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Moon Dog: earth-friendly goodness finds home in Empire.
Business FeatureBy Ashlea Turner Sun staff writer Local artwork. Organic pet food and catnip. Free-trade and organic coffee. Fresh, hormone-free milk in returnable glass bottles. Scrumptious pastries. Great service. It’s usually difficult to discover these attributes together under the same roof. Luckily for the village of Empire, Moon Dog provides all of these and more to […]
Lake Michigan: A Rhapsody
Poetry/EssayBy Linda Jo Scott Sun staff writer
On the Road: Mesas and natural aquifers give way to spring training in suburbia
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‘Ladies of Leelanau’ celebrate the Solstice by running, and running.
Sports/AdventureBy Ashlea Turner Sun staff writer
Wash the paczki down with a cold one at Polka Fest
Upcoming EventBy Torin Yeager Sun staff writer Polka, kielbasa, beer galore! The 22nd annual Cedar Polka Fest, sponsored by the Cedar Chamber of Commerce, will bring a homesick Pole, or anyone else for that matter, back to Warsaw for four fun days of dancing, food and spirits in the Polish capitol of Leelanau County.
From “Bach to Brazil” Manitou Music Festival resonates through Dunes
Upcoming EventBy Jacob R. Wheeler Sun editor Now entering its 13th season, the Manitou Music Festival will once again play matchmaker for an unlikely trio of acts that seeks harmony despite their differences in style. The Manitou Festival Orchestra, led by conductor Mathew Hazelwood, the eclectic Neptune Quartet, and soloists from Interlochen Arts Academy will team […]
Is the Empire Schoolhouse a goldmine or a Pandora’s box?
Investigative ArticleBy Thomas Benn Sun contributor The clock is running out on the old Empire schoolhouse. Built in 1901, this architectural marvel has been gathering dust and slowly disintegrating for the last 35 years in what may be the village’s most important crossroads commercial location. Sitting on five lots at the gateway intersection of Highways M-22, […]
In America, the flag is multi-faceted
Letter to editor/OpinionBy Jacob R. Wheeler Sun editor The following column was written by this newspaper’s founding editor. Opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the entire Glen Arbor Sun staff.
Old School Hardware Building opens again as Glen Arbor Athletic Club
Business FeatureThe Glen Arbor Athletic Club will soon open its doors to locals who want to trim down or beef up in the same historic two-room school house where students were once asked to listen up and jot down notes. Two couples, Paul and Marcia Walters and Terry and Linda Gretzema, who have summered here over the years and now consider themselves permanent locals, stumbled on the idea of opening an athletic club when they realized they wanted to stay active, somehow, during their golden retirement years up north. And what better way to keep the flabs at bay than by working those abs every morning.
Hot Off the Leelanau Press
Business FeatureBy Kristen Counts Sun staff writer