The Grand Vision: A Shared Commitment

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Op-Ed by Marsha Smith The traditional way to plan for roads is to conduct transportation studies, build roads and then development follows. The Grand Vision, with the full support of the Michigan Department of Transportation, made a decision to flip that process around and gather land use input first as the basis for the transportation […]

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Sustainable development Up North

Op-Ed By Keenan May Glen Arbor, Michigan’s once dichotomous sister village, Glen Haven, is a restored logging village and maritime station that boasts an experience of true authenticity. Glen Haven’s utilitarian identity is a picturesque example of what attracts most people to this area. Over 100 years ago, a $5 boat fare from Chicago’s pier […]

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Pierce Stocking tunnel proposal a joke worthy of Letterman

A copy of this letter was also sent on July 3 to Park Deputy Superintendent Tom Ulrich Dear editor, I was flabbergasted when I read about the proposed tunnel at the (Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive) lookout (“Park’s Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive Environmental Assessment available for public review,” June 11 edition). This is the most hare-brained, […]

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Letters to the editor

No cheap shots at MDOT All of us in the Glen Lake area share your enthusiasm in welcoming the new owners of the On the Narrows Marina (“Narrows Minded: Marina wide open for summer,” June 11). We are excited to have the McCahills with us, and hope they’re here for many summers to come. However, […]

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Letters in support of mini-golf course

“I read the letter from Rhonda Reems in the June 12 issue of the Glen Arbor Sun regarding Mike and Becky Sutherland’s putt-putt golf course. I’d like Ms. Reems to know that it is really a wonderful place. I’ve never played any kind of golf and didn’t think I would ever want to. But this […]

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Change your mind on Global Warming?

By James Coleman Sun contributor A “mind set” is a short circuit of a powerful human capacity. When I hear someone talk about “tree huggers,” I don’t expect to have a meaningful conversation about whether there is global warming or not. My information is useless to this person whose mind is, as we say, “made […]

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Remembering Dick Owen

To the Editor: Summer is here, but someone is missing. Our dear friend — owner of Tiffany’s ice cream parlor, baker of hot cakes and cookies, leader of Empire Days and whatever else needed to be done, resident curmudgeon, and most generous of spirits underneath that tough shell — Dick (aka Rich) Owen is gone. […]

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Letters to the editor

Last edition’s story on the Glen Arbor Boat Ramp issue and whether it should move to Glen Haven in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore prompted quite a few responses among our readers:

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Props to Interlochen literary symposium

Editor’s note: teacher and writer Jeremiah Chamberlin and his wife Natalie Bakopoulos were artists in residence at the Glen Arbor Art Association in early June. Look for an excerpt from Chamberlin’s historical novel set in the cherry orchards of northern Michigan in a future issue.

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No more politics, please

We always pick up a copy of the Glen Arbor Sun. It has been a wholesome paper with informative human interest articles. Truly a pleasure to read. Not so with the August 26, 2004 issue. I was surprised and disappointed to see it go political. It apearrs the article regarding President Bush was intentionally mean […]

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