By Forest Mullins Sun contributor “We are not just selling cherries anymore; we are trying to make a better world,” says Cherry Republic President Bob Sutherland, who has taken a cue from one of the country’s prominent environmental philanthropists and made an effort to “green up” his popular Glen Arbor business that sells all things […]
From staff reports Locals will have an opportunity to support “Marie’s boys” — her husband Bob and her sons, Wes and Brad, who own the Sportsman’s Shop and make up the crew of the charter fishing boat, “The Mariah” — at a weekend fundraiser, Nov. 15-16 at the shop in Glen Arbor. Door prizes will […]
Award-winning documentary to screen in Traverse City By Holly Wren Spaulding Sun contributor We are speeding through the Orange Free State in South Africa. The sky here is as black as any sky I’ve seen—inky dark and throbbing with stars. Tall grasses bend in the wind on either side of a narrow and mostly empty […]
By Dan Herd Sun contributor PHILADELPHIA—The section of tables was “reserved,” but that didn’t stop Phil from asking the waitress if we could sit there. It was the only open area in the bar, and probably the only open tables within 30 blocks. We took our seats, ordered another round, and Phil said “Hey, maybe […]
Representatives of the Glen Arbor Township Board, the Design Committee, Glen Lake Garden Club, Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce, and the Garden Fundraising Committee participated in a ground breaking for the Glen Arbor Garden in early October. The Committee has raised over $75,000 and is still accepting donations and orders for bricks (see ad on […]
By Mary Sharry Sun contributor Nature can be harsh and beautiful at the same time. There is a resident herd of deer in our neighborhood; most of the time they live in a field across the street from our house. In early summer, the does and their fawns—sometimes there are twins—roam the village of Empire. […]
By Anne-Marie Oomen Sun contributor We couldn’t afford icicles for the Christmas tree so my mother saved coffee can ribbons, the metal strip you peeled off with a key when you opened the can. On Thanksgiving Day, to divert and appease us, and to satisfy our wish that Christmas (in our minds the real holiday) […]
By Pat Stinson Sun contributor South of Lake Leelanau, a white gull glides in an empty sky once filled with flocks of arching wings and high-pitched calls. Beneath him, grouse feast on thousands of berries from invasive autumn olive bushes sold by a government agency that now knows better. Nearby, an eight-point buck and his […]
Though the Glen Arbor Sun is not typically a “political” paper—what with a story on a presidential candidate running only once every four years, or once out of every 40 issues we print—we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to celebrate the election of America’s first African-American president, Barack Obama. Not to mention the fact that […]
Obama’s arrival at the Democratic National Convention By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Inspired by the late Norman Mailer’s essay on John F. Kennedy, “Superman Comes to the Supermarket” (Esquire magazine, November 1960). DENVER, August 28 — Could you hear it? The roar of 85,000 people rising to the upper stratosphere of Mile High Stadium (officially […]