Upcoming events: Library home tour, Eagles’ golf

Glen Lake Community Library 2009 Home Tour The Friends of the Library will hold their biennial Home Tour on Thursday, July 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets cost $15.00 and are NOT sold at the homes. Tickets, which are limited, may only be purchased in advance from: Friends of the Library Board members, […]

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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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“Sleeping Bear and elsewhere”

By Lindsay Simmons Sun contributor He’s a world traveler, but after 57 years of visiting Leelanau County, Craig Capehart still can’t get enough of the area. Capehart recently combined his travels, his family history of visiting The Homestead resort and his passionate love for photography. The result is his first public photo show, “Sleeping Bear […]

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Target Women: let them eat yogurt

The Glen Arbor Sun interview with Sarah Haskins By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Chicago native, and Glen Arbor summer native, Sarah Haskins is all the rage with web-savvy young women these days. Her hilarious, and smart, satirical show “Target: Women” airs at 7 and 10 p.m. on Thursdays (Eastern Standard Time) as part of infoMania […]

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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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Manitou Music Festival welcomes Josh White, the Photographers and Kat Eggleston

From staff reports The Manitou Music Festival continues its 19th season of exciting and diverse concerts, featuring classical, jazz, blues, folk, country and bluegrass music in some of Leelanau County’s most idyllic settings. On Wednesday, July 22 at 8 p.m., Josh White, Jr. will perform outdoors at the Lake Street Studio Stage in Glen Arbor. […]

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Claudia Schmidt

The creative noisemaker is back. Local musical favorite Claudia Schmidt will return to Glen Arbor after a hiatus of nearly a decade. She’ll perform on Wednesday, July 22 at The River at Crystal Bend.

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Pierce Stocking tunnel proposal a joke worthy of Letterman

A copy of this letter was also sent on July 3 to Park Deputy Superintendent Tom Ulrich Dear editor, I was flabbergasted when I read about the proposed tunnel at the (Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive) lookout (“Park’s Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive Environmental Assessment available for public review,” June 11 edition). This is the most hare-brained, […]

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Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce celebrates 60 years

Last survivor of Chamber’s founders, John Dorsey, passed away last winter By Linda Peppler Sun contributor Six decades ago, in March of 1949, the Glen Lake Resort & Business Bureau was established to promote civic, social, cultural and business interests in the Glen Lakes area. Once sleepy Glen Arbor grew as a tourist destination in […]

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Shout Sister Shout: Steppin’ In It to Perform at Dune Climb

Press release The Manitou Music Festival’s annual free family Dune Climb Concert takes place on Sunday, July 12 at 7 p.m. in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore at the base of the Dune Climb. This year’s concert will get everyone up and dancing when Michigan’s own Shout Sister Shout: Steppin’ In It with Rachael […]

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