Jeremy Kittel Dune Climb concert photos

The Manitou Music Festival is celebrating its 20th season in Glen Arbor, and many consider the annual highlight to be the free Dune Climb concert — the result of a creative collaboration between the Glen Arbor Art Association and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. On Sunday, July 11, under a delicious summer evening sky, […]

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Sugar Loaf plot thickens

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By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor The narrative surrounding Leelanau County’s troubled Sugar Loaf resort seemed to surface last month, when current owner Kate Wickstrom went public after years of silence to discuss her role and the enigmatic Las Vegas businessman Liko Smith’s much publicized attempts to acquire the long-shuttered ski resort. But since then the […]

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Boom Town

Glen Arbor’s streets are alive with the sound of chiming cash registers this month. The Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company posted record sales on July 5; the Center Gallery sold 20 paintings during the Richmonds’ July 2-8 showing; Funistrada’s numbers were up 10 percent over last year; blu set sales records eight consecutive days last week; […]

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Reinventing Northwoods Hardware

From staff reports A town without a hardware store — in a community filled with do-it-yourself craftsmen and builders — is a family without a water source. Her citizens would have to drive for 30 miles to buy the simplest of supplies — continually thirsty. Thankfully, Glen Arbor has avoided that pitfall. Jeff and Georgia Gietzen […]

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Jeremy Kittel Band performs Dune Climb

From staff reports The Manitou Music Festival’s annual free family Dune Climb Concert takes place on Sunday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at the base of the Dune Climb in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This year’s concert will be exceptional with a performance by Michigan’s own Jeremy Kittel and his band. Jeremy Kittel […]

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Isadore’s latest secret: Vissers’ organic farm

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By Pat Stinson Sun contributor It’s barely June, and the sweet red pepper plants (“Carmen” variety) carefully tended by Matt and Carissa Visser in their Isadore Farm greenhouse north of Cedar are 18 inches tall, thick with blossoms, and ready for sale to gardeners digging in the fresh, spring earth. While others may plant a […]

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Bobby Jones wails the blues on Arizona Princess

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor (Editor’s Note: Bobby’s CD was released back in 2008, and the Sun apologizes for the delay in trumpeting the coolness of his musical project in his own hometown’s paper!) There comes a time in the life of any amateur musician who has picked with a band or two over the […]

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Protecting shorelines and plant species

By Glen Chown Executive Director, Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy In Reflections from Glen Springs, author Jody Marquis takes us on a real-life journey of discovery that starts with the healing of damaged shoreland area on the Glen Lakes, not far from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Through this journey we learn not just about […]

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Designing Empire’s New Neighborhood

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From staff reports Architecture Students from Andrews University, under the watchful eye of professors Robin Johnson and Daniel Acevedo, met with empire community residents to design modest, elegant ‘transition time’ housing for Empire. Their projects consist of six dwelling units set on three lots (48,49 and 50) at the southwest corner of Michigan and Ontario […]

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Glen Lake bids goodbye to 137 years of teaching experience

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By Chloe Gribbin Sun contributor As an alumna of Glen Lake Community Schools, I finally feel that I am able to appreciate, without any bitterness or hard feelings of a looming assignment to cloud my view, all of the character and effort it takes to be a full-time educator. These men and women become second […]

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