By Chase Edwards Sun staff writer My sister, Cassidy, was given the nickname Toad as a toddler. My parents say it’s because she never stopped hopping around. She even signed her papers as Toad Edwards during elementary and middle school. That was until one of the teachers told her it wasn’t appropriate.
By Ashlea Turner Sun staff writer Local artwork. Organic pet food and catnip. Free-trade and organic coffee. Fresh, hormone-free milk in returnable glass bottles. Scrumptious pastries. Great service. It’s usually difficult to discover these attributes together under the same roof. Luckily for the village of Empire, Moon Dog provides all of these and more to […]
By Linda Jo Scott Sun staff writer
By Jacob R. Wheeler Sun editor Part two in a series of four travelogues (Read part one, “Leaving the Midwest’s gloomy grey for Southwestern red dirt” in June 19 issue of the Glen Arbor Sun) “Though much is taken, much abides; and though / We are not now that strength which in old days / […]
By Ashlea Turner Sun staff writer
By Torin Yeager Sun staff writer Polka, kielbasa, beer galore! The 22nd annual Cedar Polka Fest, sponsored by the Cedar Chamber of Commerce, will bring a homesick Pole, or anyone else for that matter, back to Warsaw for four fun days of dancing, food and spirits in the Polish capitol of Leelanau County.
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.