By Mary Sharry Sun contributor If Clyde didn’t hurry, he and Pearl would be late for the Christmas Eve candlelight service. Pearl waited at the foot of the stairs for him. From the top of the steps light from the lamp on their bedroom dresser streamed through the doorway. She called up to him, “Clyde, […]
Check out the third annual Tour de Leelanau as it peddles by you on Saturday, September 15. The race will travel through most of the county. Learn where by visiting www.tourdeleelanau.com. Photo courtesy of Iceman Productions Look for our coverage of holiday shopping, winter sports including the Empire & Glen Arbor Winterfests and Michigan’s early […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor You’ve heard this before: northern Michigan is on the map. You know some of the reasons why. Pristine beaches, azure waters, rolling hills, unpretentious locals, bike races and a great local film festival. Add world-class cuisine to the list. In mid-September thousands of foodies will converge on the Hagerty Center […]
From staff reports A benefit for the family of Mike Vanderberg and a celebration of his life will take place at two locations in Empire on his birthday, Sunday, September 30, with music from noon until 10 p.m. at Johnson’s Park and an early dinner at the Town Hall beginning at 2 p.m. The main […]
By Judith Kalter Sun contributor The best way to learn to cook is in your grandmother’s kitchen. My grandmother, Mary Ellen Senter Harrison Hoegraver Noe, always encouraged her six grandchildren to help out by punching down the yeasty fragrant bread dough before she fried it up in a big cast iron skillet or let us […]
By Holly Wren Spaulding Sun contributor I look around the long table. Our mothers — the three sisters — are presiding over numerous pots and pans, the many dishes required to feed our coterie. They sit down to eat, then just as soon as something runs out, get up to fetch things from the kitchen […]
By Corin Blust Sun contributor Last fall, I moved into a broken-down yellow house on Kingsley Street in Ann Arbor along with 11 other people. Sound familiar to a reality show you’ve seen on television? The only difference was that we were not regular tenants. Our goal was to fix up the house and make […]
The Empire Eagles will hold their Haunted Hayride at 3805 E Empire Highway (M-72 near Gilbert Road) on two upcoming weekends: October 19 & 20 and 26 & 27. The goblins and ghosts arrive at 7:30 p.m. and charge $10 per victim. Be afraid. Be very afraid!!! Photo courtesy of Laura Sielaff The Glen Arbor […]
By Lois Beardslee Excerpted from Lois Beardslee’s forthcoming book of poetry titled We Live Here. Past excerpts by Beardslee in the Glen Arbor Sun are from Not Far Away, The Real Life Adventures of Ima Pipiig (AltaMira Press), which is due out in September. That was a difficult conversation The one that Niinooko had with […]
Glen Arbor firefighters demonstrate methods used to extinguish a car fire during the annual Open House. Photo by Joanne Rettke The Glen Arbor Sun has concluded publishing for the summer, but we’ll print three “off-season” issues, on September 13, November 7 and January 17. Look for coverage of the Tour de Leelanau bike race, recently […]