By Jacob R. Wheeler Sun editor Now entering its 13th season, the Manitou Music Festival will once again play matchmaker for an unlikely trio of acts that seeks harmony despite their differences in style. The Manitou Festival Orchestra, led by conductor Mathew Hazelwood, the eclectic Neptune Quartet, and soloists from Interlochen Arts Academy will team […]
By Thomas Benn Sun contributor The clock is running out on the old Empire schoolhouse. Built in 1901, this architectural marvel has been gathering dust and slowly disintegrating for the last 35 years in what may be the village’s most important crossroads commercial location. Sitting on five lots at the gateway intersection of Highways M-22, […]
By Jacob R. Wheeler Sun editor The following column was written by this newspaper’s founding editor. Opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the entire Glen Arbor Sun staff.
The Glen Arbor Athletic Club will soon open its doors to locals who want to trim down or beef up in the same historic two-room school house where students were once asked to listen up and jot down notes. Two couples, Paul and Marcia Walters and Terry and Linda Gretzema, who have summered here over the years and now consider themselves permanent locals, stumbled on the idea of opening an athletic club when they realized they wanted to stay active, somehow, during their golden retirement years up north. And what better way to keep the flabs at bay than by working those abs every morning.
By Kristen Counts Sun staff writer
By Jane Greiner Sun staff writer
This feature photo of Good Harbor Grill chef Leah Doe Simkins feeding the Echo Valley pigs “Tasty” and “Delicious” appeared in the Glen Arbor Sun last summer, and unbeknownst to us, the restaurant’s fine staff posted it on their bulletin board and invited employees to choose an appropriate caption. Through an extensive espionage campaign, and […]
By Mary Sharry Sun contributor
By Jane Greiner Sun contributor Fifteen impressively large panels of photos ten feet wide and five feet tall will decorate the walls of the new timber frame building at Cherry Republic in downtown Glen Arbor for the opening of the Farmland Preservation Exhibit on Friday, June 27th. Read Greiner’s article on how Cherry Republic’s timber […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun staff writer “There’s everybody’s own version of events, and then there’s what happened. All the loose ends you find in between are what make it interesting.” Rob Rader