Dunegrass savior: Glen Arbor Sun interview with Ryan Lake

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By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor You’d have a hard time imagining it once you see how great this year’s Dunegrass Festival (July 31-Aug. 2) turns out, but Ryan Lake and Win Win Productions didn’t come aboard to help revive Empire’s cherished music festival until two months ago. Seemingly dead in the water after last year’s […]

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Wind turbines in Leelanau County?

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Local opinions, for and against, passionate and protective, are blowin’ in the wind By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Ever since the Michigan Wind Energy Resource Zone Board (WERZ) released a report on June 2 that named Leelanau County as the second best location statewide for industrial-scale windmill farms, local citizens have vociferously debated this prospective […]

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Crooning karaoke at the Western Avenue Grill

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By Kate McCarty Sun contributor It’s a sleepy Friday night in Glen Arbor. Tourists have left the beaches and they’ve finished their dinners. The sun has set behind the Manitou Islands. Despite the quiet that’s fallen over the town, something is brewing at the Western Avenue Grill. Bar manager Bill Skolnik stands behind a karaoke […]

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The Garden grows in Glen Arbor

From staff reports Memorial Weekend saw the dedication of the Glen Arbor Garden on Lake Street, a rehabilitation of the former Township Fire Hall property into a lovely gathering spot of flowers, Championship Trees, benches, picnic tables, and restrooms. Over 300 people came out on a Saturday afternoon to participate in the ribbon cutting, and […]

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Yuck! It’s a tent caterpillar year

From staff reports Once again it is a year for the Tent Caterpillar (also known as the Bag Worm). They can be creepy, they devour the leaves on branches and trees, and are even seen crossing the roads in search of more trees. The downside is that they are messy, and an eyesore. It turns […]

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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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The Village Chatter: Print media is dead! Long live community newspapers!

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor They say that newspapers are dead. They say that readers have abandoned print media, en masse, for greener pastures on the Internet. They say that those of us still trying to make money by disseminating hard news, features or entertainment on paper may as well be arranging deck chairs on […]

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Winter’s “hard water” sport

Photo by Bruce Hood By Joe Blondia Sun contributor If regular fishing has been described as a jerk on one end of a line waiting for a jerk on the other, how would ice fishing be defined? Some people think you would have to add the word “crazy” to that definition. Ice fishing can be […]

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‘Ya can’t get theuh from heuh’

While having served the communities well for nearly a century, the new bridge will offer wider lanes, space for cyclists and pedestrians, and a lower-level fishing area. Aesthetically, it will be quite similar to the new bridge at the Mill on M-22 (by County Road 675). Structurally, it will be a heftier bridge, due to […]

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Sleeping Bear Awakes!

Photo courtesy of Lorraine Tufts, National Park Service From Leelanau.com, April 1, 2004 The village of Glen Arbor was stunned today when Mishe-Mokwa (the “Sleeping Bear”) woke up! The 52.3-foot mother bear had been sleeping for several thousand years and apparently woke up very hungry and cranky. While most of the residents fled in panic […]

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