By Madeleine Hill Vedel Sun contributor As I round out my series on women in wine in Leelanau County, I feel a sense of elation inspired by the women I have met and the many jobs and opportunities that our local wine industry now offers. I have met winery owners, vintners, and vineyard managers, and […]
The Glen Arbor Arts Center is offering two classes that bring a creative hand to the holidays.
What is it really like to be part of a feature film production? If you want to know the truth, the real down and dirty truth behind the fancy cameras and makeup, ask one of the many production assistants who donated their time to help local filmmakers shoot a full-length action comedy all around Leelanau Country, the Traverse City area, and the Upper Peninsula in September.
Korean War veteran Walter Tobin’s remains, identified in August by the U.S. Defense Department, will return home this month and be buried on Nov. 14.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center is building a wall—the wall of Gratitude: 100 Expressions of Thanks.
Leo Anders Wheeler. On the morning you were born (to Sarah Eichberger and Glen Arbor Sun editor Jacob Wheeler—Tuesday, October 22, 2019, in Traverse City, Michigan—gale force winds blew waves 13 feet high on the big lake. You entered the world during the year of high water.
Superintendent Scott Tucker is pleased to announce that Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be fee-free on Monday, November 11, in honor of Veterans Day. Come and enjoy your park during this special time of year and on this special fee-free day.
Actress and filmmaker Zoe Kanters, a native of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, will bring her movie Up There to The Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay, November 8-14. Kanters gave the Glen Arbor Sun some insight on shooting her film in the U.P., and the excitement around Michigan’s film industry.
The former Glen Arbor Township Cemetery, located in the backwoods behind Boonedocks, has been buried in a tangle of trees since the brutal storm of August 2015. The place is dear to me because my first book, Aaron’s Crossing, began its life and death saga when I sensed a ghost there.
Leelanau County voters have an opportunity when we vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5, to support children between the ages of 0-5 and their hard-working families—and to make a statement that this County welcomes young families to live and thrive here, to send their children to our schools, and eventually to populate our depleted workforce.