How this small-town, black & white rag outgrew its own clothes

The Glen Arbor Sun turns 10! When a restless 18-year-old kid just out of high school began knocking on the doors of Glen Arbor businesses in June of 1996, asking for community support to start a small-town newspaper, he figured, at most, he’d pocket a few hundred bucks to help pay for his first year […]

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Our first decade

1996: A humble beginning Fresh out of high school, and with no journalism experience, 18-year-old Jacob Wheeler decides to follow his mother’s advice and launch a summer community newspaper. Leelanau School classmate Richard Taber comes up with the generic launch name, Glen Arbor Sun, and originally intends to co-found the paper with Wheeler, but eventually […]

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New birds nest at La Bécasse

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor It’s not as if he just flew in from Paris with a “chippering trill” upon ascent and then a “burbling warble” as he descended*, but Frenchman Guillaume (pron. Gee-OHM) Hazael-Massieux will soon rule the roost at legendary La Bècasse. Guillaume is fixing up the adjacent house as his lovely wife […]

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The Yarn Shop celebrates 50 years in Glen Arbor

By Maggie Meyers Sun contributor Among the woods, among the trees The Yarn Shop sits in peace and ease The shop is more than ordinary The yarns are magical, people merry It holds great yarns, a different kind No other place these yarns you’ll find It’s full of color, full of light The greatest pleasure […]

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Queen of Couture is the cutting edge of fashion

By Codi Yeager Sun contributor When people begin trickling, and eventually pouring, into Glen Arbor in time for the lazy, summer months, they come for a number of reasons. Pristine beaches, excellent restaurants, good old, up north fun, and of course, shopping all attract these travelers to our usually quiet town. Visitors and locals, alike, […]

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Local profile: Diane’s Hairstyling

By Codi Yeager Sun contributor It’s girls’ day on the town. You choose the hairstyling studio as your destination, and the car fills with lazy summer excitement. From the eager looks upon everyone’s faces, it’s easy to tell that you are imagining how you will look in a few hours. Images of the perfect hairstyle […]

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Wildflowers celebrates 25 years with tent sale and birthday bash

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Occasional summer resident and a lovely young woman, Sarah Armbrecht commented several years ago how thrilled she was to dig her hands into the womb of Mother Earth, and get paid for it, as part of her summer job at Wildflowers. What a wholesome way to make a living, she […]

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Fine food in the heartland: North, Windows at Le Bear celebrate grand openings

By Norm & Jacob Wheeler Sun editors Windows at Le Bear The chilly-looking whitecaps on Sleeping Bear Bay and the clouds blotting out the sun on June 16th weren’t the kind of postcard images that draw people up north, but the seagulls flirting on the boat launch at the end of Lake Street had a […]

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A newcomer’s Taller, Thinner, Fitter experience at the Glen Arbor Athletic Club

By Jane Greiner Sun contributor Fitness has never been my strong point. But at 59, I had reached a point where I knew it was time to change the progress from “bigger, fatter, slower” to “taller, thinner, fitter.” Or else. So I checked with friends about the Glen Arbor Athletic Club. What was it like? […]

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Creativity Abounds at “Imagine That”

By Ashlea Walter Sun contributor Invited to a Baby Shower? Having a Baby? Want to pamper a new mother? Or maybe you have aspirations to be the best aunt or uncle, grandmother or grandfather around and need the perfect present? If you’re affected by the recent Baby Boom, look no further than Glen Arbor’s own […]

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