Investigative Article

Saving Dunegrass

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor “A lotta people didn’t get paid, that’s the buzz.” In the last issue of the Glen Arbor Sun I wrote about the amazing, over-the-top musical extravaganza that was the 2008 Dunegrass & Blues Festival in Empire from July 31-August 3. Here’s the rest of the story: By Saturday noon of […]

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Sea Lampreys invade the Crystal River

By Chuck Olson Sun contributor Invasive sea lampreys are in the Crystal River. More than 50 were seen entering the river from Lake Michigan in late May and early June. Spawning pairs were found in the river on June 3 and June 25. Sea lampreys are aggressive, attach to their prey with a suction-cup-like mouth, […]

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Go green with solar panels

By Michael Buhler Sun ad-hoc energy editor My older cousin Marty has always been cool, someone who I looked up to. When I was 11, he showed me his radiometer, which looked like a light bulb, and had black and white vanes balanced inside. When he brought it near the light, the vanes would spin […]

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Democracy Deficit in Michigan

Michigan’s presidential primary election has come and gone. The Republican candidates who graced our state the past two weeks have moved onto South Carolina and Nevada after Michigan native Mitt Romney secured the victory he needed to stay in the race. But the major Democratic candidates were notably absent from the motor state, and ultimately […]

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LOST in Leelanau — Part II

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor What follows is the continuation of a story we ran on June 14, with a not so cheery ending. We hope you’ll like this conclusion much more. Leelanau County Animal Control Officer Paul Peschel took my little, lost Boston Terrier buddy, Grumpy, in the pet carrier to Cherryland Humane Society. […]

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Remodeled Empire beach draws varying reactions

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor “This will not be your grandmother’s beach, not the beach you’ve had here the last 50 years,” Empire Village Council member Karen Baja admitted to concerned local residents in mid-June during a meeting of the Park Committee, which makes recommendations to the Council on matters concerning the public beach. As […]

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LOST in Leelanau

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor It was just over a year ago, on one of those warm spring days when the sun had heated the earth sufficiently to release smells of freshly-plowed dirt and flowering trees. The scents drifted past my nose on a warm breeze, as dog Lucy and I walked across a short […]

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Local boys explore America’s world role in new documentary

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Now that the elections are over, let’s talk politics. Let’s enter the ring and debate about Bush, and the Muslim world, and the war on terror. Wait, no, not the kind of boxing match discussion that pits only two sides against each other — each off in their own corner […]

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Is Leelanau’s farmland in danger?

Upcoming ballot proposal would protect land from development By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor “Cape Cod of the Midwest!” While certainly a compliment to our home’s beautiful land and sparkling waters, this attribution to Leelanau County has become something of a dubious honor in the eyes of many locals, who fear that as this county’s popularity […]

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Local activist group makes waves

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor Fueled by coffee and a strong desire for change, four area women challenged themselves last summer to stop complaining about the direction our country is headed and start taking action. “I was inspired by a 90-year-old,” says Celeste Crouch, a Glen Arbor resident and one of the “magic four” who […]

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