Seep in tranquility with Great Lakes Tea and Spice

By Maggie Meyers Sun contributor August 19 marked the fiftieth day of business for the Great Lakes Tea and Spice Company, a promising new addition to Glen Arbor’s business community. Snugly situated in a quiet enclave near the Ruth Conklin Gallery on M-109 and tucked directly behind the Sleeping Bear Animal Clinic, the Tea and […]

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Is the Rescue found?

From staff reports State police divers searching for the body of a man who drowned in Big Glen Lake last summer may have instead solved one of the area’s great mysteries — the location of Ralph Dorsey’s passenger steamboat, Rescue, which he sank intentionally in 1914.

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A new breed of Leelanau farmer

By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor In an era of declining family farms, both in Leelanau County and nationally, it seems almost astonishing to encounter individuals willing to carry on the ancient and honorable traditions of tilling the soil and caring for animals. Maple City sheep farmer Alesha Ashley — intelligent, energetic, and determined — […]

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Collegiate stars endure preseason training on our dunes

By Maggie Meyers and Jacob Wheeler Sun contributors Late August is the time to think about returning to school — stock up on notebooks, pens and lunchboxes, and after months of sleeping in, actually obey the alarm clock and make a mad dash outside to catch the yellow bus. Or for college athletes, especially those […]

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The Petty’s departure is ripe in the Land of the Sleeping Bear

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor It’s the end of an era at The Leelanau School in Glen Arbor as Duane and Fiffy Petty are heading to Wichita, Kansas. Since 1990 both Pettys have been fixtures at the private high school from which all three of their children, Jason, Michael, and Erin, graduated. In more than […]

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Dropping pounds like they’re going out of fashion

From staff reports Linda Ihme posed the challenge last winter, and Dave Baxter answered. The proprietor of Leelanau Vacation Rentals promised a free elliptical machine to the employee who could lose the most weight between January 1 and July 1, and all winter and spring the slimmer-trimmer Dave resisted offers of free beer and pizza […]

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From China to Empire, diplomats make a local home

By Helen Westie Sun contributor A diplomat couple residing in Beijing is the new owners of the former Bed and Breakfast on South Bar Lake just off LaCore Road in Empire. Bruce Quinn and Teresa Howes, former attaches at the American Embassy in Beijing, purchased the property from William and Susan Chamby, who bought the […]

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Tutoring New Orleans’ students after Katrina

By Joanne Bender Sun contributor One year after the Gulf Coast fell victim to the most destructive and obvious effect of Global Warming that has hit the United States to date, the Glen Arbor Sun brings you the story of another local resident who traveled to the Deep South to help. Answering the call for […]

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Local artist profile: Harvey Gordon

By Corin Blust Sun contributor In grade three, Harvey Gordon looked around at the artwork of other students in his class and realized that he was pretty good in comparison to most of them. That was when it hit him that he could one day become a professional artist. “I like drawing… I’ve just enjoyed […]

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The Secret Life of Melons

By Holly Wren Spaulding Sun contributor Working outside and tending our gardens many of us have noticed that the bees are active of late, in some cases aggressively defending their food sources and nesting areas. Bee and wasp killer is on display at the hardware store and for some among us, stings mean allergic swelling […]

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