Is our asparagus obsession weird?

MSN.com’s travel site named our own Empire Asparagus Festival among “The World’s Weirdest Festivals”. “The Empire Asparagus Festival in Empire, Mich., is dedicated entirely to this perennial vegetable. Michigan is one of the top asparagus producers in the U.S., but since Empire is known more for its artsy side than its agricultural one, the festival […]

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Bridging the Gap

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The Narrows Bridge over the Glen Lakes is being rebuilt this summer, so take a detour on M-109 west of Little Glen Lake (and past the Dune Climb) or on CR 675 east of Big Glen Lake (and over Inspiration Point) to reach Glen Arbor. But don’t forget about the important businesses, galleries, movie rental […]

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Newspaper for Glen Arbor, Empire & Leelanau County, Michigan

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2026 Season The Glen Arbor Sun will publish 17 issues in 2026—once each month during the winter, spring and fall, and bi-weekly between May and September. Here are the publication dates: January 15, February 12, March 12, April 9, May 7, May 21, June 4, June 18, July 2, July 16, July 30, August 13, […]

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Subscriptions & Email Updates

Subscriptions Get all 17 issues of the 2026 season mailed directly to you for $35. Contact us by email at editorial (AT) glenarborsun.com or snail mail at: Glen Arbor Sun P.O. Box 615 Glen Arbor, Michigan 49636 (612) 804-5975 Please make your check out to Glen Arbor Sun and provide a mailing address. Email Updates […]

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Calendar throughout Leelanau County

We acknowledge the waters and lands of this county called Leelanau—a name invented by a non-native—are located on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg -the Three Fires Confederacy of the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi peoples. Since time immemorial, the Anishinaabeg have lived, worked, honored, and respected these lands. Upcoming Spring events April […]

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Community Links

Chambers of Commerce Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce Empire Chamber of Commerce Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce ————————– Schools Glen Lake Community Schools Leelanau School ————————– Environmental advocacy organizations Great Lake Information Network Land Information Access Association Leelanau Conservancy Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Glen Lake Association ————————– Historic Preservation Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear Leelanau […]

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About Us

The Glen Arbor Sun covers events, characters, businesses and the arts in Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes. We are advertising-funded and free to read. The Sun publishes 17 print editions a year—every other week during the summer, and monthly during the fall, winter and spring. Between 3,000-5,000 copies of the paper (depending on […]

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Corrections, notes:

In our coverage of the Oberschulte family and the recent sale of the Totem Shop in the May 24 edition of the Glen Arbor Sun, (stories: “What the spring brought” and “A fashionista returns to her roots”) we incorrectly reported that Diana and Marc Oberschulte have retired, and that their daughter Ann has inherited the […]

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