The Foothills Cafe & Motel, located at 7097 S. Dunn’s Farm Rd near Maple City, will host a free Overdose Prevention & Response clinic on Thursday, Oct. 19 from 7-8:30 p.m.
Will Sleeping Bear Dunes break last year’s record for annual visitors to our National Park? 1,683,553 people visited Sleeping Bear in 2016, smashing the previous record of 1,535,633 set in 2015. The visitation tally in 2017 is more than 26,000 people ahead of last year’s pace, following a strong April and September, and a monster July.
By Linda Alice Dewey Sun contributor Renovation and expansion is on the docket for the Glen Arbor Park, home of the township’s only public playground and tennis courts. Some improvements are scheduled to commence in late August, regardless of the results of an August 8 bond election. The rest depends on voters. Glen Arbor park […]
It’s the last in a row of private properties along M-109. To the immediate east lies the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Behind looms Alligator Hill. The Fourth of July had come and gone, and things were relatively quiet; the doors to the house were left open to allow the breeze to pass through. An old retriever lay sound asleep in the front of the house. Near him, a pet bunny was safely caged in another room.
More than 900 athletes came out to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore early Saturday morning to participate in the ninth annual M22 Challenge. Nicholas Amato, 20, of Suttons Bay, was the first in the men’s group to cross the finish line at a time of 1:15:06, with Jamie Endicott, 24, of Oak Park, securing the top honor among the women with a time of 1:26:46.
In recent weeks, the otherwise inconspicuous stretch of grass on the Glen Lake High School football field has drawn an unusual amount of attention as the school board discusses whether to install artificial turf on the field.
It’s no secret that many local businesses struggle to find the employees they need during these busy retail months. A seasonal economy, a shrinking base of young professionals and college students, and lack of affordable housing all exacerbate the problem. We hope we can help. This space in the Glen Arbor Sun will be devoted […]
The beloved and spear-ited 14th annual Empire Asparagus Festival is back. This year’s festival is Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20. Our Friday night block party kicks off the festival at 7 p.m., with a pig roast and live music under the big tent on Front Street in Empire. There’s a $5 entry fee and the pig roast is $11 per person.
Northern Michigan’s newest member of Congress, Rep. Jack Bergman, is showing up all over the 1st District — just not always in person. Progressive-minded citizens have unsuccessfully sought an audience with Bergman to voice their concerns about the Trump presidency, the new White House cabinet, the administration’s Russian connection, executive orders that target Muslims, refugees and Latino immigrants, and a potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Instead they have posted “Where’s Jack?” posters on social media and in physical locations in towns across the district.
Could Trump’s hiring freeze affect staff, and operations, at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, which typically hires 100 seasonal employees in May when it opens popular mainstays such as the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb and Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in time for the summer tourism season?