Leland holds Labor Day Bridge Walk

The 20th annual walk across the mighty Leland Bridge in honor of Labor Day will take place on Monday, Sept. 3, at noon. Leland residents, family and friends will begin gathering at 11:30 a.m. in the parking lot behind the Blue Bird in preparation for the historic walk.

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Let the bidding begin: ARTirondack Chairs in Glen Arbor

Adirondack chairs painted by local artists and sponsored by local businesses have been on display around Glen Arbor this summer. This “ARTirondack Chair Event” is a new fundraiser for the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce, a 501c organization, to help continue to represent and promote the region.

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Wine Harvest

Andy Fles, the vineyard manager at Shady Lane, and a team of workers hedge the vines and pull leaves around the fruit clusters to give them more exposure to the sun. August is the veraison, or the onset of ripening, when the grape berries change their colors.

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Sleeping Bear facility manager Lee Jameson retires after 41 years with National Park

Lee Jameson, facility manager at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, retired on Aug. 3 after 41 years with the National Park Service (NPS)—nearly 24 of them at the National Lakeshore. Jameson, a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources Forestry, worked one summer for the Washington State Department of Fisheries before landing a seasonal laborer position with Sleeping Bear Dunes in 1978 restoring the lighthouse complex.  

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Leelanau Books in Leland launches children’s programs

In its fifth decade serving the community, Leelanau Books has reopened after new owners and management completed a major renovation including the addition of a “Back Porch” family activity center at its location on Main St in Leland.

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Just Milling It Over

I’m ashamed of the neglect for one of Glen Arbor’s most impressive landmarks. A historic monument to the areas pioneer past that stands in quiet solitude and stark decay. The lack of concern and care for the Glen Arbor Mill now appears to only welcome vandalism and fire, rather than an opportunity to preserve the old for the new. The Glen Arbor mill, once the heart of a community, deserves better.

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The Blues Moves North: the Story of Junior and Sugar

Robert Jr. Whitall (aka Junior) brought his girlfriend Shirley Mae Owens (aka Sugar) to the Sleeping Bear Dunes in August of 1998 for camping, swimming, and hiking. They also attended the Dunegrass and Blues Festival. Sugar fell in love with Robert Jr. and the beautiful Sleeping Bear Dunes. Robert Jr. has been exploring the area since the 1980s. The following year Junior proposed to Sugar in New Orleans at Mardi Gras on Lundi Gras at Harry Connick Jr’s Orpheus parade. Junior remembers, “I had my grandmother’s ring and Sugar caught it!”

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Leelanau Conservancy selects contractor to build mountain bike trails at Palmer Woods

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Exciting news for mountain bikers in Northern Michigan: work to expand Palmer Wood’s Forest Reserve’s trail system with single-track mountain bike trails is slated to begin next month. Flowtrack Mountain Bike Trails, LLC, a professional trail-building company from the Upper Peninsula, has been hired to lead the design and construction of the new trails.

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RIP, Mike Buhler

The Glen Arbor community, family and friends, and the braintrust of the Glen Arbor Sun newspaper are devastated by the sudden passing, Aug. 16, of H. Michael Buhler, who died of a heart attack. He was 57 years young.

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LivelyLands Music Festival amplifies northern Michigan music

The upcoming LivelyLands Music Festival will provide a musical adventure like nothing else in northern Michigan, featuring genre-diverse artists from Austin to Leelanau County and points in between. The festival is set for Aug. 24-26.

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