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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 Friday, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Helen Westie Sun contributor A Quaker Worship Group under the care of The Grand Rapids Monthly Meeting has been holding services recently in members’ homes in Empire and in Benzie County. Known as the Manitou Worship group, services are conducted in the manner of the traditional, historic Quaker Meetings established by George Fox, founder […]
Book closes on 20-year saga Press release The journey to preserving the beloved Crystal River near Glen Arbor is over. In mid-October, federal funds appropriated for the river’s transfer into the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore came through. Closing documents were signed on October 20, and the river — 104 acres and 6,300 feet of […]
My son Jacob and I have been attending worship services at the Church of Baseball for 13 years now. We started by seeing the Cubbies in the afternoon and the White Sox at night on the same day in 1989 when the scheduling allowed both teams to be at home at the same time. You could just hop on the Elevated train outside Wrigley Field and be at Comiskey Park in half an hour.
By Ashlea Turner Sun Staff Writer