Spring Sip & Savor

Spring Sip & Savor Rise and Shine, Wake Up and Join Us in Shaking off the Winter Blues! Press release from Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” ~Robin Williams It has been said that no matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. Join us on May […]

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Sitting pretty at Leelanau Vacation Rentals

This chair, located in front of the Leelanau Vacation Rentals office on the sidewalk across from the Glen Arbor tennis courts, encourages people to stop, take their photo with it, and take home a little reminder of Glen Arbor. According to Ranae Ihme (seated on the right), the idea came while on a weekend getaway […]

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As acquisition date nears, hurdles loom for Sugar Loaf resort

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Eneliko Smith linked to Remo Polselli through business ties, but Smith maintains, “I’m nobody’s front man” By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Eneliko “Liko” Sean Smith still plans to acquire Sugar Loaf resort this spring from Kate Wickstrom, and open the long shuttered ski hills this coming winter, though he might not ink the deal by […]

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Beach Bards perform at Art’s Tavern

Catch the Beach Bards poetry and storytelling troupe perform at Art’s Tavern in Glen Arbor, Michigan, on the evening of Friday, April 23 … and please enjoy this feature on the Beach Bards from our archives: Words of the Ancestors Roll Down the Tracks Ninth year of Beach Bards Mankind’s civilizations come and go, their […]

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Karner named Environmentalist of the Year

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From staff reports Rob Karner, a biology teacher at The Leelanau School, a private boarding school located north of Glen Arbor, won the Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council’s (NMEAC) award for Environmentalist of the Year in education on Friday, April 16. The Glen Arbor resident is also a watershed biologist with the Glen Lake Association. […]

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Spring pilgrimage: Play ball!

By Sudsy Cheroot Sun sports guru “For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.” For many years, legendary Detroit Tigers radio announcer Ernie Harwell used […]

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Mr. Smith comes to Michigan

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Eneliko “Sean” Smith, Sugar Loaf resort’s enigmatic, aspiring new owner By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor There’s a new guy in town, and he’s definitely not from around here. All this month the local papers, TV stations, and gossip have focused on Eneliko Sean Smith, the enigmatic 39-year-old boxer turned businessman who recently moved to northern […]

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The Glen Arbor Sun interview with Liko Smith

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Eneliko “Sean” Smith, Sugar Loaf resort’s enigmatic, aspiring new owner Glen Arbor Sun: It’s been interesting to see how the local papers have reacted to an outsider coming in and hopefully acquiring Sugar Loaf. What do you think about the local media’s reaction to you so far? Liko Smith: Sugar Loaf is a very emotional […]

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Stewart Udall, An American Statesman Passes

By Keith Schneider Founding Director, Michigan Land Use Institute This eulogy for preservationist hero Steward Udall, who passed away in March, is borrowed from Keith Schneider’s environmental blog, ModeShift.org. Photo by J. Carl Ganter I met Stewart Udall, and his wife Lee, in 1988 when I was a national correspondent for the New York Times […]

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Reading Port Oneida

From staff reports Tom Van Zoeren has published a new booklet about the Port Oneida Rural Historic District in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore north of Glen Arbor, titled The Thoreson Farm and Its Neighbors, which, Tom says “is based mainly on oral history recordings with Leonard Thoreson, and on his photo collection.” The […]

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