving down roads, listening to other baseball announcers sing their operas … while sitting at the beach, drinking in the waves and wind and feeling there was just a little piece of summer missing … […]
From staff reports Three Men and a Tenor, an internationally renowned comedic vocal music sensation, will bring a high-energy, hilarious, vocal music show to Thoreson Farm north of Glen Arbor in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District, on Saturday, June 26 at 7 p.m. This concert is the main ingredient of the Glen Arbor Art […]
By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor On a bright June afternoon, a first glimpse of Irwin “Irv” Beck, Jr. reveals the 82-year-old sailing along on his red Farm-all tractor, as proud as a mariner, through the furrowed expanse of his 10 acres in Empire Twp. It’s the middle of strawberry season, and Irv is taking […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor (Editor’s Note: Bobby’s CD was released back in 2008, and the Sun apologizes for the delay in trumpeting the coolness of his musical project in his own hometown’s paper!) There comes a time in the life of any amateur musician who has picked with a band or two over the […]
From staff reports The multimedia event, LORE will take place on Friday, June 18 at the historic Mills Community House Theater located at 891 Michigan Avenue in the village of nearby Benzonia. LORE will feature creative work by seven emerging and established Michigan women artists. The exhibit takes inspiration from their personal stories and includes […]
From staff reports The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce will host the 4th Annual Girls Night Out on Thursday, June 17, 2010 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. Over 25 local businesses, including restaurants, services, shops, accommodations and attractions will be presenting their services to local and visiting women. The event features […]
By Brooks Vanderbush Sun contributor Glen Arbor’s greatest claim to fame with both locals and visitors alike is its unmatched sense of community. If one were to spend any time in Glen Arbor, they would find that everyone is on a first-name basis and life moves at a pace that many can only dream of. […]