Glen Arbor Township approves Lake Street Garden/Restroom project

By Joanne Bender Sun contributor It’s official. Lake Street will get a lovely garden and public restrooms on the land formerly occupied by the fire hall, between Art’s Tavern and the Cottage Book Shop. The Glen Arbor Township Board approved the garden/restroom project at a public meeting on Monday, June 23, by a vote of […]

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Empire’s healing homing pigeon

By Codi Yeager Sun contributor At first glance, the snowy white bird roosting in the eaves at the Manitou Medical Center in Empire resembles the average seagull. That’s what Dr. Douglas Coles, the clinic’s MD, thought nearly two years ago when he first spied the clinic’s unofficial mascot. But “Ouija” (Wee-jee) is not your average […]

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Go green with solar panels

By Michael Buhler Sun ad-hoc energy editor My older cousin Marty has always been cool, someone who I looked up to. When I was 11, he showed me his radiometer, which looked like a light bulb, and had black and white vanes balanced inside. When he brought it near the light, the vanes would spin […]

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Leelanau Wine Report

By Andy McFarlane Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association Welcome to Michigan’s wine country. June was cooler than in 2005 or 2007, meaning we’ll have a later vintage this year. Bruce Simpson of Good Harbor Vineyards says that while he’d like Mother Nature to bring the heat, some of his longer-lived vintages have come from years with […]

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Catch the game at Benchwarmers

By Tim Sutherland Sun sports writer One of the great venues to hit the scene in the last 15-20 years has been the sports bar. A chance to meet friends, enjoy good food and drinks and watch the big game is a dynamite combination for any sports fan. Add to that live entertainment, 11 big […]

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10th Anniversary Dune Climb Concert July 13

Once again the Manitou Music Festival and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore have teamed up to present the Dune Climb Concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 13. This year will feature two cellos serenading the Dunes: Crispin Campbell and Eugene Friesen. The landmark event is free. Photo by Andy McFarlane

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Letters in support of mini-golf course

“I read the letter from Rhonda Reems in the June 12 issue of the Glen Arbor Sun regarding Mike and Becky Sutherland’s putt-putt golf course. I’d like Ms. Reems to know that it is really a wonderful place. I’ve never played any kind of golf and didn’t think I would ever want to. But this […]

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Local artists join Safe Passage efforts on behalf of Guatemalan children

Press release Several area artists are lending their talents to help provide hope and opportunity to impoverished children of families who work and live at the Guatemala City garbage dump. Last April, at the invitation of Great Lakes Friends of Safe Passage, local artists visited a virtual dump constructed at Higher Grounds Trading Company in […]

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Changing the world one gift at a time

By Jody Arendale Sun contributor Pssst…how’d you like to pick up a perfectly good, slightly used 40-gallon water heater, on the cheap? Or maybe a gas furnace for your drafty old pole barn? Ever dream of having a vintage cast iron claw foot bathtub but couldn’t afford to buy one? What about old windows for […]

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Final Pickin’ Party brings curtain over annual event

By Bill Dungjen Sun contributor Twenty years ago, Patrick and Mary Kay Niemisto invited around 15 of their musician friends to their house on Baatz Road in southern Leelanau County to share music and a potluck supper and friendship over the Memorial Day weekend. Since then, they have seen their children grow up, they have […]

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